foot + ball; may refer to the act of kicking a ball with the feet, or to the fact that games are played on foot, as opposed to on horseback.
Noun[]
Singular Football
Plural s
Football (s)
(not North America,uncountable)association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a roundball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball.
Each team scored three goals when they played football.
(US,uncountable)American football: a game in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.
(Canadian,uncountable)Canadian football: a game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
They played football in the snow.
(Australian, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory,uncountable)Australian rules football.
(Australian, New South Wales, Queensland,uncountable)rugby league.
(countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
The player kicked the football.
(uncountable) Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
(metaphorical,countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
That budget item became a political football.
(Irish,uncountable) A field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar to, yet smaller than a soccer ball.
(slang,countable) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.
Synonyms[]
("football" in Britain):
(all varieties of English):association football, soccer(all varieties of English), wogball (Australian racist slang)
(British slang):footie
("football" in the US):(British)American football, (Australian)gridiron, gridiron football
("football" in Canada):(outside Canada)Canadian football
("football" in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia):footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL
("football" in New South Wales and Queensland):footy, league
(ball):
(in all varieties of English and in all games called "football"):ball
(Australia: in Aussie rules and rugby):footy, pill
Macedonian: канадски фудбалmk(mk) (kánadski fúdbal) m.
Maltese: futbol Kanadiż
Polish: futbol kanadyjskipl(pl)m.
Russian: канадский футболru(ru) (kanádskij futból) m.
Slovak: kanadský futbalm.
Ukrainian: канадський футболuk(uk) (kanáds’kyj futból) m., канадійський футболuk(uk) (kanadíjs’kyj futból) m.
West Frisian: Kanadeesk rugby
in Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia
Czech: australský fotbalm.
Danish: australsk fodbold
Finnish: australialainenjalkapallo
French: football australienfr(fr)m.
Macedonian: австралиски фудбалmk(mk) (avstráliski fúdbal) m.
Russian: австралийский футболru(ru) (avstralíjskij futból) m.
in New South Wales, Queensland
Danish: rugbyda(da)
French: rugby à XIIIfr(fr)m.
Macedonian: рагбиmk(mk) (rágbi) n.
ball
Armenian: ֆուտբոլի գնդակhy(hy) (futboli gndak)
Catalan: pilota de futbolm., pilotam.
Croatian: nogometna loptaf.
Czech: (fotbalový) míčm.
Danish: fodboldc.
Dutch: voetbalnl(nl)m.
Estonian: jalgpallet(et)
Finnish: jalkapallofi(fi)
French: ballon de footm., ballonm.
Greek: μπάλα ποδοφαίρουel(el)
Hungarian: focilabdahu(hu)
Italian: pallonem., palla da calciom., pallaf., pallone da calciom.
Korean: 축구공 (chukgugong)
Macedonian: фудбалска топкаmk(mk) (fúdbalska tópka) f.
Maltese: ballun
Norwegian: fotballno(no)
Portuguese: boladefutebolf.
Scots: fitbaw
Slovak: futbalová loptaf.
Slovene: nogometna žogaf.
Swedish: fotbollsv(sv)c.
Turkish: futbol topu
West Frisian: bal
practise of any of these games
Danish: fodbold, fodboldspil
Dutch: voetballennl(nl)n.
Estonian: jalgpallet(et)
Finnish: jalkapallofi(fi)
Norwegian: fotballno(no)
Scots: fitbaw
West Frisian: fuotbalje
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Guaraní: vakapi (1)
See also[]
Category:Football (Soccer) for a list of terms used in football/soccer.
