basketball
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English [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
basketball (countable and uncountable; plural basketballs)
- (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
- (basketball, countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.
Synonyms [edit]
- (sport): hoops (US slang)
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
the sport
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the ball used in the sport
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Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From English basketball.
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /baːskətbaːl/, [ˈb̥ɑːsɡ̊əd̥ˌb̥ɒːl]
Noun [edit]
basketball c (singular definite basketballen, not used in plural form)
Synonyms [edit]
- (sport): basket
- (ball): basketbold
See also [edit]
Basketball on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia
French [edit]
Noun [edit]
basketball m (usually uncountable)
- Alternative form of basket-ball.