football

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Derived terms 1.2.3 Translations 1.2.4 See also 2 French 2.1 Etymology 2.2 Pronunciation 2.3 Noun 2.3.1 Synonyms 3 Interlingua 3.1 Etymology 3.2 Noun

[edit] English

Wikipedia

[edit] Etymology

foot + ball

[edit] Noun

football (countable and uncountable; plural footballs)

1. (British, uncountable) A game in which two teams of eleven players each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball. In amateur games it may be a team of five or six, or indeed any number.

   Each team scored three goals when they played football.

2. (US, uncountable) American football: a game similar to rugby football 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.

3. (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.

4. (Australian, uncountable) Term used to refer to the same game as the British definition (association football).
5. (Australian, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, uncountable) Australian rules football.
6. (Australian, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) Rugby League.
7. (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".

   The player kicked the football.

8. Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
9. (metaphorical) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner

   That budget item became a political football.

10. (Irish) 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.
11. (slang) The nickname of the leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans, which is always near the US President.

[edit] 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• ("football" in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia): footy, Aussie Rules, VFL (outdated), AFL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
  • (Australia: in football (soccer)): soccerball
  • (in US: American football): pigskin

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[edit] See also

• Category:Football (Soccer) for a list of terms used in football/soccer.
• Football on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• American football on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:American football
• Translations of football (soccer) terms

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[edit] French

[edit] Etymology

From English.

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fut.bɔl/, SAMPA: /fut.bOl/

[edit] Noun

football m. (plural footballs)

1. (Europe) soccer
2. (Canadian) Canadian football
3. (less common) American football

[edit] Synonyms

• (soccer): (colloquial) foot
• (American football): football américain

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[edit] Interlingua

[edit] Etymology

From English.

[edit] Noun

football (uncountable)

1. football (soccer)