fotbal

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English football.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈfodbal]

Noun

fotbal m inan

1. football (UK), soccer (US, Australia), association football

   Synonym: kopaná

Declension

Declension of fotbal (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	fotbal	fotbaly
genitive	fotbalu	fotbalů
dative	fotbalu	fotbalům
accusative	fotbal	fotbaly
vocative	fotbale	fotbaly
locative	fotbale, fotbalu	fotbalech
instrumental	fotbalem	fotbaly

Derived terms

• americký fotbal
• australský fotbal
• fotbalový
• slovní fotbal

 

Middle English

Alternative forms

• footbal, football, foot-ball, foottballe, fote-bal, foteball, foteballe, fott ball, fute-ball, fute balle

Etymology

From fot +‎ bal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoːtbal/

Noun

fotbal (Late Middle English)

1. football (game played with a ball; ancestor of soccer, American football, and rugby)
2. The ball that this game was played with.

Descendants

• English: football (see there for further descendants)
• Scots: fitbaw

References

• “fọ̄t-bal, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-05-17.

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English football.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfot.bal/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -otbal
• Hyphenation: fot‧bal

Noun

fotbal n (uncountable)

1. football (UK); soccer (US, Australia)

Slovak

Noun

fotbal m inan

1. Alternative form of futbal