golf

See also Golf

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

The word is first known in English from the 15th century from Scots. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve or colf (“club”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ɡɒlf/
• Rhymes: -ɒlf

Noun

golf (uncountable)

1. (sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
2. The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Translations

ball game

• Afrikaans: gholf (af)
• Arabic: جولف (ar) (golf, guulf) m, غولف (ar) (golf, guulf, ghuulf) m
• Armenian: գոլֆ (hy) (golf)
• Asturian: golf (ast) m
• Azeri: qolf (az)
• Basque: golf (eu)
• Belarusian: гольф (be) (hol'f) m
• Bulgarian: голф (bg) (golf) m
• Catalan: golf (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 高爾夫球 (cmn), 高尔夫球 (cmn) (gāo'ěrfūqiú)

• Czech: golf (cs)
• Danish: golf (da)
• Dutch: golf (nl)
• Esperanto: golfo (eo)
• Estonian: golf (et)
• Finnish: golf (fi)
• French: golf (fr) m
• Galician: golf (gl) m
• Georgian: გოლფი (ka) (golp'i)
• German: Golf (de) n
• Greek: γκολφ (el) (golf)
• Haitian Creole: gòf
• Hebrew: גולף (he) (golf) m
• Hindi: गोल्फ़ (hi) (golf) m, गोल्फ (hi) (golph) m
• Hungarian: golf (hu)
• Icelandic: golf (is)
• Ido: golfo (io)
• Indonesian: golf (id)
• Italian: golf (it) m
• Japanese: ゴルフ (ja) (gorufu)

• Korean: 골프 (ko) (golpeu)
• Latvian: golfs (lv)
• Lithuanian: golfas (lt)
• Luxembourgish: golf (lb)
• Macedonian: голф (mk) (golf) m
• Malay: golf (ms)
• Malayalam: ഗോൾഫ് (ml)
• Mongolian: гольф (mn) (gol'f)
• Norwegian: golf (no)
• Occitan: gòlf (oc) m
• Persian: گلف (fa) (golf)
• Polish: golf (pl)
• Portuguese: golfe (pt) m
• Russian: гольф (ru) (gol’f) m
• Scots: gowf
• Scottish Gaelic: golf (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: голф (sh) m

  Roman: golf (sh) m

• Spanish: golf (es) m
• Swedish: golf (sv)
• Tajik: голф (tg) (golf)
• Tamil: கோல்ஃப் (ta)
• Thai: กอล์ฟ (th) (góf)
• Turkish: golf (tr)
• Ukrainian: гольф (uk) (hol'f) m
• Urdu: گولف (ur) (golf) m
• Uyghur: گولف توپى (ug) (golf topi)
• Vietnamese: golf (vi)
• Welsh: golff (cy) m

the letter “G”

• Estonian: Gustav (et)
• Finnish: Gideon (fi)

• Russian: (for both Cyrillic and Roman) Галина (ru) (Galína) f, Григорий (ru) (Grigórij) m

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun “golf”

golf ball golf cart golf club

golf course golf hole golf pencil

golf umbrella golf widow miniature golf

References

• "Golf" in Michael Quinion, Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds, 2004.

Verb

golf (third-person singular simple present golfs, present participle golfing, simple past and past participle golfed)

1. To play golf.

Translations

play golf

• Dutch: golfen (nl)
• Finnish: golfata (fi)

• French: golfer (fr)
• German: golfen (de)

Anagrams

• flog

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Catalan

Etymology 1

Noun

golf m (plural golfs)

1. gulf

Etymology 2

From English golf.

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

1. golf

Derived terms

• golfista

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA: /gɔlf/

Etymology 1

From English golf.

Noun

golf m

1. golf (a ball game)

Declension

    declension of golf

	singular	plural
nominative	golf	golfy
genitive	golfu	golfů
dative	golfu	golfům
accusative	golf	golfy
vocative	golfe	golfy
locative	golfu	golfech
instrumental	golfem	golfy

Derived terms

• golfový
• golfista

Etymology 2

From German Golf.

Noun

golf m

1. bay, gulf

Declension

    declension of golf

	singular	plural
nominative	golf	golfy
genitive	golfu	golfů
dative	golfu	golfům
accusative	golf	golfy
vocative	golfe	golfy
locative	golfu	golfech
instrumental	golfem	golfy

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

golf f (plural golven, diminutive golfje)

1. wave
2. (physics) wave
3. (geography) gulf

Derived terms

• radiogolf
• vloedgolf
• zwaartekrachtsgolf

Noun

golf n (uncountable)

1. golf

Verb

golf

1. first-person singular present indicative of golven
2. imperative of golven
3. first-person singular present indicative of golfen
4. imperative of golfen

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Finnish

(index g)

Etymology

From English golf.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: golf
• IPA: /ˈɡolf/

Noun

golf

1. golf

Declension

Declension of golf (type risti) singular plural nominative golf golfit genitive golfin golfien partitive golfia golfeja accusative golf golfin golfit inessive golfissa golfeissa elative golfista golfeista illative golfiin golfeihin adessive golfilla golfeilla ablative golfilta golfeilta allative golfille golfeille essive golfina golfeina translative golfiksi golfeiksi instructive – golfein abessive golfitta golfeitta comitative – golfeineen

Derived terms

• verbs: golfata

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French

Noun

golf m (plural golf)

1. golf

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Galician

Noun

golf m (usually uncountable)

1. golf

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Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈɡolf/
• Hyphenation: golf

Noun

golf (uncountable)

1. golf

Derived terms

• golfpálya

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Italian

Noun

golf m (invariable)

1. golf
2. jumper, cardigan

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Polish

Pronunciation

• Audio

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Noun

golf m

1. golf
2. polo-neck

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

golf m (Cyrillic spelling голф)

1. golf

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Spanish

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Etymology

From English golf.

Noun

golf m (usually uncountable)

1. golf

Derived terms

• golfista

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Swedish

Noun

golf c

1. gulf, bay
2. golf; a sport
3. Obsolete spelling of golv.

Declension

Declension of golf 1

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	golf	golfen	golfer	golferna
genitive	golfs	golfens	golfers	golfernas

Declension of golf 2

	uncountable		uncountable
Common	indefinite	definite
nominative	golf	golfen
genitive	golfs	golfens

Related terms

• golfa
• golfare
• golfbana
• golfklubb
• golfklubba
• Mexikanska golfen

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Vietnamese

Noun

golf

1. golf