basbalo

Esperanto

Basbala matĉo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [basˈbalo]
• Rhymes: -alo
• Hyphenation: bas‧ba‧lo

Noun

basbalo (uncountable, accusative basbalon)

1. (sports) baseball

Usage notes

Using the Esperanto version of Google as a guide, basbalo receives three times the hits as bazpilkado. However many Esperantists object to this usage as being an anglicism.

Synonyms

• bazopilkado

Meronyms

• batanto (“a batter”)
• batilo (“a bat”)
• bazo (“base”)
• bazopilko (“a baseball (the ball)”)

• bazulo (“a baseman”)
• enkampo (“infield”)
• enkampulo (“an infielder”)
• forkampo (“outfield”)

• forkampulo (“an outfielder”)
• ĵetanto (“a pitcher”)
• kaptanto (“a catcher”)

Derived terms

• basbala ĉapo (“baseball cap”)