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baseball

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See also: Baseball, base ball, and base-ball

English

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A baseball
A game of baseball

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From base +‎ ball.

Pronunciation

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  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/
  • Audio (US):(file)

Noun

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baseball (plural baseballs)

  1. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
    • 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, […], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
      It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
    • 2016, Mike Westphal, Cloud of Expectation; Book One: The In America Series, Xlibris, →ISBN:
      “Your father was the best baseball player anyone had ever seen.” Excited but halting, her voice ran on past all obstacles. “We watched him play shortstop, and my father said he was the best, and my brothers too. The Cardinals sent a man down to talk to him about one of their teams.” Like an ancient marineress, she would not let go. She meant the St. Louis Cardinals’ farm teams.
  2. The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
    • 2005 April 8, Brian Greene, “One Hundred Years of Uncertainty”, in The New York Times‎[1], archived from the original on 9 March 2021:
      The reason we have for so long been unaware that the universe evolves probabilistically is that for the relatively large, everyday objects we typically encounter -- baseballs, flowerpots, the Moon -- quantum mechanics shows that the probabilities become highly skewed, hugely favoring one outcome and effectively suppressing all others. […] With such a skewed probability, the quantum reasoning goes, we have long overlooked the tiny chance that the baseball can (and, on extraordinarily rare occasions, will) land somewhere completely different.
  3. A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

Usage notes

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia cs

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English baseball. First attested in the 20th century.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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baseball m inan

  1. baseball

Declension

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Declension of baseball (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative baseball basebally
genitive baseballu baseballů
dative baseballu baseballům
accusative baseball basebally
vocative baseballe basebally
locative baseballe, baseballu baseballech
instrumental baseballem basebally

Danish

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Danish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia da

Etymology

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From American English baseball.

Noun

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baseball c (singular definite baseballen, not used in plural form)

  1. baseball (ball game)

Declension

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Declension of baseball
common
gender 		singular
indefinite definite
nominative baseball baseballen
genitive baseballs baseballens

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References

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Finnish

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbei̯sboːl/, [ˈbe̞i̯s̠bo̞ːl]
  • Rhymes: -eisboːl
  • Syllabification(key): base‧ball
  • Hyphenation(key): base‧ball

Noun

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baseball

  1. baseball

Declension

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Inflection of baseball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative baseball baseballit
genitive baseballin baseballien
partitive baseballia baseballeja
illative baseballiin baseballeihin
singular plural
nominative baseball baseballit
accusative nom. baseball baseballit
gen. baseballin
genitive baseballin baseballien
partitive baseballia baseballeja
inessive baseballissa baseballeissa
elative baseballista baseballeista
illative baseballiin baseballeihin
adessive baseballilla baseballeilla
ablative baseballilta baseballeilta
allative baseballille baseballeille
essive baseballina baseballeina
translative baseballiksi baseballeiksi
abessive baseballitta baseballeitta
instructive — baseballein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of baseball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballini baseballini
accusative nom. baseballini baseballini
gen. baseballini
genitive baseballini baseballieni
partitive baseballiani baseballejani
inessive baseballissani baseballeissani
elative baseballistani baseballeistani
illative baseballiini baseballeihini
adessive baseballillani baseballeillani
ablative baseballiltani baseballeiltani
allative baseballilleni baseballeilleni
essive baseballinani baseballeinani
translative baseballikseni baseballeikseni
abessive baseballittani baseballeittani
instructive — —
comitative — baseballeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballisi baseballisi
accusative nom. baseballisi baseballisi
gen. baseballisi
genitive baseballisi baseballiesi
partitive baseballiasi baseballejasi
inessive baseballissasi baseballeissasi
elative baseballistasi baseballeistasi
illative baseballiisi baseballeihisi
adessive baseballillasi baseballeillasi
ablative baseballiltasi baseballeiltasi
allative baseballillesi baseballeillesi
essive baseballinasi baseballeinasi
translative baseballiksesi baseballeiksesi
abessive baseballittasi baseballeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — baseballeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballimme baseballimme
accusative nom. baseballimme baseballimme
gen. baseballimme
genitive baseballimme baseballiemme
partitive baseballiamme baseballejamme
inessive baseballissamme baseballeissamme
elative baseballistamme baseballeistamme
illative baseballiimme baseballeihimme
adessive baseballillamme baseballeillamme
ablative baseballiltamme baseballeiltamme
allative baseballillemme baseballeillemme
essive baseballinamme baseballeinamme
translative baseballiksemme baseballeiksemme
abessive baseballittamme baseballeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — baseballeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballinne baseballinne
accusative nom. baseballinne baseballinne
gen. baseballinne
genitive baseballinne baseballienne
partitive baseballianne baseballejanne
inessive baseballissanne baseballeissanne
elative baseballistanne baseballeistanne
illative baseballiinne baseballeihinne
adessive baseballillanne baseballeillanne
ablative baseballiltanne baseballeiltanne
allative baseballillenne baseballeillenne
essive baseballinanne baseballeinanne
translative baseballiksenne baseballeiksenne
abessive baseballittanne baseballeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — baseballeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballinsa baseballinsa
accusative nom. baseballinsa baseballinsa
gen. baseballinsa
genitive baseballinsa baseballiensa
partitive baseballiaan
baseballiansa 		baseballejaan
baseballejansa
inessive baseballissaan
baseballissansa 		baseballeissaan
baseballeissansa
elative baseballistaan
baseballistansa 		baseballeistaan
baseballeistansa
illative baseballiinsa baseballeihinsa
adessive baseballillaan
baseballillansa 		baseballeillaan
baseballeillansa
ablative baseballiltaan
baseballiltansa 		baseballeiltaan
baseballeiltansa
allative baseballilleen
baseballillensa 		baseballeilleen
baseballeillensa
essive baseballinaan
baseballinansa 		baseballeinaan
baseballeinansa
translative baseballikseen
baseballiksensa 		baseballeikseen
baseballeiksensa
abessive baseballittaan
baseballittansa 		baseballeittaan
baseballeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — baseballeineen
baseballeinensa

Synonyms

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Derived terms

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compounds

Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English baseball.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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baseball m (uncountable)

  1. post-1990 spelling of base-ball

Hungarian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English baseball.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːzboːl]
  • Hyphenation: base‧ball
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

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baseball (usually uncountable, plural baseballok)

  1. (sports) baseball

Declension

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative baseball baseballok
accusative baseballt baseballokat
dative baseballnak baseballoknak
instrumental baseballal baseballokkal
causal-final baseballért baseballokért
translative baseballá baseballokká
terminative baseballig baseballokig
essive-formal baseballként baseballokként
essive-modal — —
inessive baseballban baseballokban
superessive baseballon baseballokon
adessive baseballnál baseballoknál
illative baseballba baseballokba
sublative baseballra baseballokra
allative baseballhoz baseballokhoz
elative baseballból baseballokból
delative baseballról baseballokról
ablative baseballtól baseballoktól
non-attributive
possessive – singular 		baseballé baseballoké
non-attributive
possessive – plural 		baseballéi baseballokéi
Possessive forms of baseball
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. baseballom baseballjaim
2nd person sing. baseballod baseballjaid
3rd person sing. baseballja baseballjai
1st person plural baseballunk baseballjaink
2nd person plural baseballotok baseballjaitok
3rd person plural baseballjuk baseballjaik

Derived terms

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • baseball in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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baseball m (invariable)

  1. baseball
    Synonyms: (rare) pallabase, (informal) batti e corri

Norwegian Bokmål

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Norwegian Bokmål Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nb

Etymology

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From American English baseball.

Noun

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baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

  1. baseball (ball game)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Norwegian Nynorsk Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nn

Etymology

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From American English baseball.

Noun

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baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

  1. baseball (ball game)

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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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baseball m inan

  1. (sports, uncountable) baseball (ball game)
  2. (countable) baseball bat
    Synonym: bejsbolówka

Declension

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Declension of baseball
singular plural
nominative baseball baseballe
genitive baseballa/baseballu baseballi/baseballów
dative baseballowi baseballom
accusative baseballa/baseballu baseballe
instrumental baseballem baseballami
locative baseballu baseballach
vocative baseballu baseballe

Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

Further reading

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  • baseball in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • baseball in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

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Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pt

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Noun

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baseball m (uncountable)

  1. unadapted form of beisebol

Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Noun

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baseball n (uncountable)

  1. baseball

Declension

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singular only indefinite definite
nominative-accusative baseball baseballul
genitive-dative baseball baseballului
vocative baseballule

Swedish

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Noun

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baseball c

  1. alternative form of baseboll

Declension

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Declension of baseball
nominative genitive
singular indefinite baseball baseballs
definite baseballen baseballens
plural indefinite baseballar baseballars
definite baseballarna baseballarnas

References

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