basquetbol

See also: básquetbol

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from English basketball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [bəs.kədˈbo̞l]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Central) [bəs.kədˈbɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia, Northwestern) [bas.kedˈbɔl]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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• Rhymes: -ɔl

Noun

basquetbol m (plural basquetbols)

1. basketball

   Synonym: bàsquet

Spanish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *baskis

Proto-Brythonicder.

Late Latin bascauda

Anglo-Norman bascatbor.

Middle English basket

English basket

Proto-Indo-European *bʰel-der.

Proto-Germanic *balluz

Old English *beall

Middle English bal

English ball

English basketballbor.

Spanish basquetbol

Borrowed from English basketball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baskedˈbol/ [bas.keð̞ˈβ̞ol]
• Rhymes: -ol
• Syllabification: bas‧quet‧bol

Noun

basquetbol m (uncountable)

1. alternative form of básquetbol

Further reading

• “basquetbol”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025