basquetebol

Portuguese

bola de basquetebol

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.

Portuguese basquetebol

Borrowed from English basketball.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/ [basˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /basˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/ [basˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /baʃˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔw/ [baʃˌkɛ.t͡ʃiˈbɔʊ̯]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbaʃ.kɛ.tɨˈbɔl/ [ˌbaʃ.kɛ.tɨˈβɔɫ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbaʃ.kɛ.tɨˈbɔl/ [ˌbaʃ.kɛ.tɨˈβɔɫ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˌbaʃ.kɛ.tɨˈbɔ.li/

• Rhymes: (Portugal) -ɔl, (Brazil) -ɔw
• Hyphenation: bas‧que‧te‧bol

Noun

basquetebol m (uncountable)

1. basketball (the sport)

   Synonyms: (Portugal) básquete, (Brazil) basquete, bola ao cesto, cestobol

Further reading

• “basquetebol”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “basquetebol”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026