field hockey

See also: field-hockey

English

Noun

field hockey (uncountable)

1. A form of hockey played on a grassed pitch with a hard rubber ball instead of a puck.

Usage notes

In parts of the world where field hockey is more prominent than ice hockey it is generally referred to simply as hockey. This is equally true of ice hockey.

Translations

form of hockey

• Catalan: hoquei sobre herba (ca) m, hoquei (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 曲棍球 (zh) (qūgùnqiú)

• Dutch: hockey (nl) n
• Finnish: maahockey (fi)
• French: hockey sur gazon (fr) m
• Georgian: ბალახის ჰოკეი (balaxis hoḳei)
• German: Hockey (de) n, Feldhockey n
• Hindi: हॉकी f (hŏkī), हाकी (hi) (hākī)
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• Hungarian: gyeplabda (hu)
• Irish: haca m
• Italian: hockey su prato m
• Japanese: フィールドホッケー (ja) (fīrudohokkē)
• Mongolian: талбайн хоккей (talbajn xokkej)
• Romanian: hochei pe iarbă n
• Russian: хокке́й на траве́ m (xokkéj na travé)
• Spanish: hockey sobre hierba m
• Swedish: landhockey (sv) c