ice hockey

English

Noun

ice hockey (uncountable)

1. A form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.

Usage notes

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

Synonyms

• (See usage note): hockey

Meronyms

-

• +/-
• assist (noun)
• backhand
• blue line
• body check
• centre (ice hockey)
• centreman
• cross-check
• defenceman
• faceoff
• fight
• goalie
• goaltender
• hat trick
• high-sticking, high stick, high-stick
• left wing (ice hockey)
• netminder
• offside
• overtime (sports)
• penalty box
• penalty kill
• penalty (ice hockey)
• PIM
• point (competition)
• power play (ice hockey)
• right wing (ice hockey)
• short-handed
• skate
• slapshot
• snap shot
• stick (sports)
• wrist shot

Derived terms

• para ice hockey

Translations

hockey

• Afrikaans: yshokkie
• Arabic: هُوكِي اَلْجَلِيد m (hūkī l-jalīd)
• Armenian: հոկեյ (hy) (hokey)
• Catalan: hoquei sobre gel (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 冰球 (bing¹ kau⁴)

  Mandarin: 冰球 (zh) (bīngqiú)

• Czech: hokej (cs) m, lední hokej (cs) m
• Danish: ishockey (da)
• Dutch: ijshockey (nl) n
• Estonian: jäähoki
• Finnish: jääkiekko (fi), kiekko (fi), lätkä (fi)
• French: hockey sur glace (fr) m, hockey (fr) m (North American French)
• Georgian: ყინულის ჰოკეი (q̇inulis hoḳei)
• German: Eishockey (de) n
• Hungarian: jégkorong (hu), jéghoki (hu)
• Icelandic: íshokkí (is)
• Inuktitut: haaki, Hᐋᑭ (Haaki)
• Italian: hockey su ghiaccio (it) m
• Japanese: アイスホッケー (ja) (aisuhokkē)
• Kazakh: шайбалы хоккей (şaibaly xokkei)
• Korean: 아이스하키 (ko) (aiseuhaki) (South Korea), 빙상(氷上)호케이 (ko) (bingsanghokei) (North Korea)
• Latin: alsulegia glacialis f
• Latvian: hokejs m
• Lithuanian: ledo ritulys m
• Maori: hōkī hukapapa
• Mongolian: мөсөн хоккей (mösön xokkej)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ishockey m

  Nynorsk: ishockey m

• Polish: hokej na lodzie (pl) m
• Portuguese: hóquei no gelo m
• Russian: хокке́й с ша́йбой (ru) m (xokkéj s šájboj), хокке́й на льду́ m (xokkéj na lʹdú), хокке́й (ru) m (xokkéj)
• Scottish Gaelic: hocaidh-deighe m or f
• Slovene: hokej na ledu m
• Spanish: hockey sobre hielo m
• Swedish: ishockey (sv) c
• Turkish: buz hokeyi (tr)
• Ukrainian: хоке́й (uk) (xokéj), гоке́й (hokéj), гакі́вка (hakívka), хоке́й із ша́йбою (xokéj iz šájboju), кана́дський хоке́й (kanádsʹkyj xokéj)
• Volapük: gladahokiy
• Yiddish: אײַזהאָקי (ayzhoki), אײַזהאָקיי (ayzhokey)

See also

• field hockey
• roller hockey
• pond hockey