softball

English

A softball.

A softball game.

Etymology

1926: soft +‎ ball.

Noun

softball (plural softballs)

1. A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
2. The ball used to play the sport.
3. (by analogy) A question designed to be easy to answer.

Synonyms

• diamond ball
• indoor baseball
• kitten ball
• mush ball
• pumpkin ball
• town ball

Translations

game

• Afrikaans: softbal, sagtebal
• Bulgarian: софтбол m (sóftbol)
• Catalan: softbol (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 壘球 (zh) (lěiqiú)

• French: softball (fr) m, (Canada) balle-molle (fr) f
• German: Softball m
• Irish: láimhe (ga) m
• Japanese: ソフトボール (ja) (sofutobōru), 塁球 (ja) (ruikyū)
• Korean: 소프트볼 (sopeuteubol)

• Latvian: softbols m
• Lithuanian: mažojo (lt) m
• Maori: poiuka
• Navajo: jooł yikalí
• Portuguese: softball (pt) m, softbol (pt) m
• Romanian: softball n
• Russian: софтбо́л (ru) m (softból)
• Spanish: sófbol m
• Vietnamese: bóng mềm

ball

• French: softball (fr) m

See also

• baseball
• rounders

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• softbol

Noun

softball m (uncountable)

1. softball (a sport similar to baseball)