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)

• Finnish: softball (fi)
• 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

• Finnish: softball-pallo

• French: softball (fr) m

See also

• baseball
• rounders

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English softball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoftboːl/, [ˈs̠o̞ft̪bo̞ːl]
• Hyphenation: soft‧ball

Noun

softball

1. softball

Declension

Inflection of softball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		softball	softballit
genitive		softballin	softballien
partitive		softballia	softballeja
illative		softballiin	softballeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		softball	softballit
accusative	nom.	softball	softballit
	gen.	softballin
genitive		softballin	softballien
partitive		softballia	softballeja
inessive		softballissa	softballeissa
elative		softballista	softballeista
illative		softballiin	softballeihin
adessive		softballilla	softballeilla
ablative		softballilta	softballeilta
allative		softballille	softballeille
essive		softballina	softballeina
translative		softballiksi	softballeiksi
instructive		—	softballein
abessive		softballitta	softballeitta
comitative		—	softballeineen

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• softbol

Noun

softball m (uncountable)

1. softball (a sport similar to baseball)

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Spanish

Noun

softball m (uncountable)

1. softball