volleyball

See also: Volleyball and volley-ball

English

Alternative forms

• volley-ball
• bolleyball (humorous)

Etymology

volley +‎ ball

Pronunciation

• Audio (US):

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• IPA^(key): /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/

Noun

volleyball (countable and uncountable, plural volleyballs)

1. (uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
2. (countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.

Derived terms

Derived terms

• beach volleyball
• indoor volleyball
• kick volleyball
• rebound volleyball

• sitting volleyball
• volleyballene
• volleyballer
• wallyball

Translations

game

• Afrikaans: vlugbal
• Albanian: volejboll (sq) m
• Arabic: كُرَة اَلْيَد f (kurat al-yad)
• Armenian: վոլեյբոլ (hy) (voleybol)
• Azerbaijani: voleybol (az)
• Basque: boleibol
• Belarusian: валейбо́л m (valjejból)
• Bengali: ভলিবল (bholibol)
• Bulgarian: волейбо́л (bg) m (volejból)
• Burmese: ဘော်လီဘော (my) (bhaulibhau:)
• Catalan: voleibol (ca) m, vòlei (ca) m
• Central Dusun: buul tapap
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 排球 (paai⁴ kau⁴)

  Mandarin: 排球 (zh) (páiqiú)

• Czech: volejbal m, odbíjená (cs) f
• Danish: volleyball (da) c
• Dutch: volleybal (nl) n
• Esperanto: flugpilkado
• Estonian: võrkpall
• Finnish: lentopallo (fi)
• French: volley-ball (fr)
• Galician: voleibol (gl) m, balonvolea (gl) m
• Georgian: ფრენბურთი (prenburti)
• German: Volleyball (de)
• Greek: πετοσφαίριση (el) f (petosfaírisi), βόλλεϋ n (vólleÿ), βόλεϊ (el) n (vóleï)
• Gujarati: મારદડો (māradḍo)
• Hebrew: כַּדוּרעָף (he) m (kadur'áf)
• Hindi: वॉलीबाल (vŏlībāl), वॉलीबॉल (vŏlībŏl)
• Hungarian: röplabda (hu)
• Icelandic: blak (is) n
• Ido: volebalo
• Indonesian: bola voli
• Irish: eitpheil m
• Italian: pallavolo (it) f, palla a volo f, volley m
• Japanese: バレーボール (ja) (barēbōru), 排球 (ja) (はいきゅう, haikyū)
• Kazakh: волейбол (voleibol)
• Khmer: បាល់ទះ (bal teah), កីឡាបាល់ទះ (kəylaa bal teah)
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• Korean: 배구 (ko) (baegu) (排球 (ko)), 발리볼 (ballibol)
• Kyrgyz: волейбол (ky) (voleybol)
• Lao: ບານສົ່ງ (lo) (bān song)
• Latin: follis volitatis m
• Latvian: volejbols m
• Lithuanian: tinklinis m
• Macedonian: одбојка f (odbojka)
• Malay: bola tampar
• Maori: poirewa
• Mongolian: волейбол (mn) (volejbol), гар бөмбөг (gar bömbög)
• Navajo: jooł nabízníkaadí, jooł ałnáábízníltsʼííh
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: volleyball (no) m

  Nynorsk: volleyball m

• Persian: والیبال (fa) (vâlibâl)
• Polish: siatkówka (pl) f
• Portuguese: voleibol (pt) m, vólei (pt) m (Portugal), vôlei (pt) m (Brazil)
• Romanian: volei (ro) m
• Russian: волейбо́л (ru) m (volejból)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: одбојка f

  Roman: odbojka (sh) f

• Sinhalese: වොලිබෝල් (si) (wolibōl)
• Slovak: volejbal m
• Slovene: odbojka (sl) f
• Spanish: voleibol (es) m, voley m, balonvolea (es) m
• Swahili: voliboli (sw)
• Swedish: volleyboll (sv) c
• Tagalog: volleyball, balibol
• Tajik: волейбол (tg) (voleybol)
• Thai: วอลเลย์บอล (wɔn-lêe-bɔn)
• Turkish: voleybol (tr)
• Turkmen: woleýbol
• Ukrainian: волейбо́л m (volejból), відби́ванка f (vidbývanka)
• Urdu: والی بال (vālī bāl)
• Uzbek: voleybol (uz)
• Vietnamese: bóng chuyền
• Welsh: pêl-foli

ball used to play the game

• Afrikaans: vlugbal
• Czech: volejbalový míč m
• Dutch: volleybal (nl) m
• Esperanto: flugpilko
• Finnish: lentopallo (fi)
• Galician: pelota de voleibol f, balón de voleibol m
• Greek: πετόσφαιρα (el) f (petósfaira)
• Hungarian: röplabda (hu)
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• Icelandic: blakbolti m
• Navajo: jooł
• Portuguese: bola de vôlei/vólei f
• Russian: волейбо́льный мяч m (volejbólʹnyj mjač)
• Swahili: voliboli (sw)
• Swedish: volleyboll (sv) c
• Turkish: voleybol topu
• Ukrainian: волейбо́льний м’яч m (volejbólʹnyj mʺjač), м’яч до відби́ванки m (mʺjač do vidbývanky)

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɛ.bol/ ~ /vɔ.le.bol/

• Audio:

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Noun

volleyball m (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of volley-ball

Derived terms

• volleyball de plage

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English volleyball

Noun

volleyball m (definite singular volleyballen, uncountable)

1. volleyball (ball game)

References

• “volleyball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “volleyball” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English volleyball

Noun

volleyball m (definite singular volleyballen, uncountable)

1. volleyball (ball game)

References

• “volleyball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Noun

volleyball m (uncountable)

1. Dated form of voleibol.