Football

//ˈfʊtbɔːl//

Synonyms for "football" (53 found)

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Closest matches (11)

Strong matches (16)

Related words (26)

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3 entries

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21 entries

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6 entries

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1 entries

at location

2 entries

coordinate

1 entries

defined as

1 entries

derived

44 entries

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derived from

2 entries

has a

1 entries

has context

13 entries

has property

4 entries

is a

21 entries

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receives action

7 entries

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27 entries

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used for

2 entries

Translations

313 translations across 140 languages.

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Abkhaz

1 entries
  • ашьапылампыл noun (association football)

Afrikaans

2 entries
  • sokker noun (association football)
  • voetbal noun (association football)

Akan

1 entries
  • bɔɔlɔ noun (association football)

Albanian

1 entries
  • futboll noun (association football)

Amharic

1 entries
  • እግር ኳስ noun (association football)

Arabic

4 entries
  • كورة noun (association football)
  • كورة noun (association football)
  • كورة noun (association football)
  • كورة noun (association football)

Armenian

4 entries
  • ավստրալական ֆուտբոլ noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • ռեգբիլիգ noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
  • ֆուտբոլ noun (association football)
  • ֆուտբոլի գնդակ noun (ball)

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

1 entries
  • ܐܸܣܦܹܝܪ ܪܸܓ݂ܠܵܐ noun (association football)

Asturian

1 entries
  • fútbol noun (association football)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • futbol noun (association football)

Bavarian German

1 entries
  • Fuaßboi noun (association football)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • футбо́л noun (association football)

Bengali

1 entries
  • ফুটবল noun (association football)

Breton

1 entries
  • mell-droad noun (association football)

Brunei Malay

1 entries
  • bula sipak noun (association football)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • футбо́л noun (association football)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဘောလုံး noun (association football)

Campidanese Sardinian

2 entries
  • culatza noun (association football)
  • punta de pei noun (association football)

Carpathian Rusyn

1 entries
  • фотбал noun (association football)

Catalan

4 entries
  • futbol noun (association football)
  • fútbal noun (association football)
  • fútbal noun (ball)
  • pilota noun (ball)

Central Dusun

1 entries
  • mimbuul noun (association football)

Chichewa

1 entries
  • mpira noun (association football)

Chinese

1 entries
  • 跤球 noun (association football)

Chinese Cantonese

3 entries
  • 澳式足球 noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • 足球 noun (association football)
  • 足球 noun (ball)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries
  • 澳式足球 noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • 足球 noun (association football)
  • 蹴球 noun (association football)

Chukchi

1 entries
  • ӄапԓёчеттыргын noun (association football)

Corsican

4 entries
  • ballò noun (association football)
  • calciu noun (association football)
  • futbol noun (association football)
  • futbolu noun (association football)

Czech

4 entries
  • (fotbalový m) míč noun (ball)
  • australský fotbal noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • fotbal noun (association football)
  • kopaná noun (association football)

Danish

4 entries
  • australsk fodbold noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • fodbold noun (association football)
  • fodbold noun (ball)
  • fodbold noun (practise of any of these games)

Dhivehi

1 entries
  • ފުޓްބޯލްް noun (association football)

Dinka

1 entries
  • adiircök noun (association football)

Dutch

3 entries
  • voetbal noun (association football)
  • voetbal noun (ball)
  • voetballen noun (practise of any of these games)

Eastern Min Chinese

1 entries
  • 跤球 noun (association football)

Esperanto

3 entries
  • futbalo noun (association football)
  • futbalpilko noun (ball)
  • piedpilkado noun (association football)

Estonian

4 entries
  • jalgpall noun (association football)
  • jalgpall noun (ball)
  • jalgpall noun (practise of any of these games)
  • vutt noun (association football)

Faroese

3 entries
  • avstralskur fótbóltur noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • fótbóltur noun (association football)
  • fótbóltur noun (ball)

Finnish

4 entries
  • australialainen jalkapallo noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • futis noun (association football)
  • jalkapallo noun (association football)
  • jalkapallo noun (ball)

French

4 entries
  • ballon noun (ball)
  • ballon de foot noun (ball)
  • foot noun (association football)
  • football noun (association football)

Friulian

1 entries
  • balon noun (association football)

Galician

1 entries
  • fútbol noun (association football)

Georgian

1 entries
  • ფეხბურთი noun (association football)

German

4 entries
  • Australian Football noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • Fussball noun (association football)
  • Fussball noun (ball)
  • Fußball noun (association football)

Greek

2 entries
  • μπάλα ποδοφαίρου noun (ball)
  • ποδόσφαιρο noun (association football)

Greenlandic

2 entries
  • arsaanneq noun (association football)
  • isikkamik arsaanneq noun (association football)

Gujarati

2 entries
  • પગદડો noun (association football)
  • ફૂટબૉલ noun (association football)

Hakka Chinese

1 entries
  • 足球 noun (association football)

Hawaiian

2 entries
  • kinipōpō pōwāwae noun (ball)
  • pōwāwae noun (association football)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • כַּדּוּרֶגֶל noun (association football)

Hindi

4 entries
  • पैरगेंद noun (association football)
  • फ़ुटबाल noun (association football)
  • फ़ुटबॉल noun (association football)
  • फुटबाल noun (association football)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • foci noun (association football)
  • focilabda noun (ball)
  • futball noun (association football)
  • futball-labda noun (ball)

Hunsrik

1 entries
  • Fusball noun (association football)

Icelandic

3 entries
  • fótbolti noun (association football)
  • fótbolti noun (ball)
  • knattspyrna noun (association football)

Indonesian

2 entries
  • bola sepak noun (ball)
  • sepak bola noun (association football)

Interlingua

1 entries
  • football noun (association football)

Inuktitut

1 entries
  • ᐊᔪᒃᑕᖅ noun (association football)

Irish

3 entries
  • peil noun (association football)
  • peil noun (ball)
  • sacar noun (association football)

Italian

4 entries
  • calcio noun (association football)
  • palla noun (ball)
  • palla da calcio noun (ball)
  • pallone noun (ball)

Japanese

4 entries
  • アソシエーション・フットボール noun (association football)
  • ア式蹴球 noun (association football)
  • サッカー noun (association football)
  • サッカーボール noun (ball)

Jeju

1 entries
  • 축구 noun (association football)

Kabyle

1 entries
  • takurt n uḍar noun (association football)

Kannada

2 entries
  • ಫುಟ್ಬಾಲ್ noun (association football)
  • ಸಾಕರ್ noun (association football)

Kashmiri

2 entries
  • فُٹ بال noun (association football)
  • فُٹ بال noun (ball)

Kazakh

2 entries
  • аяқдоп noun (ball)
  • футбол noun (association football)

Khmer

2 entries
  • កីឡាបាល់ទាត់ noun (association football)
  • បាល់ទាត់ noun (association football)

Korean

3 entries
  • 축구 noun (association football)
  • 축구공 noun (ball)
  • 풋볼 noun (association football)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • буттоп noun (association football)
  • футбол noun (association football)

Lao

3 entries
  • ຟຸດບານ noun (association football)
  • ຟຸດບານ noun (ball)
  • ເຕະບານ noun (association football)

Latin

1 entries
  • pedilūdium noun (association football)

Latvian

2 entries
  • futbols noun (association football)
  • kājbumba noun (association football)

Lithuanian

1 entries
  • futbolas noun (association football)

Lombard

4 entries
  • balla noun (ball)
  • ballon noun (association football)
  • ballon noun (ball)
  • fóball noun (association football)

Lower Sorbian

2 entries
  • balokopanje noun (association football)
  • kopańca noun (association football)

Luxembourgish

1 entries
  • Foussball noun (association football)

Macedonian

4 entries
  • австралиски фудбал noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • рагби noun (game in New South Wales, Queensland)
  • фу́дбал noun (association football)
  • фудбал noun (ball)

Malay

2 entries
  • bola sepak noun (association football)
  • sepak bola noun (association football)

Malayalam

2 entries
  • ഫുട്ബോൾ noun (association football)
  • സോക്കർ noun (association football)

Maltese

2 entries
  • ballun noun (ball)
  • futbol noun (association football)

Manx

2 entries
  • soccar noun (association football)
  • soccer noun (association football)

Marathi

1 entries
  • फुटबॉल noun (association football)

Miami

1 entries
  • aakalaahšima paaskoontia noun (association football)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хөлбөмбөг noun (association football)

Māori

1 entries
  • poi whana noun (association football)

Nahuatl

1 entries
  • neicxitapayolhuiliztli noun (association football)

Navajo

3 entries
  • jooł noun (ball)
  • jooł nabíznítaałí noun (association football)
  • jooł yitalí noun (ball)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • futbol noun (association football)

Norwegian Bokmål

3 entries
  • fotball noun (association football)
  • fotball noun (ball)
  • fotball noun (practise of any of these games)

Norwegian Nynorsk

3 entries
  • fotball noun (association football)
  • fotball noun (ball)
  • fotball noun (practise of any of these games)

Occitan

2 entries
  • fotbòl noun (association football)
  • pilòta noun (ball)

Ojibwe

1 entries
  • obasikawaadaanaawaa chi-bikwaakwad noun (association football)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • фодбал noun (association football)

Pashto

2 entries
  • فتبال noun (association football)
  • فوټبال noun (association football)

Persian

2 entries
  • توپ فوتبال noun (ball)
  • فوتبال پایگوی noun (association football)

Picard

1 entries
  • fotbale noun (association football)

Polish

4 entries
  • futbol noun (association football)
  • futbol australijski noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • piłka nożna noun (association football)
  • piłka nożna noun (practise of any of these games)

Portuguese

3 entries
  • bola de futebol noun (ball)
  • esférico noun (ball)
  • futebol noun (association football)

Punjabi

1 entries
  • ਫੁਟਬਾਲ noun (association football)

Romanian

4 entries
  • balon noun (ball)
  • fotbal noun (association football)
  • fotbal noun (practise of any of these games)
  • fotbal australian noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)

Russian

4 entries
  • австрали́йский футбо́л noun (game in Northern Territory, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria, Western Australia)
  • ногомя́ч noun (association football)
  • футбо́л noun (association football)
  • футбо́льный мяч noun (ball)

Saliba (Colombia)

1 entries
  • futbal noun (association football)

Sardinian

1 entries
  • calche noun (association football)

Saterland Frisian

1 entries
  • Foutbal noun (association football)

Scots

4 entries
  • fitba noun (association football)
  • fitbaa noun (association football)
  • fitbaw noun (association football)
  • fitbaw noun (ball)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • ball-coise noun (association football)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • fudbal noun (association football)
  • nogomet noun (association football)
  • nogometna lopta noun (ball)
  • ногомет noun (association football)

Shan

1 entries
  • မၢၵ်ႇၼင် noun (association football)

Sicilian

3 entries
  • futtibboll noun (association football)
  • padduni noun (association football)
  • palluni noun (association football)

Sinhalese

1 entries
  • පාපන්දුව noun (association football)

Slovak

3 entries
  • fotbal noun (association football)
  • futbal noun (association football)
  • futbalová lopta noun (ball)

Slovene

2 entries
  • nogomet noun (association football)
  • nogometna žoga noun (ball)

Somali

1 entries
  • kubada cagta noun (association football)

Sotho

1 entries
  • bolo noun (association football)

Spanish

4 entries
  • balompié noun (association football)
  • balón balompédico / futbolístico noun (ball)
  • fulbito noun (association football)
  • futbol noun (association football)

Swahili

3 entries
  • kandanda noun (association football)
  • mpira wa miguu noun (association football)
  • soka noun (association football)

Swedish

2 entries
  • fotboll noun (association football)
  • fotboll noun (ball)

Tagalog

1 entries
  • putbol noun (association football)

Tajik

1 entries
  • футбол noun (association football)

Tamil

1 entries
  • கால்பந்து noun (association football)

Tarifit

1 entries
  • tšamma noun (association football)

Tatar

1 entries
  • футбол noun (association football)

Telugu

1 entries
  • ఫుట్ బాల్ noun (association football)

Thai

2 entries
  • ฟุตบอล noun (association football)
  • ฟุตบอล noun (ball)

Tibetan

1 entries
  • རྐང་རྩེད་སྤོ་ལོ noun (association football)

Tigrinya

1 entries
  • ኩዕሶ እግሪ noun (association football)

Tok Pisin

2 entries
  • kikbal noun (association football)
  • soka noun (association football)

Turkish

4 entries
  • ayak topu noun (association football)
  • futbol noun (association football)
  • futbol topu noun (ball)
  • tepik noun (association football)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • futbol noun (association football)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • ко́паний м’яч noun (association football)
  • со́кер noun (association football)
  • футбо́л noun (association football)

Upper Sorbian

1 entries
  • kopańca noun (association football)

Urdu

3 entries
  • فٹ بال noun (association football)
  • فٹبال noun (association football)
  • گیندِ پا noun (association football)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • پۇتبول noun (association football)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • futbol noun (association football)

Vietnamese

1 entries
  • bóng đá noun (association football)

Walloon

4 entries
  • fotbal noun (association football)
  • fotbale noun (association football)
  • fousbal noun (association football)
  • fousbale noun (association football)

Welsh

3 entries
  • pêl droed noun (ball)
  • pêl-droed noun (association football)
  • pêl-droed noun (practise of any of these games)

West-Frisian

4 entries
  • bal noun (ball)
  • fuotbal noun (association football)
  • fuotbal noun (ball)
  • fuotbalje noun (practise of any of these games)

Wu Chinese

1 entries
  • 足球 noun (association football)

Yiddish

1 entries
  • פֿוסבאָל noun (association football)

Yoruba

3 entries
  • bọ́ọ̀lù noun (association football)
  • bọ́ọ̀lù àfẹsẹ̀gbá noun (association football)
  • bọ́ọ̀lù-ẹlẹ́sẹ̀ noun (association football)

Zhuang

1 entries
  • cukgiuz noun (association football)

Zulu

1 entries
  • ibhola noun (association football)

Sample sentences

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The English team beat the Brazilian team in the international football tournament.

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Though it was raining, we played football.

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The Roman football game was like the Greek game.

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Rugby, American football, and Australian rules football all come from soccer.

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