Goalkeeper

//ˈɡɔːl.kiːpɚ//

Synonyms for "goalkeeper" (20 found)

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Noun(1 words)
goalminder

Related words (10)

Noun(2 words)
keeperstopper

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Translations

137 translations across 58 languages.

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Afrikaans

1 entries
  • doelwagter noun (player that protects a goal)

Albanian

1 entries
  • portier noun (player that protects a goal)

Arabic

4 entries
  • حارس noun (player that protects a goal)
  • حَارِس noun (player that protects a goal)
  • حَارِس مَرْمَى noun (player that protects a goal)
  • قولي noun (player that protects a goal)

Armenian

1 entries
  • դարպասապահ noun (player that protects a goal)

Basque

1 entries
  • atezain noun (player that protects a goal)

Belarusian

1 entries
  • варата́р noun (player that protects a goal)

Bulgarian

1 entries
  • вратар noun (player that protects a goal)

Catalan

1 entries
  • porter noun (player that protects a goal)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 守門員 /守门员 noun (player that protects a goal)
  • 門將 /门将 noun (player that protects a goal)

Cornish

2 entries
  • gwithyades wol noun (player that protects a goal)
  • gwithyas gol noun (player that protects a goal)

Czech

1 entries
  • brankář noun (player that protects a goal)

Danish

2 entries
  • målmand noun (player that protects a goal)
  • målvogter noun (player that protects a goal)

Dutch

4 entries
  • doelman noun (player that protects a goal)
  • doelwachter noun (player that protects a goal)
  • doelwachtster noun (player that protects a goal)
  • keeper noun (player that protects a goal)

Esperanto

2 entries
  • golulino noun (player that protects a goal)
  • golulo noun (player that protects a goal)

Estonian

1 entries
  • väravavaht noun (player that protects a goal)

Faroese

1 entries
  • málmaður noun (player that protects a goal)

Finnish

4 entries
  • maalivahti noun (player that protects a goal)
  • mokke noun (player that protects a goal)
  • molari noun (player that protects a goal)
  • reppuri noun (player that protects a goal)

French

4 entries
  • gardien noun (player that protects a goal)
  • gardien de but noun (player that protects a goal)
  • gardienne noun (player that protects a goal)
  • gardienne de but noun (player that protects a goal)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მეკარე noun (player that protects a goal)

German

4 entries
  • Fliegenfänger noun (player that protects a goal)
  • Fliegenfängerin noun (player that protects a goal)
  • Goalfrau noun (player that protects a goal)
  • Goali noun (player that protects a goal)

Greek

1 entries
  • τερματοφύλακας noun (player that protects a goal)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • שוער noun (player that protects a goal)

Hindi

2 entries
  • गोल रक्षक noun (player that protects a goal)
  • गोलकीपर noun (player that protects a goal)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • kapus noun (player that protects a goal)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • markvörður noun (player that protects a goal)

Indonesian

1 entries
  • penjaga gawang noun (player that protects a goal)

Italian

1 entries
  • portiere noun (player that protects a goal)

Japanese

2 entries
  • キーパー noun (player that protects a goal)
  • ゴールキーパー noun (player that protects a goal)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • қақпашы noun (player that protects a goal)

Korean

3 entries
  • 골키퍼 noun (player that protects a goal)
  • 문지기 noun (player that protects a goal)
  • 키퍼 noun (player that protects a goal)

Kyrgyz

2 entries
  • дарбазачы noun (player that protects a goal)
  • капкачы noun (player that protects a goal)

Latvian

1 entries
  • vārtsargs noun (player that protects a goal)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • vartininkas noun (player that protects a goal)
  • vartininkė noun (player that protects a goal)

Macedonian

1 entries
  • голман noun (player that protects a goal)

Malay

1 entries
  • penjaga gol noun (player that protects a goal)

Mongolian

1 entries
  • хаалгач noun (player that protects a goal)

Māori

2 entries
  • kaikaro noun (player that protects a goal)
  • kaiārai noun (player that protects a goal)

Norwegian Bokmål

2 entries
  • målmann noun (player that protects a goal)
  • målvakt noun (player that protects a goal)

Norwegian Nynorsk

2 entries
  • målmann noun (player that protects a goal)
  • målvakt noun (player that protects a goal)

Pannonian Rusyn

1 entries
  • ґолман noun (player that protects a goal)

Persian

1 entries
  • دروازهبان noun (player that protects a goal)

Polish

1 entries
  • bramkarz noun (player that protects a goal)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • goleiro noun (player that protects a goal)
  • guarda-redes noun (player that protects a goal)

Romanian

2 entries
  • portar noun (player that protects a goal)
  • portăriță noun (player that protects a goal)

Russian

2 entries
  • врата́рь noun (player that protects a goal)
  • голки́пер noun (player that protects a goal)

Scottish Gaelic

4 entries
  • cùl-raoinidh noun (player that protects a goal)
  • fear-bàire noun (player that protects a goal)
  • glèidheadair noun (player that protects a goal)
  • neach-glèidhidh noun (player that protects a goal)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • gȍlman noun (player that protects a goal)
  • vràtār noun (player that protects a goal)
  • вра̀та̄р noun (player that protects a goal)
  • го̏лман noun (player that protects a goal)

Slovak

1 entries
  • brankár noun (player that protects a goal)

Spanish

4 entries
  • arquero noun (player that protects a goal)
  • cancerbero noun (player that protects a goal)
  • cuidapalos noun (player that protects a goal)
  • golero noun (player that protects a goal)

Swahili

3 entries
  • golikipa noun (player that protects a goal)
  • kipa noun (player that protects a goal)
  • mlinda lango noun (player that protects a goal)

Swedish

2 entries
  • målis noun (player that protects a goal)
  • målvakt noun (player that protects a goal)

Thai

3 entries
  • ผู้รักษาประตู noun (player that protects a goal)
  • โกล noun (player that protects a goal)
  • โกล์ noun (player that protects a goal)

Turkish

1 entries
  • kaleci noun (player that protects a goal)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • ворота́р noun (player that protects a goal)
  • голкі́пер noun (player that protects a goal)

Vietnamese

2 entries
  • thủ môn noun (player that protects a goal)
  • thủ thành noun (player that protects a goal)

Volapük

3 entries
  • zeiligaledan noun (player that protects a goal)
  • zeilihigaledan noun (player that protects a goal)
  • zeilijigaledan noun (player that protects a goal)

Welsh

1 entries
  • gôl-geidwad noun (player that protects a goal)

Yoruba

2 entries
  • aṣọle noun (player that protects a goal)
  • golí noun (player that protects a goal)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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Iker Casillas is the best goalkeeper in the world.

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The ball went one way and the goalkeeper went the other.

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The Russian goalkeeper was struck by a laser pointer.

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Tim Howard was the goalkeeper for the United States national team in 2014.

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