Football originally meant "a game played with a ball on foot" - unlike a game played on horseback, such as polo.
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Horseback
//ˈhɔɹsˌbæk//
Synonyms for "horseback" (29 found)
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Closest matches (6)
Strong matches (9)
Related words (14)
Adverb(1 words)
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2 entriesis a
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1 entriesTranslations
33 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἐπι ἵππου adv (on the back of a horse)
Bashkir
1 entries- һыбай adv (on the back of a horse)
Bulgarian
2 entries- на кон adv (on the back of a horse)
- гребен noun (ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 馬上 /马上 adv (on the back of a horse)
- 馬背 /马背 noun (back of a horse)
Finnish
3 entries- ratsain adv (on the back of a horse)
- harju noun (ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders)
- hevosen selkä noun (back of a horse)
French
1 entries- à cheval adv (on the back of a horse)
Galician
1 entries- a cabalo adv (on the back of a horse)
German
2 entries- zu Pferde adv (on the back of a horse)
- Pferderücken noun (back of a horse)
Greek
2 entries- καβάλα adv (on the back of a horse)
- καβαλαρία adv (on the back of a horse)
Hungarian
1 entries- lóhát noun (back of a horse)
Icelandic
1 entries- hestbak noun (back of a horse)
Irish
3 entries- ar chapall adv (on the back of a horse)
- ar dhroim capaill adv (on the back of a horse)
- ar muin capaill adv (on the back of a horse)
Italian
1 entries- a cavallo adv (on the back of a horse)
Japanese
2 entries- 馬に乗って adv (on the back of a horse)
- 馬の背 noun (back of a horse)
Latin
1 entries- in equō adv (on the back of a horse)
Middle English
1 entries- horsbak noun (back of a horse)
Norwegian
1 entries- hesterygg noun (back of a horse)
Old Church Slavonic
1 entries- на кони adv (on the back of a horse)
Portuguese
1 entries- a cavalo adv (on the back of a horse)
Russian
4 entries- верхо́м adv (on the back of a horse)
- гре́бень noun (ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders)
- гряда́ noun (ridge of sand, gravel, and boulders)
- спина́ ло́шади noun (back of a horse)
Spanish
1 entries- a caballo adv (on the back of a horse)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
I'd like to try horseback riding.
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A man on horseback came along the path.
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I rode around the country on horseback.
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