baseball

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English

Alternative forms

• base ball (obsolete) [1800s]
• base-ball (dated)

Etymology

From base +‎ ball.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/

Noun

baseball (plural baseballs)

1. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
2. The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
3. A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

Usage notes

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:baseball.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• rounders
• softball
• wiffleball

Further reading

• Category:baseball on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• baseball on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• baseball on Wikiquote.Wikiquote
• baseball on Wikivoyage.Wikivoyage

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English baseball.

Noun

baseball m inan

1. baseball

Declension

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbei̯sboːl/, [ˈbe̞i̯s̠bo̞ːl]
• Rhymes: -eisboːl
• Hyphenation^(key): base‧ball

Noun

baseball

1. baseball

Declension

Synonyms

• amerikkalainen pesäpallo (archaic)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “baseball”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛz.bɔl/

Noun

baseball m (uncountable)

1. post-1990 spelling of base-ball

Hungarian

Etymology

Borrowed from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːzboːl]
• Hyphenation: base‧ball
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

baseball (usually uncountable, plural baseballok)

1. (sports) baseball

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• baseball in Nóra Ittzés, editor, A magyar nyelv nagyszótára [A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (Nszt.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published a–ez as of 2024).

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.zbol/
• Rhymes: -ɛzbol

Noun

baseball m (invariable)

1. baseball

   Synonyms: (rare) pallabase, (informal) batti e corri

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From American English baseball.

Noun

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

1. baseball (ball game)

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From American English baseball.

Noun

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

1. baseball (ball game)

References

• “baseball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Alternative forms

• bejsbol

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛjz.bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɛjzbɔl
• Syllabification: base‧ball

Noun

baseball m inan

1. (sports, uncountable) baseball (ball game)
2. (countable) baseball bat

   Synonym: bejsbolówka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

• baseball in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• baseball in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Noun

baseball n (uncountable)

1. baseball

Declension

Swedish

Noun

baseball c

1. Alternative form of baseboll

Declension

References

• baseball in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• baseball in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)