basketball

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English

Etymology

From basket +‎ ball.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/
  • (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɑl/

Noun

basketball (countable and uncountable, plural basketballs)

2. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

   Synonyms: (US slang) hoops, (US slang) b-ball

4. (countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

Derived terms

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Translations

Verb

basketball (third-person singular simple present basketballs, present participle basketballing, simple past and past participle basketballed)

1. (informal, intransitive) To play basketball.
2. (informal, transitive) To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball.

See also

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• Appendix:Glossary of basketball

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English basketball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baːskətbaːl/, [ˈb̥ɑːsɡ̊əd̥ˌb̥ɒːl]

Noun

basketball c (singular definite basketballen, not used in plural form)

1. basketball

Synonyms

• (sport): basket
• (ball): basketbold

See also

• basketball on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Pronunciation

Noun

basketball m (uncountable)

1. post-1990 spelling of basket-ball

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English basketball.

Noun

basketball m (definite singular basketballen, uncountable)

1. basketball (ball game)

   Synonym: basket

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English basketball.

Noun

basketball m (definite singular basketballen, uncountable)

1. basketball (ball game)

   Synonym: korgball

References

• “basketball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.