goal

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English

Etymology

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊl/, [ɡɒʊɫ]
  • (doll–dole merger) IPA^(key): /ɡɒl/
• (New Zealand, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʉl/, [ɡɒʊɫ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊl/, [ɡoɫ]
• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

goal (plural goals)

1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
2. (sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

3. (sports) The act of placing the object into the goal.

   miss a goal

   concede a goal

   let in a goal

4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

   score a goal
5. (linguistics, grammar) A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

Synonyms

• (a result one is attempting to achieve:) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration
• See also Thesaurus:goal

Derived terms

English terms starting with “goal”

Descendants

Translations

Verb

goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)

1. (Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.

Translations

Anagrams

• algo-, Olga, gola, Gola, gaol, algo, Lago, Galo

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/, [ɡoːl]
• Hyphenation: goal

Noun

goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)

1. goal, target in sports, especially soccer
2. a hit in it, a point scored

Synonyms

• (target): doel n
• (hit): doelpunt n

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡol/

Noun

goal m (plural goals)

1. goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo

   Synonyms: gardien de but, gardien m, portier m

2. (rare) target in those sports

   Synonym: but m

Further reading

• “goal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• algo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

goal m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of gol

Anagrams

• algo-, gola, lago

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus.

Noun

goal m (genitive singular goal, plural goallyn or goaldee)

1. Scottish lowlander
2. foreigner

Related terms

• Goal

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