hockey

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English

Etymology 1

Unknown, 16th century. Of uncertain origin; possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, or from French hoquet.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŏk'i, IPA^(key): /ˈhɒki/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈhɑki/
• Rhymes: -ɒki

Noun

hockey (uncountable)

1. Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal.
2. (Commonwealth) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
3. (Canada, US) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.

Usage notes

• Although there are many variations of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey, "hockey" without a qualifier almost always means ice hockey in the United States and Canada, and field hockey in the Commonwealth, and the full names of the sports are rarely used in these areas except to avoid confusion. For example, neither the ice hockey world cup (World Cup of Hockey) nor the field hockey world cup (Hockey World Cup) include a qualifying term in their official titles.

Synonyms

• ice hockey
• field hockey
• (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

hockey (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Feces, excrement.

Etymology 3

See oche.

Noun

hockey (plural hockeys)

2. (darts, dated) Alternative form of oche.

References

• “hockey” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• chokey

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɔ.ki/
• Hyphenation: hoc‧key
• Rhymes: -ɔki

Noun

hockey n (uncountable)

1. hockey, almost always field hockey

Derived terms

• hockeybal
• hockeyen
• hockeymasker
• hockeystick
• hockeyveld
• ijshockey
• unihockey
• zaalhockey

Finnish

Etymology

From English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhokːei̯/, [ˈho̞kːe̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -okːei

Noun

hockey

1. hockey

Declension

Derived terms

French

Etymology

From English hockey.

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔ.kɛ/, (Canada) /ɔ.ke/
• Rhymes: -ɛ, -e
• Homophones: hoquet, hoquets

Noun

hockey m (uncountable)

1. hockey
2. (North America) ice hockey

   Synonym: hockey sur glace

Derived terms

• cosom hockey
• hockeyeur
• hockeyeuse
• hockey balle
• hockey cosom
• hockey d’antan
• hockey sur gazon
• hockey sur glace
• hockey sur luge
• hockey sur table
• para hockey

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.kej/
• Rhymes: -ɔkej
• Hyphenation: hòc‧key

Noun

hockey m (uncountable)

1. hockey

Derived terms

• hockey su ghiaccio
• hockey su pista/hockey a rotelle
• hockey su prato

References

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hockey.

Noun

hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)

1. (sports) hockey

Derived terms

• hockeykølle
• ishockey

References

• “hockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hockey.

Noun

hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)

1. (sports) hockey

Derived terms

• hockeykølle
• ishockey

References

• “hockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Alternative forms

• jóquey (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxokei/ [ˈxo.kei̯]
• Rhymes: -okei

Noun

hockey m (plural hockey)

1. hockey

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hockey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Etymology

From English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɔkʏ/

Noun

hockey c (definite singular hockeyn)

1. (sports) hockey
2. (informal) Clipping of ishockey.

Derived terms

• hockeybild c
• hockeyklubba c
• hockeyspelare c
• ishockey c
• landhockey c

References

• hockey in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• hockey in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• hockey in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)