paintball

English Online Dictionary. What means paintball‎? What does paintball mean?

English

Etymology

paint +‎ ball

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpeɪntbɔːl/

Noun

paintball (countable and uncountable, plural paintballs)

1. (uncountable) A sport where teams shoot each other with gelatin capsules filled with paint-like dye.
2. (countable) The dye-filled capsule fired in the sport of paintball.

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Verb

paintball (third-person singular simple present paintballs, present participle paintballing, simple past and past participle paintballed)

1. To engage in the sport of paintball.
2. To shoot someone using a paintball gun.

Derived terms

• paintballer

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛnt.bɔl/

Noun

paintball m (uncountable)

1. paintball

Polish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English paintball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛjnd.bɔl/
• Rhymes: -ɛjndbɔl
• Syllabification: paint‧ball

Noun

paintball m inan

1. paintball (sport)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Spanish

Noun

paintball m (uncountable)

1. paintball

Hypernyms

• deporte de combate

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English paintball. Attested since 1992.

Noun

paintball c

1. paintball

Declension

Synonyms

• paintboll

References

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

Turkish

Noun

paintball

1. paintball