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Basketball

Basketball

See also: basketball and basket-ball

German

Noun

Basketball m

  1. basketball

Luxembourgish

Noun

Basketball m (plural Basketbälle)

  1. basketball (ball)
  2. (uncountable) basketball (sport)

basketball

basketball

See also: Basketball and basket-ball

English

A game of basketball.
a basketball

Noun

basketball (countable and uncountable, plural basketballs)

  1. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.
  2. (basketball, countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

Synonyms

  • (sport): hoops (US slang)

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations


Danish

Etymology

Borrowing 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


French

Noun

basketball m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative form of basket-ball