German

Noun

Hockey n ‎(genitive Hockeys, no plural)

1. hockey (family of sports)
2. field hockey

Declension

Derived terms

• (family of sports): Eishockey, Feldhockey, Hallenhockey, Hockeyschläger

English

An ice hockey game.

Pronunciation

• enPR: hŏk'i, IPA^(key): /ˈhɒki/
• Rhymes: -ɒki

Noun

hockey ‎(uncountable)

1. (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.
2. (Britain) 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. A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, or shinny.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

hockey ‎(uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
   • 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:

     “I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”

   • 2014, Gwen Hunter, Bloodstone:

     My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.

Etymology 3

Noun

hockey ‎(plural hockeys)

1. (darts) Alternative form of oche
   • 1985, Keith Turner, Darts (page 22)

     Small bars would tend to produce short hockeys; the tiny fishing pubs of Yarmouth gave rise to 6ft marks […]

References

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

Anagrams

• chokey

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhokːei̯/

Noun

hockey

1. hockey

Declension

French

Etymology

From English hockey

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /ɔkɛ/
• Rhymes: -ɛ
• Homophones: hoquet, hoquets

Noun

hockey m ‎(uncountable)

1. hockey
2. (Canada) ice hockey

Synonyms

• (ice hockey): hockey sur glace

Derived terms

• hockeyeur
• hockeyeuse
• hockey sur gazon
• hockey sur glace
• hockey sur luge

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔkei̯/

Noun

hockey m ‎(invariable)

1. hockey

Derived terms

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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hockey

Noun

hockey m ‎(definite singular hockeyen)

1. (sports) hockey

Derived terms

• hockeykølle

References

• “hockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hockey

Noun

hockey m ‎(definite singular hockeyen)

1. (sports) hockey

Derived terms

• hockeykølle

References

• “hockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Noun

hockey m ‎(plural hockey)

1. hockey