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kick-off

kick-off

See also: kickoff and kick off

English

Alternative forms

kickoff

Noun

kick-off ‎(plural kick-offs)

(soccer) the opening kick of each half of a game of football.
- 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC:
  The atmosphere at Upton Park before kick-off reflected the palpable tension surrounding the club right now
(by extension) the opening sequence of any event

Translations

opening kick in football

Arabic: اَلْبِدَايَة f ‎(al-bidāya)
Catalan: servei inicial (ca) m, servei de centre (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開球 (zh), 开球 (zh) ‎(kāiqiú)
Czech: výkop (cs) m
Dutch: aftrap (nl) m
Estonian: avalöök
Finnish: avauspotku

French: coup d'envoi (fr) m
Italian: calcio d'inizio m
Japanese: キックオフ ‎(kikku-offu), 先蹴 ‎(せんしゅう, senshū)
Norwegian: avspark n
Polish: rozpoczęcie meczu n, rozpoczęcie spotkania n
Portuguese: pontapé inicial m
Russian: введе́ние мяча́ в игру́ n ‎(vvedénije mjačá v igrú), кик-о́фф m ‎(kik-óff)
Spanish: saque inicial m
Swedish: avspark (sv) c

opening sequence of an event

Catalan: seqüència d'obertura d'un esdeveniment m
Finnish: alkupotku
French: lancement (fr) m

Portuguese: tiro de partida, pontapé inicial m
Russian: старт (ru) m ‎(start), нача́ло (ru) n ‎(načálo)
Spanish: secuencia de apertura de un evento m