fotboll
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom fot (“foot”) + boll (“ball”), a calque of English football.
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): (articulated) /²fuːtˌbɔl/, (in daily speech) [²fuːˌβ̞ɔl]
Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: fot‧boll
Noun
editfotboll c
- (uncountable) soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport
- (countable) football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.
Declension
editnominative | genitive | ||
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singular | indefinite | fotboll | fotbolls |
definite | fotbollen | fotbollens | |
plural | indefinite | fotbollar | fotbollars |
definite | fotbollarna | fotbollarnas |
Further reading
edit- fotboll in Svensk ordbok.
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- Swedish terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Swedish terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *ped-
- Swedish compound terms
- Swedish terms calqued from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish terms with audio pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish nouns
- Swedish common-gender nouns
- Swedish uncountable nouns
- Swedish countable nouns
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