FIBA

See also: fiba and FibA

Translingual

Etymology

Borrowed from French FIBA.

Pronunciation

  • English: (US) IPA(key): [ˈfibə]

Proper noun

FIBA

  1. (basketball) The Fédération Internationale de Basketball. Also known in English as International Basketball Federation. Originally known as "Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur" (international federation of amateur basketball); from its French name, hence the initialism.
    • 2025 March 27, Matias Grez, “NBA and FIBA in talks with European soccer teams over new basketball league”, in CNN‎[1] (in English):
      “The NBA and FIBA are uniquely positioned to build on the rich tradition of European basketball. We look forward to collaborating with FIBA to explore the creation of a new league for fans across the continent,” Silver added.

Further reading

See also

Further reading

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French FIBA.

Pronunciation

  • (US) IPA(key): [ˈfibə]

Proper noun

FIBA

  1. (basketball) The International Basketball Federation.
    • 2025 March 27, Matias Grez, “NBA and FIBA in talks with European soccer teams over new basketball league”, in CNN‎[2]:
      “The NBA and FIBA are uniquely positioned to build on the rich tradition of European basketball. We look forward to collaborating with FIBA to explore the creation of a new league for fans across the continent,” Silver added.

French

Etymology

Abbreviations

Proper noun

FIBA ?

  1. (basketball) FIBA (“Fédération Internationale de Basketball”): acronym of Fédération Internationale de Basketball Amateur, its former spelled-out name

Noun

FIBA f (plural FIBAs)

  1. (medicine) alternative letter-case form of FibA

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French FIBA.

Proper noun

FIBA f

  1. (basketball) Federación Internacional de Baloncesto; FIBA.
    • 2019 September 15, Abel Alvarado, “España vence a Argentina en la final de la Copa Mundial de Baloncesto de la FIBA”, in CNN en Español‎[3]:
      La selección española superó 95 a 75 al equipo argentino en la final de la Copa Mundial de Baloncesto de la Federación Internacional de Baloncesto (FIBA), que se llevó a cabo este domingo en Beijing, China. Es la segunda vez que la selección española gana este torneo.
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    • 2024 June 20, Darío Klein, “Consignas racistas en el básquetbol desatan debate en Uruguay”, in CNN en Español‎[4]:
      El base uruguayo Jayson Granger durante el partido de clasificación para las Américas de la Copa del Mundo de Baloncesto FIBA 2023 contra Puerto Rico en el Antel Arena de Montevideo, el 29 de agosto de 2022.
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