fotboll

Swedish

Etymology

From fot (“foot”) +‎ boll (“ball”), a calque of English football.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (articulated) /²fuːtˌbɔl/, (in daily speech) [²fuːˌβ̞ɔl]
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  • Hyphenation: fot‧boll

Noun

fotboll c

  1. (uncountable) soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport
  2. (countable) football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.

Declension

Declension of fotboll
nominative genitive
singular indefinite fotboll fotbolls
definite fotbollen fotbollens
plural indefinite fotbollar fotbollars
definite fotbollarna fotbollarnas

Descendants

  • ⇒ Finnish: futis

References

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