association football
A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by…A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.
» In Ireland, people usually refer to Gaelic football as just "football", while referring to association football as "soccer".
В Ірландії, як правило, гельський футбол називають просто "футболом", а традиційний футбол називають "сокером". — deniko
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1 senses(uncountable)A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.
Fußball
футбо́лfutból
a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
Examples
2 sentencesIn Ireland, people usually refer to Gaelic football as just "football", while referring to association football as "soccer".
В Ірландії, як правило, гельський футбол називають просто "футболом", а традиційний футбол називають "сокером". — deniko
The seat of FIFA (Fédération Internationale de Football Association, "International Association Football Federation") is in Zürich, Switzerland.
Translations
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Origin
From it being the form of football codified and promoted by the The Football Association.From it being the form of football codified and promoted by the The Football Association.
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Synonyms
20 synonyms- a football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal:soccer
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
See also
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