See also: Baseball, base ball, and base-ball

English edit

 
A baseball.
 
A game of baseball.
 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

base +‎ ball

Pronunciation edit

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/
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Noun edit

baseball (plural baseballs)

  1. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
    • 1803 (date written), [Jane Austen], Northanger Abbey; published in Northanger Abbey: And Persuasion. [], volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Murray, [], 20 December 1817 (indicated as 1818), →OCLC:
      It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
  2. The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
  3. A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

Usage notes edit

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Czech edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English baseball.

Noun edit

baseball m inan

  1. baseball

Declension edit

Finnish edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbei̯sboːl/, [ˈbe̞i̯s̠bo̞ːl]
  • Syllabification(key): base‧ball

Noun edit

baseball

  1. baseball

Declension edit

Inflection of baseball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative baseball baseballit
genitive baseballin baseballien
partitive baseballia baseballeja
illative baseballiin baseballeihin
singular plural
nominative baseball baseballit
accusative nom. baseball baseballit
gen. baseballin
genitive baseballin baseballien
partitive baseballia baseballeja
inessive baseballissa baseballeissa
elative baseballista baseballeista
illative baseballiin baseballeihin
adessive baseballilla baseballeilla
ablative baseballilta baseballeilta
allative baseballille baseballeille
essive baseballina baseballeina
translative baseballiksi baseballeiksi
abessive baseballitta baseballeitta
instructive baseballein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of baseball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballini baseballini
accusative nom. baseballini baseballini
gen. baseballini
genitive baseballini baseballieni
partitive baseballiani baseballejani
inessive baseballissani baseballeissani
elative baseballistani baseballeistani
illative baseballiini baseballeihini
adessive baseballillani baseballeillani
ablative baseballiltani baseballeiltani
allative baseballilleni baseballeilleni
essive baseballinani baseballeinani
translative baseballikseni baseballeikseni
abessive baseballittani baseballeittani
instructive
comitative baseballeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballisi baseballisi
accusative nom. baseballisi baseballisi
gen. baseballisi
genitive baseballisi baseballiesi
partitive baseballiasi baseballejasi
inessive baseballissasi baseballeissasi
elative baseballistasi baseballeistasi
illative baseballiisi baseballeihisi
adessive baseballillasi baseballeillasi
ablative baseballiltasi baseballeiltasi
allative baseballillesi baseballeillesi
essive baseballinasi baseballeinasi
translative baseballiksesi baseballeiksesi
abessive baseballittasi baseballeittasi
instructive
comitative baseballeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballimme baseballimme
accusative nom. baseballimme baseballimme
gen. baseballimme
genitive baseballimme baseballiemme
partitive baseballiamme baseballejamme
inessive baseballissamme baseballeissamme
elative baseballistamme baseballeistamme
illative baseballiimme baseballeihimme
adessive baseballillamme baseballeillamme
ablative baseballiltamme baseballeiltamme
allative baseballillemme baseballeillemme
essive baseballinamme baseballeinamme
translative baseballiksemme baseballeiksemme
abessive baseballittamme baseballeittamme
instructive
comitative baseballeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballinne baseballinne
accusative nom. baseballinne baseballinne
gen. baseballinne
genitive baseballinne baseballienne
partitive baseballianne baseballejanne
inessive baseballissanne baseballeissanne
elative baseballistanne baseballeistanne
illative baseballiinne baseballeihinne
adessive baseballillanne baseballeillanne
ablative baseballiltanne baseballeiltanne
allative baseballillenne baseballeillenne
essive baseballinanne baseballeinanne
translative baseballiksenne baseballeiksenne
abessive baseballittanne baseballeittanne
instructive
comitative baseballeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative baseballinsa baseballinsa
accusative nom. baseballinsa baseballinsa
gen. baseballinsa
genitive baseballinsa baseballiensa
partitive baseballiaan
baseballiansa
baseballejaan
baseballejansa
inessive baseballissaan
baseballissansa
baseballeissaan
baseballeissansa
elative baseballistaan
baseballistansa
baseballeistaan
baseballeistansa
illative baseballiinsa baseballeihinsa
adessive baseballillaan
baseballillansa
baseballeillaan
baseballeillansa
ablative baseballiltaan
baseballiltansa
baseballeiltaan
baseballeiltansa
allative baseballilleen
baseballillensa
baseballeilleen
baseballeillensa
essive baseballinaan
baseballinansa
baseballeinaan
baseballeinansa
translative baseballikseen
baseballiksensa
baseballeikseen
baseballeiksensa
abessive baseballittaan
baseballittansa
baseballeittaan
baseballeittansa
instructive
comitative baseballeineen
baseballeinensa

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Etymology edit

Borrowed from English baseball.

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Noun edit

baseball m (uncountable)

  1. post-1990 spelling of base-ball

Hungarian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from English baseball.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈbeːzboːl]
  • Hyphenation: base‧ball
  • Rhymes: -oːl

Noun edit

baseball (usually uncountable, plural baseballok)

  1. (sports) baseball

Declension edit

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative baseball baseballok
accusative baseballt baseballokat
dative baseballnak baseballoknak
instrumental baseballal baseballokkal
causal-final baseballért baseballokért
translative baseballá baseballokká
terminative baseballig baseballokig
essive-formal baseballként baseballokként
essive-modal
inessive baseballban baseballokban
superessive baseballon baseballokon
adessive baseballnál baseballoknál
illative baseballba baseballokba
sublative baseballra baseballokra
allative baseballhoz baseballokhoz
elative baseballból baseballokból
delative baseballról baseballokról
ablative baseballtól baseballoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular
baseballé baseballoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural
baseballéi baseballokéi
Possessive forms of baseball
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. baseballom baseballjaim
2nd person sing. baseballod baseballjaid
3rd person sing. baseballja baseballjai
1st person plural baseballunk baseballjaink
2nd person plural baseballotok baseballjaitok
3rd person plural baseballjuk baseballjaik

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Compound words

References edit

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading edit

  • baseball in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2024)

Italian edit

 
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Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

baseball m (invariable)

  1. baseball
    Synonym: (rare) pallabase

Norwegian Bokmål edit

 
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Etymology edit

From American English baseball.

Noun edit

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

  1. baseball (ball game)

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Norwegian Nynorsk edit

 
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Etymology edit

From American English baseball.

Noun edit

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

  1. baseball (ball game)

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Polish edit

 
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Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

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Noun edit

baseball m inan

  1. (sports, uncountable) baseball (ball game)
  2. (countable) baseball bat
    Synonym: bejsbolówka

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Derived terms edit

adjective
nouns

Further reading edit

  • baseball in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • baseball in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Noun edit

baseball n (uncountable)

  1. baseball

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Swedish edit

Noun edit

baseball c

  1. Alternative form of baseboll

Declension edit

Declension of baseball 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative baseball baseballen baseballar baseballarna
Genitive baseballs baseballens baseballars baseballarnas

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