Gaelic football
English edit
Etymology edit
From Gaelic (adjective) + football.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔːl/, /ˌɡæ-/, [-ˈfʊʔ-]
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔl/, [-ˈfʊʔ-]
Audio (GA) (file) - Hyphenation: Gael‧ic foot‧ball
Noun edit
- An Irish form of football played by two teams of 15 players each, who score by kicking or punching a ball into the opposing team's goal or over a crossbar and between two upright posts above the goal.
- 2001, Brian Cosgrove, “Sport, Politics and the ‘Other Side’”, in The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand, Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, pages 143–144:
- Armagh (and it is one of the most memorable chapters in the history of Gaelic football) were fated to fall at the last hurdle when they were beaten by Kerry in the All-Ireland decider.
Hypernyms edit
Coordinate terms edit
Translations edit
Irish form of football
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Further reading edit
- Gaelic football on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- “Gaelic football, n.” under “Gaelic, adj. and n.”, in OED Online , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2022.
- “Gaelic football, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.