basket-ball

See also: basketball and Basketball

French

Alternative forms

• basketball (post-1990 spelling)

Etymology

Borrowed from English basketball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bas.kɛt.bol/

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Noun

basket-ball m (uncountable)

1. basketball (the sport)

   Synonyms: basket, (Canada) ballon-panier

Further reading

• “basket-ball”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.