goal

EnglishEdit

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goal

EtymologyEdit

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊl/, /ɡɔʊl/, /ɡɒʊl/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊl/
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -əʊl

NounEdit

goal (plural goals)

A result that one is attempting to achieve.
My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.

She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.
- 2013 November 2, “A shrinking slice”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8860:
  The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.
(sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
The act of placing the object into the goal.
A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
- 2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport:
  The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.
A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

SynonymsEdit

(a result one is attempting to achieve:) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration
See also Thesaurus:goal

Derived termsEdit

Pages starting with “goal”.

DescendantsEdit

Descendants

→ Armenian: գոլ (gol)
→ Basque: gol
→ Belarusian: гол (hol)
→ Bulgarian: гол (gol)
→ Catalan: gol
→ Central Kurdish: گۆڵ‎ (goll)
→ Czech: gól
→ Dutch: goal
→ Esperanto: golo
→ Galician: gol
→ Georgian: გოლი (goli)
→ Greek: γκολ (gkol)
→ Hungarian: gól
→ Ido: golo
→ Indonesian: gol
→ Italian: gol, goal
→ Japanese: ゴール (gōru)
→ Korean: 골 (gol)
→ Luxembourgish: Gol
→ Maori: kōrā
→ Persian: گل‎ (gol)
→ Polish: gol
→ Portuguese: golo, gol
→ Romanian: gol
→ Russian: гол (gol)
→ Serbo-Croatian: го̑л (gȏl)
→ Slovak: gól
→ Slovene: gól
→ Spanish: gol
→ Telugu: గోలు (gōlu)
→ Turkish: gol
→ Ukrainian: гол (hol)
→ Zazaki: gol

TranslationsEdit

result one is attempting to achieve

Albanian: qëllim (sq) m
Arabic: هَدَف‎ (ar) m (hadaf), مَقْصَد‎ m (maqṣad), غَايَة‎ f (ḡāya)
Armenian: նպատակ (hy) (npatak)
Azerbaijani: məqsəd (az), hədəf (az)
Bashkir: маҡсат (maqsat)
Basque: helburu, xede
Belarusian: мэ́та (be) f (méta), цэль f (celʹ)
Bengali: লক্ষ্য (bn) m (lôkkhjô)
Bulgarian: цел (bg) f (cel)
Burmese: ရည်မှန်းချက် (my) (ranyhman:hkyak), ဦးတည်ချက် (my) (u:tanyhkyak)
Catalan: objectiu (ca) m, meta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 目標 (zh), 目标 (zh) (mùbiāo), 目的 (zh) (mùdì)
Crimean Tatar: maqsat
Czech: cíl (cs) m
Danish: mål (da) n
Dutch: doel (nl) n, bedoeling (nl), objectief (nl) n, oogmerk (nl) n
Esperanto: celo (eo)
Estonian: eesmärk (et)
Faroese: mál (fo) n
Finnish: maali (fi), päämäärä (fi), tavoite (fi)
French: objectif (fr) m, but (fr) m
Georgian: მიზანი (mizani)
German: Ziel (de) n
Alemannic German: Ziil n
Greek: σκοπός (el) m (skopós), επιδίωξη (el) f (epidíoxi), στόχος (el) m (stóchos), τερματισμός (el) (termatismós)
Ancient: σκοπός m (skopós)
Hebrew: מַטָּרָה‎ (he) f (matará)
Hindi: लक्ष्य (hi) m (lakṣya), मक़सद m (maqsad), उद्देश्य (hi) m (uddeśya), हदफ़ m (hadaf), निशाना (hi) m (niśānā)
Hungarian: cél (hu)
Ido: skopo (io)
Indonesian: tujuan (id), sasaran (id), cita-cita (id)
Italian: obiettivo (it) m, scopo (it) m, risultato (it) m, fine (it) m, traguardo (it) m
Japanese: 目標 (ja) (もくひょう, mokuhyō), 目的 (ja) (もくてき, mokuteki), ゴール (ja) (gōru)
Kazakh: мақсат (kk) (maqsat)
Khmer: ទិស (km) (tɨh), គោល (km) (kool)
Korean: 목표 (目標) (ko) (mokpyo), 목적 (目的) (ko) (mokjeok), 골 (ko) (gol)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hedef (ku), mexsed (ku)
Kyrgyz: максат (ky) (maksat), амычуу (amıçuu)
Lao: ເປົ້າໝາຍ (pao māi)

Latgalian: snāgs
Latvian: mērķis m
Lithuanian: tikslas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Zil n, But m
Macedonian: цел f (cel)
Malay: tujuan
Maori: hemonga, whāinga (mi)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зорилго (mn) (zorilgo)
Ngazidja Comorian: makswaɗa
Northern Altai: амыдыг (amïdïg)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mål (no), målsetting (no) c, formål (no) n, siktemål n
Occitan: objectiu (oc) m
Pashto: هدف‎ m (hadáf), مقصد‎ m (maqsád)
Persian: هدف‎ (fa) (hadaf), مقصد‎ (fa) (maqsad)
Polish: cel (pl) m
Portuguese: meta (pt) f, objetivo (pt) m
Romanian: scop (ro), obiectiv (ro)
Russian: цель (ru) f (celʹ)
Sanskrit: उद्देश (sa) m (uddeśa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ци̑љ m

Roman: cȋlj (sh) m
Slovak: cieľ m
Slovene: cilj (sl) m, namen (sl) m
Southern Altai: амаду (amadu), максат (maksat)
Spanish: meta (es)
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Tajik: мақсад (tg) (maqsad), ҳадаф (tg) (hadaf)
Tatar: максат (tt) (maqsat)
Telugu: లక్ష్యం (te) (lakṣyaṃ)
Thai: เป้าหมาย (th) (bpâo-mǎai)
Turkish: amaç (tr), hedef (tr), maksat (tr)
Turkmen: maksat
Ukrainian: мета́ (uk) f (metá), ціль (uk) f (cilʹ)
Urdu: مقصد‎ m (maqsad), ہدف‎ m (hadaf)
Uyghur: مەقسەت‎ (meqset), نىشان‎ (nishan)
Uzbek: maqsad (uz), hadaf (uz), nishon (uz)
Vietnamese: mục tiêu (vi), mục đích (vi)
Yiddish: ציל‎ (tsil)

in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object

Arabic: مَرْمَى‎ m (marmā)
Egyptian Arabic: جون‎ m (gōn)
Armenian: դարպաս (hy) (darpas)
Azerbaijani: qapı (az)
Basque: ate (eu)
Belarusian: варо́ты pl (varóty)
Bulgarian: врата (bg) f (vrata)
Catalan: porteria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 球門 (zh), 球门 (zh) (qiúmén)
Czech: brána (cs) f, branka (cs) f
Danish: mål (da)
Dutch: doel (nl) n, goal (nl)
Estonian: värav
Faroese: mál (fo) n
Finnish: maali (fi)
French: but (fr) m
Georgian: კარი (ḳari)
German: Tor (de) n
Greek: τέρμα (el) n (térma)
Hebrew: שַׁעַר‎ (he) m (shá'ar)
Hungarian: kapu (hu)
Ido: golo (io)
Indonesian: gawang (id)
Irish: cúl m, báire m
Italian: porta (it) f, rete (it) f
Japanese: ゴール (ja) (gōru)
Korean: 골 (ko) (gol)

Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گۆڵ‎ (goll)
Lao: ປະຕູ (lo) (pa tū)
Latvian: vārti (lv) m pl
Luxembourgish: Gol m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mål (no), mål (no) n
Persian: گل‎ (fa) (gol)
Polish: bramka (pl) f
Portuguese: (Brazil) gol (pt) m, (Portugal) baliza (pt) f
Romanian: poartă (ro) f
Russian: воро́та (ru) pl (voróta)
Scottish Gaelic: bàir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: го̑л m, вра́та f

Roman: gȏl (sh) m, vráta (sh) f
Slovak: bránka f
Slovene: gól (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wrota pl
Spanish: portería f, arco m
Swahili: bao (sw)
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Telugu: గోలు (te) (gōlu)
Thai: ประตู (th) (bprà-dtuu)
Turkish: kale (tr)
Ukrainian: воро́та pl (voróta)
Vietnamese: cầu môn

(sport) act of placing the object into the goal

Armenian: գոլ (hy) (gol)
Basque: gol (eu)
Belarusian: гол m (hol)
Bulgarian: гол (bg) m (gol)
Catalan: gol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 進球 (zh), 进球 (zh) (jìnqiú)
Czech: gól (cs) m, branka (cs) f
Danish: mål (da)
Dutch: doelpunt (nl) n
Esperanto: golejo
Faroese: mál (fo)
Finnish: maali (fi)
French: but (fr) m
Georgian: გოლი (goli)
German: Tor (de) n
Greek: τέρμα (el) n (térma), καλάθι (el) n (kaláthi), γκολ (el) n (gkol)
Hungarian: gól (hu)
Indonesian: gol (id)
Irish: cúl m, báire m
Italian: gol (it) m, rete (it) f, goal (it) m
Japanese: ゴール (ja) (gōru)
Korean: 골 (ko) (gol)

Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گؤڵ کردن‎ (gؤlli kirdin)
Luxembourgish: Gol m
Norwegian: mål (no), mål (no) n
Persian: گل کردن‎ (fa) (gol kardan)
Polish: gol (pl) m
Portuguese: (Brazil) gol (pt) m, (Portugal) golo (pt) m
Romanian: gol (ro)
Russian: гол (ru) m (gol)
Scottish Gaelic: tadhal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: го̑л m, по̀годак m, згоди́так m

Roman: gȏl (sh) m, pògodak (sh) m, zgodítak (sh) m
Slovak: gól (sk) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wrota pl
Spanish: gol (es) m
Swahili: bao (sw)
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Telugu: గోలు (te) (gōlu)
Turkish: gol (tr)
Ukrainian: гол m (hol)
Vietnamese: ghi bàn

point(s) scored

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: هَدَف‎ (ar) m (hadaf)
Armenian: գոլ (hy) (gol)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: гол m (hol)
Bulgarian: гол (bg) m (gol)
Catalan: gol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 進球得分, 进球得分 (jìnqiú défēn)
Czech: gól (cs) m, branka (cs) f
Danish: mål (da)
Dutch: punt (nl) n, doelpunt (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: värav
Faroese: mál (fo) n
Finnish: maali (fi)
French: but (marqué) m
Georgian: გოლი (goli)
German: Tor (de) n
Greek: πόντος (el) m (póntos)
Hebrew: שער‎ (he) (sha'ar)
Hungarian: gól (hu)
Icelandic: please add this translation if you can
Irish: please add this translation if you can
Italian: gol (it) m, rete (it) f, goal (it) m
Japanese: ゴール (ja) (gōru)

Khmer: please add this translation if you can
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گۆڵ‎ (goll)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kōrā
Norwegian: mål (no)
Polish: gol (pl) m
Portuguese: (Brazil) gol (pt) m, (Portugal) golo (pt) m
Russian: гол (ru) m (gol)
Scottish Gaelic: tadhal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: го̑л m, по̀годак m, згоди́так m

Roman: gȏl (sh) m, pògodak (sh) m, zgodítak (sh) m
Slovak: gól (sk) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wrota pl
Spanish: gol (es) m
Swahili: bao (sw)
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Thai: แต้ม (th) (dtɛ̂ɛm)
Turkish: gol (tr)
Ukrainian: гол m (hol)
Vietnamese: ghi điểm, ghi bàn, bàn thắng

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Persian: ^{(please verify)} گل زدن‎ (gol zadan)

VerbEdit

goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)

(Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.

AnagramsEdit

Galo, Gola, Lago, Olga, algo, algo-, gaol

DutchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from English goal.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/, [ɡoːl]
Audio
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Hyphenation: goal

NounEdit

goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)

goal, target in sports, especially soccer
a hit in it, a point scored

SynonymsEdit

(target): doel n
(hit): doelpunt n

Derived termsEdit

goalpaal

FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English goal.

PronunciationEdit

IPA^(key): /ɡol/
audio
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NounEdit

goal m (plural goals)

goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo
(rare) target in those sports

SynonymsEdit

(goalkeeper): gardien de but, gardien m, portier m
(target): but m

AnagramsEdit

algo

ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from English goal.

NounEdit

goal m (invariable)

Alternative spelling of gol

AnagramsEdit

gola, lago

ManxEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Irish Gall (“Gaul, Scandinavian, Anglo-Norman, foreigner”), from Latin Gallus.

NounEdit

goal m (genitive singular goal, plural goallyn or goaldee)

Related termsEdit

Goal

MutationEdit

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goal	ghoal	ngoal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

goal

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