golf
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
The word is first known in English from the 15th century from Scots. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbô (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”).
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒlf/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑlf/, /ɡɔlf/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɒlf
NounEdit
golf (uncountable)
- (sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
- Golf, the letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- Michael Quinion, “Golf”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, 2004, →ISBN.
VerbEdit
golf (third-person singular simple present golfs, present participle golfing, simple past and past participle golfed)
- (intransitive) To play the game of golf.
- 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work/An Error in the Fourth Dimension
- Last mystery of all, he learned to golf.
- 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work/An Error in the Fourth Dimension
- (computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
TranslationsEdit
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
NounEdit
golf m (uncountable)
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
NounEdit
golf m (plural golfs)
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
golf m (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
CzechEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from English golf.[1]
NounEdit
golf m
- golf (a ball game)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
NounEdit
golf m
DeclensionEdit
Further readingEdit
- golf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- golf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
ReferencesEdit
DutchEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Middle Dutch gelve, from Proto-Germanic *gelbaną, Influenced by Late Latin colfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
golf f (plural golven, diminutive golfje n)
SynonymsEdit
- (wave): waag
Derived termsEdit
VerbEdit
golf
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
golf n (uncountable)
VerbEdit
golf
FaroeseEdit
EtymologyEdit
From English golf, from Scots.
NounEdit
golf n (genitive singular golfs, uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of golf (singular only) | ||
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n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | golf | golfið |
accusative | golf | golfið |
dative | golfi | golfinum |
genitive | golfs | golfsins |
Derived termsEdit
- golfbóltur m
- golfbreyt f
- golfleikari m
- golfvøllur m
FinnishEdit
(index g)
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
golf
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of golf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | golf | golfit | |
genitive | golfin | golfien | |
partitive | golfia | golfeja | |
illative | golfiin | golfeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | golf | golfit | |
accusative | nom. | golf | golfit |
gen. | golfin | ||
genitive | golfin | golfien | |
partitive | golfia | golfeja | |
inessive | golfissa | golfeissa | |
elative | golfista | golfeista | |
illative | golfiin | golfeihin | |
adessive | golfilla | golfeilla | |
ablative | golfilta | golfeilta | |
allative | golfille | golfeille | |
essive | golfina | golfeina | |
translative | golfiksi | golfeiksi | |
instructive | — | golfein | |
abessive | golfitta | golfeitta | |
comitative | — | golfeineen |
Possessive forms of golf (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | golfini | golfimme |
2nd person | golfisi | golfinne |
3rd person | golfinsa |
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
- verbs: golfata
CompoundsEdit
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
NounEdit
golf m (plural golf)
Further readingEdit
- “golf” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GalicianEdit
NounEdit
golf m (uncountable)
GermanEdit
VerbEdit
golf
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
golf (plural golfok)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | golf | golfok |
accusative | golfot | golfokat |
dative | golfnak | golfoknak |
instrumental | golffal | golfokkal |
causal-final | golfért | golfokért |
translative | golffá | golfokká |
terminative | golfig | golfokig |
essive-formal | golfként | golfokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | golfban | golfokban |
superessive | golfon | golfokon |
adessive | golfnál | golfoknál |
illative | golfba | golfokba |
sublative | golfra | golfokra |
allative | golfhoz | golfokhoz |
elative | golfból | golfokból |
delative | golfról | golfokról |
ablative | golftól | golfoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
golfé | golfoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
golféi | golfokéi |
Possessive forms of golf | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | golfom | golfjaim |
2nd person sing. | golfod | golfjaid |
3rd person sing. | golfja | golfjai |
1st person plural | golfunk | golfjaink |
2nd person plural | golfotok | golfjaitok |
3rd person plural | golfjuk | golfjaik |
Derived termsEdit
(Compound words):
ReferencesEdit
- ^ 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
IcelandicEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
golf n (genitive singular golfs, no plural)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
- golfari m (“golfer”)
- golfbíll m (“golf cart”)
- golfvöllur m (“golf course”)
ItalianEdit
NounEdit
golf m (invariable)
Norwegian BokmålEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)
- golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Italian golfo and French golfe
NounEdit
golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfer, definite plural golfene)
- a gulf (large bay)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “golf” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)
- golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
From Italian golfo and French golfe
NounEdit
golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfar, definite plural golfane)
- a gulf (large bay)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “golf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
PolishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
golf m inan
DeclensionEdit
NounEdit
golf m anim
- Volkswagen Golf car
DeclensionEdit
PortugueseEdit
NounEdit
golf m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of golfe
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
golf n (uncountable)
DeclensionEdit
Serbo-CroatianEdit
NounEdit
golf m (Cyrillic spelling голф)
DeclensionEdit
singular | |
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nominative | golf |
genitive | golfa |
dative | golfu |
accusative | golf |
vocative | golfe |
locative | golfu |
instrumental | golfom |
Derived termsEdit
SlovakEdit
NounEdit
golf m (genitive singular golfu, nominative plural golfy, genitive plural golfov, declension pattern of dub)
DeclensionEdit
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- golf in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
SpanishEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
golf m (uncountable)
Derived termsEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
golf c
DeclensionEdit
Declension of golf | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | golf | golfen | golfer | golferna |
Genitive | golfs | golfens | golfers | golfernas |
Declension of golf 2 | ||||
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Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | golf | golfen | — | — |
Genitive | golfs | golfens | — | — |
Related termsEdit
VietnameseEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣon˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣoŋ˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɣoŋ˧˧]
- Phonetic: gôn
NounEdit
golf
West FrisianEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
golf c (plural golven, diminutive golfke)
- wave (motion in a liquid)
- Synonym: weach
- wave, gush
- wave (in any other medium or field)
- Synonym: weach
- (in the diminutive) tilde
Further readingEdit
- “golf (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal[1] (in Dutch), 2011