golf
Translingual
editNoun
editgolf
- Alternative letter-case form of Golf of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.
English
editEtymology
editThe word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”).
Pronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒlf/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑlf/, /ɡɔlf/
Audio (US): (file) - (New England) IPA(key): /ɡɒf/
- Rhymes: -ɒlf
Noun
editgolf (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.
- 2017 October 16, Adam Jourdan, Matt Miller, “In the rough - China closes Wanda golf courses in chilly northeast”, in Himani Sarkar, editor, Reuters[1], archived from the original on 18 March 2023, Business News:
- In January, China’s state planner said it had ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses in a multi-year campaign launched in 2011 to tackle illegal development in the sector.
Golf has also been added to a list of Communist Party disciplinary violations, and is often cited in cases of graft.
- (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.
Derived terms
edit- African golf
- army golf
- barnyard golf
- clock golf
- code golf
- crazy golf
- dart golf
- disc golf
- flying disc golf
- frisbee golf
- golf bag
- golf ball
- golf buggy
- golf caddie
- golf caddy
- golf car
- golf cart
- golf clap
- golf club
- golf-club
- golf course
- golf croquet
- golf hole
- golf pencil
- golf pro
- golf shirt
- golf shoe
- golf towel
- golf umbrella
- golf widow
- hickory golf
- midget golf
- miniature golf
- peewee golf
- pub golf
- regex golf
- snow golf
- Tom Thumb golf
- word golf
- word golf
Translations
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References
edit- Michael Quinion (2004) “Golf”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.
Verb
editgolf (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.
- (computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
Translations
editAnagrams
editAsturian
editNoun
editgolf m (uncountable)
Catalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
Noun
editgolf m (plural golfs)
Etymology 2
editNoun
editgolf m (uncountable)
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “golf” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editBorrowed from English golf.[1]
Noun
editgolf m inan
- golf (a ball game)
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editNoun
editgolf m inan
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “golf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “golf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “golf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
References
editDutch
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle Dutch gelve, from Proto-Germanic *gelbaną, Influenced by Late Latin colfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgolf f (plural golven, diminutive golfje n)
Synonyms
edit- (wave): waag
Derived terms
editVerb
editgolf
- inflection of golven:
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgolf n (uncountable)
Verb
editgolf
- inflection of golfen:
Further reading
edit- “golf” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.
Faroese
editEtymology
editFrom English golf, from Middle Scots golf.
Noun
editgolf n (genitive singular golfs, uncountable)
Declension
editDeclension of golf (singular only) | ||
---|---|---|
n3s | singular | |
indefinite | definite | |
nominative | golf | golfið |
accusative | golf | golfið |
dative | golfi | golfinum |
genitive | golfs | golfsins |
Derived terms
edit- golfbóltur m
- golfbreyt f
- golfleikari m
- golfvøllur m
Finnish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgolf
Declension
editInflection of golf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
---|---|---|---|
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 | |
abessive | golfitta | golfeitta | |
instructive | — | golfein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Synonyms
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “golf”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgolf m (plural golf)
Further reading
edit- “golf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editNoun
editgolf m (uncountable)
German
editVerb
editgolf
Hungarian
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgolf (usually uncountable, plural golfok)
Declension
editInflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
---|---|---|
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 | ||
---|---|---|
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 terms
editReferences
edit- ^ 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- golf in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgolf n (genitive singular golfs, no plural)
Declension
editDerived terms
edit- golfari m (“golfer”)
- golfbíll m (“golf cart”)
- golfvöllur m (“golf course”)
Indonesian
editEtymology
editInternationalism, unadapted borrowing from English golf, most likely from Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgolf (first-person possessive golfku, second-person possessive golfmu, third-person possessive golfnya)
- (sports) golf: 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.
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “golf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English golf.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgolf m (invariable)
Norwegian Bokmål
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editgolf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)
- golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Italian golfo and French golfe.
Noun
editgolf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfer, definite plural golfene)
- a gulf (large bay)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “golf” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editgolf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)
- golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Italian golfo and French golfe.
Noun
editgolf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfar, definite plural golfane)
- a gulf (large bay)
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- “golf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editgolf m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 2
editUncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French col roulé.
Noun
editgolf m inan (diminutive golfik)
Declension
editDerived terms
editEtymology 3
editBorrowed from German Volkswagen Golf, a genericized trademark.
Noun
editgolf m animal
- Volkswagen Golf car
Declension
editEtymology 4
editNoun
editgolf m inan
- (obsolete) gulf (deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land)
- Synonyms: odnoga morska, zatoka
Declension
editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editNoun
editgolf m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of golfe
Romanian
editEtymology 1
editNoun
editgolf n (plural golfuri)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) golf | golful | (niște) golfuri | golfurile |
genitive/dative | (unui) golf | golfului | (unor) golfuri | golfurilor |
vocative | golfule | golfurilor |
Etymology 2
editNoun
editgolf n (uncountable)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editNoun
editgolf m (Cyrillic spelling голф)
Declension
editDerived terms
editSlovak
editNoun
editgolf m inan
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “golf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Spanish
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editgolf m (uncountable)
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “golf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editNoun
editgolf c
- (sports) golf
- (geography) a gulf (very large bay)
- Mexikanska golfen
- The Gulf of Mexico
- Obsolete spelling of golv.
Usage notes
editVik is used instead of golf in some names, for example in "Persiska viken" (the Persian Gulf).
Declension
editDeclension of golf | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | golf | golfen | golfer | golferna |
Genitive | golfs | golfens | golfers | golfernas |
Declension of golf 2 | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
Uncountable | ||||
Indefinite | Definite | |||
Nominative | golf | golfen | — | — |
Genitive | golfs | golfens | — | — |
Derived terms
editRelated terms
editSee also
editReferences
editVietnamese
editPronunciation
edit- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣon˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣoŋ˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ɣoŋ˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: gôn
Noun
editgolf
West Frisian
editEtymology
editNoun
editgolf 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 reading
edit- “golf (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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- Translingual nouns
- English terms borrowed from Middle Scots
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- English terms derived from Middle Dutch
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- Rhymes:English/ɒlf
- Rhymes:English/ɒlf/1 syllable
- English lemmas
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- English uncountable nouns
- en:Sports
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- en:Computing
- en:Golf
- Asturian uncountable nouns
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- ast:Sports
- Catalan terms with IPA pronunciation
- Catalan terms inherited from Vulgar Latin
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- ca:Bodies of water
- ca:Golf
- ca:Landforms
- ca:Sports
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- cs:Bodies of water
- cs:Golf
- Dutch terms inherited from Middle Dutch
- Dutch terms derived from Middle Dutch
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- Rhymes:Dutch/ɔlf
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- Dutch lemmas
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- nl:Physics
- nl:Geography
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- nl:Bodies of water
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- nl:Landforms
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- Faroese terms derived from English
- Faroese terms derived from Middle Scots
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
- Faroese neuter nouns
- Faroese uncountable nouns
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 1-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/olf
- Rhymes:Finnish/olf/1 syllable
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Golf
- fi:Sports
- French 1-syllable words
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- gl:Sports
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- German colloquialisms
- Hungarian terms derived from English
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/olf
- Rhymes:Hungarian/olf/1 syllable
- Hungarian uncountable nouns
- Hungarian lemmas
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- hu:Sports
- Icelandic terms borrowed from English
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- Icelandic 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔlv
- Rhymes:Icelandic/ɔlv/1 syllable
- Icelandic lemmas
- Icelandic nouns
- Icelandic neuter nouns
- Icelandic uncountable nouns
- is:Golf
- Indonesian internationalisms
- Indonesian terms borrowed from English
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- id:Sports
- Italian terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Italian/ɔlf
- Rhymes:Italian/ɔlf/1 syllable
- Italian lemmas
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- Italian indeclinable nouns
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- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from English
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- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from French
- nb:Bodies of water
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- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from English
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Italian
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from French
- nn:Bodies of water
- nn:Sports
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlf
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlf/1 syllable
- Polish terms with homophones
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- pl:Golf
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- pl:Clothing
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- pl:Automobiles
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- pl:Neckwear
- Portuguese lemmas
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- Portuguese uncountable nouns
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- ro:Bodies of water
- ro:Landforms
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- sk:Geography
- Slovak terms with declension dub
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- Rhymes:Spanish/olf
- Rhymes:Spanish/olf/1 syllable
- Spanish lemmas
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- es:Golf
- es:Sports
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- sv:Sports
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- sv:Bodies of water
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