softball
English edit
Etymology edit
1926: soft + ball. Compare hardball.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (US) (file)
Noun edit
softball (countable and uncountable, plural softballs)
- (sports) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
- (sports) The ball used to play the sport.
- (by analogy) A question designed to be easy to answer.
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Coordinate terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Finnish: softball
- French: → softball, → balle molle (calque)
- → Portuguese: softball
- → Spanish: softball
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Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
softball
Declension edit
Inflection of softball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
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nominative | softball | softballit | ||
genitive | softballin | softballien | ||
partitive | softballia | softballeja | ||
illative | softballiin | softballeihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | softball | softballit | ||
accusative | nom. | softball | softballit | |
gen. | softballin | |||
genitive | softballin | softballien | ||
partitive | softballia | softballeja | ||
inessive | softballissa | softballeissa | ||
elative | softballista | softballeista | ||
illative | softballiin | softballeihin | ||
adessive | softballilla | softballeilla | ||
ablative | softballilta | softballeilta | ||
allative | softballille | softballeille | ||
essive | softballina | softballeina | ||
translative | softballiksi | softballeiksi | ||
abessive | softballitta | softballeitta | ||
instructive | — | softballein | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English softball.
Noun edit
softball m (countable and uncountable, plural softballs)
- (sports) softball (“sport”): a variant of baseball
- (sports) softball (“ball”): a ball used in the sport of softball
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Polish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
softball m inan (related adjective softballowy)
- softball (game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand)
Declension edit
singular | |
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nominative | softball |
genitive | softballa/softballu |
dative | softballowi |
accusative | softballa/softballu |
instrumental | softballem |
locative | softballu |
vocative | softballu |
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- softball in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Noun edit
softball m (uncountable)
- softball (a sport similar to baseball)
Spanish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
softball m (uncountable)
Usage notes edit
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.