softball
English
editEtymology
edit1926: soft + ball. Compare hardball.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsoftball (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.
Synonyms
editHypernyms
editCoordinate terms
editDescendants
edit- → Finnish: softball
- French: → softball, → balle molle (calque)
- → Portuguese: softball
- → Spanish: softball
Translations
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Finnish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsoftball
Declension
editInflection 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
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English softball.
Noun
editsoftball m (countable and uncountable, plural softballs)
- (sports) softball (“sport”): a variant of baseball
- (sports) softball (“ball”): a ball used in the sport of softball
Synonyms
editHypernyms
editPolish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsoftball 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
editsingular | |
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nominative | softball |
genitive | softballa/softballu |
dative | softballowi |
accusative | softballa/softballu |
instrumental | softballem |
locative | softballu |
vocative | softballu |
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- softball in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English softball.
Noun
editsoftball m (uncountable)
- softball (a sport similar to baseball)
Spanish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsoftball m (uncountable)
Usage notes
editAccording 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.
- English compound terms
- English terms with audio links
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- en:Sports
- English adjective-noun compound nouns
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish unadapted borrowings from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish risti-type nominals
- fi:Sports
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French countable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Sports
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish unadapted borrowings from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔvdbɔl
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔvdbɔl/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish singularia tantum
- pl:Ball games
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Sports
- Spanish terms borrowed from English
- Spanish unadapted borrowings from English
- Spanish terms derived from English
- Spanish 2-syllable words
- Spanish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Spanish/ofdbol
- Rhymes:Spanish/ofdbol/2 syllables
- Rhymes:Spanish/ofbol
- Rhymes:Spanish/ofbol/2 syllables
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns