volleyball
See also: Volleyball and volley-ball
English edit
Alternative forms edit
- volley-ball
- bolleyball (humorous)
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
volleyball (countable and uncountable, plural volleyballs)
- (uncountable) A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
- (countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Burmese: ဘော်လီဘော (bhaulibhau:)
- → Catalan: voleibol
- → Czech: volejbal
- → French: volley-ball, volleyball
- → Galician: voleibol
- → German: Volleyball
- → Hindi: वॉलीबाल (vŏlībāl), वालीबाल (vālībāl), वॉलीबॉल (vŏlībŏl)
- → Japanese: バレーボール (barēbōru)
- → Norwegian Bokmål: volleyball
- → Norwegian Nynorsk: volleyball
- → Portuguese: voleibol
- → Russian: волейбо́л (volejból) (see there for further descendants)
- → Spanish: voleibol, vóleibol
- → Swahili: voliboli
- → Tagalog: balibol
- → Thai: วอลเลย์บอล (wɔn-lêe-bɔn)
- → Turkish: voleybol
Translations edit
game
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ball used to play the game
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French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
volleyball m (uncountable)
Derived terms edit
Norwegian Bokmål edit
Etymology edit
From English volleyball.
Pronunciation edit
Audio (file)
Noun edit
volleyball m (definite singular volleyballen, uncountable)
- volleyball (ball game)
References edit
- “volleyball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “volleyball” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk edit
Etymology edit
From English volleyball.
Noun edit
volleyball m (definite singular volleyballen, uncountable)
- volleyball (ball game)
References edit
- “volleyball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese edit
Noun edit
volleyball m (uncountable)