English Explanatory Dictionary

footballer

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One who plays association football.
  2. Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae.
  3. One who plays American football.

Pronunciation

/ˈfʊtbɔːlə/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-footballer.wav /ˈfʊtbɔːləɹ/

Word forms

footballer footballers

Etymology

From football + -er. For the kyphosid sense, named for the resemblance of their stripes to football uniforms.

Synonyms

football player soccer player

Derived words

association footballer

Translations

Aragonese: futbolista Armenian: ֆուտբոլիստ Asturian: futbolista Azerbaijani: futbolçu Bashkir: футболсы Basque: futbolari Belarusian: футбалі́ст Belarusian: футбалі́стка Bulgarian: футболи́ст Bulgarian: футболи́стка Burmese: ဘောလုံးသမား Carpathian Rusyn: фотбалі́ста Carpathian Rusyn: фотбалі́стка Catalan: futbolista Chinese Mandarin: 足球員 /足球员 Chinese Mandarin: 足球選手 /足球选手 Chinese Mandarin: 足球運動員 /足球运动员 Czech: fotbalista Czech: fotbalistka Danish: fodboldspiller Dutch: voetballer Dutch: voetbalster Dutch: voetbalspeler Dutch: voetbalspeelster Estonian: jalgpallur Faroese: fótbóltsspælari Finnish: jalkapalloilija French: footballeur French: footballeuse Galician: futbolista Georgian: ფეხბურთელი German: Fußballer German: Fussballer German: Fußballerin German: Fussballerin German: Fußballspieler German: Fussballspieler German: Fußballspielerin German: Fussballspielerin Greek: ποδοσφαιριστής Greek: ποδοσφαιρίστρια Hebrew: כַּדּוּרַגְלָן Hungarian: futballista Hungarian: labdarúgó Hungarian: futballjátékos Hungarian: focista Icelandic: knattspyrnumaður Icelandic: fótboltamaður Irish: peileadóir Italian: calciatore Italian: calciatrice Japanese: サッカー選手 Karakalpak: futbolshı Kazakh: футболшы Korean: 축구 선수 Kyrgyz: буттопчу Latvian: futbolists Latvian: futboliste Lithuanian: fùtbolininkas Lithuanian: fùtbolininkė Macedonian: фудбалер Macedonian: фудбалерка Norwegian Bokmål: fotballspiller Norwegian Bokmål: fotballspeller Norwegian Nynorsk: fotballspelar Occitan: fotbolaire Occitan: fotbolaira Persian: فوتبالیست
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