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.
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
Coordinate terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
- → Finnish: softball
- French: → softball, → balle molle (calque)
- → Portuguese: softball
- → Spanish: softball
Translations[edit]
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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
Synonyms[edit]
Hypernyms[edit]
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.
- 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