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football

1 [ˈfʊt.bɔːl] substantive

EKI Combined Dictionary 2026

Last modified 25.03.2026

Meanings

1
British English sportmäng, milles kumbki meeskond püüab palli jalaga (või peaga) lüües vastaspoole väravasse saata
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2
pall jalgpallimänguks

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Usage examples
  • Lõin jalgpalli väravasse.

Terminological databases

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737384 Last modified 05.06.2019
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Domain ball games - throwing games
  • sportmäng, milles kumbki meeskond püüab palli jalaga (või peaga) lüües vastaspoole väravasse saata
  • any of several games played between two teams on a usually rectangular field having goalposts or goals at each end and whose object is to get the ball over a goal line, into a goal, or between goalposts by running, passing, or kicking
  • any of a number of games in which two opposing teams attempt to score points by moving an inflated oval or round ball past a goal line or into a goal
  • any of a number of related games, all of which are characterized by two persons or teams attempting to kick, carry, throw, or otherwise propel a ball toward an opponent’s goal
Good to know
  • In some of these games, only kicking is allowed; in others, kicking has become less important than other means of propulsion.
jalgpall
football
Usage examples
  • Evidence of organized football games in Greece and China goes back more than 2,000 years, but historians have no idea how these games were played.
Good to know
  • Unqualified, the word football is understood to refer to whichever form of football is the most popular in the regional context in which the word appears. Sports commonly called 'football' in certain places include: association football (known as soccer in some countries); gridiron football (specifically American football or Canadian football); Australian rules football; rugby football (either rugby league or rugby union); and Gaelic football.

EKI terminibaas Esterm

ID 737397 Last modified 05.06.2019
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Domain ball games - throwing games
jalgpall
football
soccer
association football
  • sportlik pallimäng, milles kaks 11-liikmelist võistkonda püüab palli muru- või tehiskattega väljakul (pikkus 90–120 m, laius 45–90 m) jalaga (või peaga) lüües vastaspoole väravasse saata
  • a game played on a field between two teams of 11 players each with the object to propel a round ball into the opponent's goal by kicking or by hitting it with any part of the body except the hands and arms
Good to know
  • Mängus on kaks 45-minutist poolaega ja 15-minutine vaheaeg.
  • Only the goalkeeper is permitted to handle the ball and may do so only within the penalty area surrounding the goal. The team that scores more goals wins.
jalgpall
Euroopa jalgpall
football
Usage examples
  • Football is the world’s most popular ball game in numbers of participants and spectators. ... Football’s governing body, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), estimated that at the turn of the 21st century there were approximately 250 million football players and over 1.3 billion people “interested” in football; in 2010 a combined television audience of more than 26 billion watched football’s premier tournament, the quadrennial month-long World Cup finals.
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  • British
soccer
association football

Huviharidussõnastik

ID 752947 Last modified 10.05.2024
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Domain sport
  • pall jalgpallimänguks (ümbermõõt 68–70 cm, kaal 410–450 g)
Fußball

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  • football 'jalgpall'

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