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basketball
(bɑːskɪtbɔːl, bæs-)
Word forms: plural basketballs
1. uncountable noun
Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to score goals by throwing a large ball through a circular net fixed to a metal ring at each end of the court.
2. countable noun
A basketball is a large ball which is used in the game of basketball.
basketball in British English
(ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl)
noun
1.
a game played by two opposing teams of five players each, usually on an indoor court. Points are scored by throwing the ball through an elevated horizontal metal hoop
2.
the inflated ball used in this game
basketball in American English
(ˈbæskɪtˌbɔl; ˈbɑskɪtˌbɔl)
US
noun
1.
a game played by two opposing teams of usually five players on a rectangular, often wooden, court with a raised basket at each end: points are scored by tossing a ball through the basket at the opponent's end
2.
the large, round, inflated ball used in this game
Word origin
invented & named (1891) by James A. Naismith (1861-1939) at Y.M.C.A. College, Springfield,Mass.Image ofbasketball
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British English: basketball /ˈbɑːskɪtˌbɔːl/ NOUN
Basketball is a game in which two teams of five players each try to throw a large ball through a round net hanging from a high metal ring.
- American English: basketball
- Arabic: كُرَةُ السَّلَّة
- Brazilian Portuguese: basquetebol
- Chinese: 篮球
- Croatian: košarka
- Czech: košíková
- Danish: basketball
- Dutch: basketbal
- European Spanish: baloncesto
- Finnish: koripallo
- French: basket-ball
- German: Basketball
- Greek: μπάσκετ
- Italian: pallacanestro
- Japanese: バスケットボール
- Korean: 농구 경기
- Norwegian: basketball
- Polish: koszykówka
- European Portuguese: basquetebol
- Romanian: baschet
- Russian: баскетбол
- Latin American Spanish: baloncesto
- Swedish: basket
- Thai: กีฬาบาสเกตบอล
- Turkish: basketbol
- Ukrainian: баскетбол
- Vietnamese: bóng rổ
Chinese translation of 'basketball'
basketball
(ˈbɑːskɪtbɔːl)
n
- (u) (= sport)
篮(籃)球
(lánqiú) - (c) (= ball)
篮(籃)球
(lánqiú)
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