Meanings
nounAmerican football (countable and uncountable, plural American footballs)
plural American footballs
- uncountableA team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end.
Chain mail, or an American football suit—that's what you'll want.
1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, “‘Try your Luck with Professor Challenger’”, in The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC, page 27 - countableThe ball used to play the sport of American football.
Synonyms: American handegg, feetsball, handegg, NFL
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe ball used to play the sport of American football.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays
Similar
American football game
Broader
footballfootball game
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Afrikaans amerikaanse voetbal
- amerikaanse voetbalAmerican football
Arabic كُرَة الْقَدَم الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة, الكُرة الأَمْرِيكِيّة
- كُرَة الْقَدَم الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة (kurat al-qadam al-ʔamrīkiyya)American football
- الكُرة الأَمْرِيكِيّة (al-kura l-ʔamrīkiyya)American football
- الأَمِرِيكَان فُوتْبُول (al-ʔamirīkān futbōl)American football
Basque futbol amerikarra
- futbol amerikarraAmerican football
Bulgarian америка́нски фу́тбол
- америка́нски фу́тбол (amerikánski fútbol)American football
Catalan futbol americà
- futbol americàAmerican football
Chinese Cantonese 美式足球
- 美式足球 (mei⁵ sik¹ zuk¹ kau⁴)American football
Chinese Mandarin 美式橄欖球 /美式橄榄球, 美式足球
- 美式橄欖球 /美式橄榄球 (měishìgǎnlǎnqiú)American football
- 美式足球 (Měishì zúqiú)American football
Czech americký fotbal
- americký fotbalAmerican football
Danish amerikansk fodbold
- amerikansk fodboldAmerican football
Dutch Amerikaanse voetbal, rugby
- Amerikaanse voetbalAmerican football
- rugbyAmerican football
- American footballAmerican football
Esperanto usona futbalo, usona piedpilko
- usona futbaloAmerican football
- usona piedpilkoAmerican football
- usona piedpilkadoAmerican football
Estonian ameerika jalgpall
- ameerika jalgpallAmerican football
Finnish amerikkalainen jalkapallo, jenkkifutis
- amerikkalainen jalkapalloAmerican football
- jenkkifutisAmerican football
French football américain, football
- football américainAmerican football
- footballAmerican football
German Football, American Football
- FootballAmerican football
- American FootballAmerican football
Greek αμερικανικό ποδόσφαιρο
- αμερικανικό ποδόσφαιρο (amerikanikó podósfairo)American football
Hawaiian pōpeku
- pōpekuAmerican football
Hebrew פוטבול אמריקאי
- פוטבול אמריקאי (futbol amerikai)American football
Hindi अमेरिकी फ़ुटबॉल
- अमेरिकी फ़ुटबॉल (amerikī fuṭbŏl)American football
Hungarian amerikai foci, amerikai futball
- amerikai fociAmerican football
- amerikai futballAmerican football
Icelandic amerískur fótbolti
- amerískur fótboltiAmerican football
Irish peil Mheiriceánach
- peil MheiriceánachAmerican football
Italian football americano, football statunitense
- football americanoAmerican football
- football statunitenseAmerican football
- calcio americanoAmerican football
- calcio statunitenseAmerican football
Japanese アメリカンフットボール, 鎧球
- アメリカンフットボール (Amerikan futtobōru)American football
- 鎧球 (gaikyū)American football
- フットボール (futtobōru)American football
- アメフト (amefuto)American football
Korean 미식축구, 아메리칸 풋볼
- 미식축구 (misikchukgu)American football
- 아메리칸 풋볼 (amerikan putbol)American football
Latvian amerikāņu futbols
- amerikāņu futbolsAmerican football
Lithuanian amerikietiškasis futbolas
- amerikietiškasis futbolasAmerican football
Malay bola sepak Amerika
- bola sepak AmerikaAmerican football
Norwegian Bokmål amerikansk fotball
- amerikansk fotballAmerican football
Persian فوتبال آمریکایی
- فوتبال آمریکاییAmerican football
Polish futbol, futbol amerykański
- futbolAmerican football
- futbol amerykańskiAmerican football
Portuguese futebol americano
- futebol americanoAmerican football
Romanian fotbal american
- fotbal americanAmerican football
Russian америка́нский футбо́л
- америка́нский футбо́л (amerikánskij futból)American football
Scottish Gaelic ball-coise Aimeireaganach
- ball-coise AimeireaganachAmerican football
Slovak americký futbal
- americký futbalAmerican football
Spanish fútbol americano, futbol estadounidense
- fútbol americanoAmerican football
- futbol estadounidenseAmerican football
Swedish amerikansk fotboll
- amerikansk fotbollAmerican football
Tagalog amerikanong putbol
- amerikanong putbolAmerican football
Tamil அமெரிக்கக் கால்பந்தாட்டம்
- அமெரிக்கக் கால்பந்தாட்டம் (amerikkak kālpantāṭṭam)American football
Thai อเมริกันฟุตบอล
- อเมริกันฟุตบอล (à-mee-rí-gan fút-bɔn)American football
Turkish Amerikan futbolu
- Amerikan futboluAmerican football
Ukrainian америка́нський футбо́л
- америка́нський футбо́л (amerykánsʹkyj futból)American football
Urdu امریکی فٹ بال
- امریکی فٹ بالAmerican football
Vietnamese bóng bầu dục
- bóng bầu dụcAmerican football
Welsh pêl-droed Americanaidd
- pêl-droed AmericanaiddAmerican football
Cite this entry
APA
American football. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20football
MLA
“American football.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20football. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “American football,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/American%20football.
Source: American football on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.