Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.
More synonyms by meaning
nouna football game in which two teams of 11 players try to kick or head a ball into the opponents' goal
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From it being the form of football codified and promoted by the The Football Association.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Chinese Cantonese 足球
- 足球 (zuk¹ kau⁴)soccer
Chinese Mandarin 足球
- 足球 (zúqiú)soccer
Czech fotbal, kopaná
- fotbalsoccer
- kopanásoccer
Danish fodbold
- fodboldsoccer
Dutch voetbal
- voetbalsoccer
Finnish jalkapallo
- jalkapallosoccer
French football, soccer
- footballsoccer
- soccersoccer
German Fußball
- Fußballsoccer
Greek ποδόσφαιρο
- ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo)soccer
Hungarian labdarúgás
- labdarúgássoccer
Indonesian sepak bola
- sepak bolasoccer
Italian calcio
- calciosoccer
Latvian futbols, kājbumba
- futbolssoccer
- kājbumbasoccer
Polish piłka nożna
- piłka nożnasoccer
Portuguese futebol
- futebolsoccer
Romanian fotbal
- fotbalsoccer
Russian футбо́л
- футбо́л (futból)soccer
Spanish fútbol
- fútbolsoccer
Swedish fotboll
- fotbollsoccer
Turkish futbol
- futbolsoccer
Urdu ایسوسی ایشن فٹ بال
- ایسوسی ایشن فٹ بالsoccer
Vietnamese bóng đá
- bóng đásoccer
Cite this entry
association football. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/association%20football
“association football.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/association%20football. Accessed November 5, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “association football,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/association%20football.
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