FIFA

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/ˈfiːfə/

proper noun

FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)

OriginFrench FIFAo ← English association football ← Middle English fotbal →
CommonScrabble 10
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Meanings

FIFA1

proper noun
  1. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)

    In terms of viewing audience and revenue, the FIFA World Cup is the largest sport megaevent of its kind[…]

    2012, John Nauright, Charles Parrish, Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice, page 127
    1 more example

    After FIFA President Gianni Infantino called for automatic forfeits for teams whose fans have racially abused players and caused matches to be abandoned, the English Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chair says fellow players don’t believe enough is being done to punish racism at soccer matches.

    2024 January 22, Thomas Schlachter, “There must be ‘significant consequences’ for clubs failing to deal with racism in stadiums, says player and union official”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2024
  2. trademarkvideo gamesA series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label.
  3. CanadaUSmetonymicallyThe FIFA World Cup.

    For example, we are going to be hosting FIFA, one of the largest international events in the world.

    2025, Andrea Charron, “North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Modernization”, in parliamentary debates (Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence), page 19
    1 more example

    Many apologies to all the FIFA visitors in town who may or may not have just gotten washed away in this morning’s torrential downpour after potentially dying to heatstroke yesterday...

    2026 June 19, @SlavBritt, Twitter

Fifa2

proper noun
  1. Alternative letter-case form of FIFA.

    Governmental interference in football resulted in Fifa banning Zimbabwe from the international game in 2022, while last year the United States imposed sanctions on Mnangagwa and other senior officials for corruption and human rights abuses.

    2025 March 20, Alex Brotherton, “Coventry elected first female IOC president as Coe beaten”, in BBC Sport

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰ-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*bʰeydʰós
  3. Proto-Italic*feiðos
  4. Latinfoedus, foederis
  5. Latinfoederō
  6. Latinfoederātiōnem
  7. Frenchfédération
  8. Proto-Indo-European*h₁én
  9. Proto-Indo-European*h₁n̥tér
  10. Proto-Italic*n̥ter
  11. Latininter
  12. Frenchinter-
  13. Proto-Indo-European*ǵenh₁-
  14. Proto-Indo-European*ǵénh₁tis
  15. Proto-Italic*gnātiō
  16. Latinnātiō
  17. Old Frenchnacion
  18. Middle Frenchnation
  19. Frenchnation
  20. Proto-Indo-European*h₂el-
  21. Proto-Indo-European*h₂élisder.?
  22. Frenchnational
  23. Frenchinternational
  24. Frenchinternationale
  25. Proto-Indo-European*h₂éd
  26. Proto-Italic*ad
  27. Proto-Italic*ad-
  28. Latinad-
  29. Proto-Indo-European*sekʷ-
  30. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷéh₂
  31. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷh₂ṓy
  32. Proto-Indo-European*sokʷyós
  33. Proto-Italic*sokjos
  34. Latinsokios
  35. Latinsocius
  36. Latinsociō
  37. Latinassociāre
  38. Frenchassocier
  39. Frenchassociation
  40. Proto-Indo-European*ped-
  41. Proto-Indo-European*pṓds
  42. Proto-Germanic*fōts
  43. Proto-West Germanic*fōt
  44. Old Englishfōt
  45. Middle Englishfot
  46. Proto-Indo-European*bʰel-
  47. Proto-Germanic*balluz
  48. Old English*beall
  49. Middle Englishbal
  50. Middle Englishfotbal
  51. Englishfootbal
  52. Frenchfootball
  53. Englishassociation football
  54. Frenchfootball association
  55. FrenchFIFAo
  56. EnglishFIFA

Orthographic borrowing from French FIFA.

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Rhymes & wordplay

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Anagrams

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Cite this entry
APA

FIFA. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FIFA

MLA

“FIFA.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FIFA. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “FIFA,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/FIFA.

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