foosball

foos·ball
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/ˈfuːsˌbɔːl//ˈfuːzˌbɔːl/

noun

table soccer (US), table football (UK)

Less commonScrabble 13

Meanings

nounfoosball (uncountable)
  1. CanadaUSuncountabletable soccer (US), table football (UK)

    […] Caleb on Tuesday, for the first time in months, had invited him to play foosball […]

    2001, Jonathan Franzen, The Corrections

    Synonyms: table football, table soccer

Synonyms & antonyms

nountable soccer (US), table football (UK)

Origin

  1. Englishfootball
  2. GermanFußball
  3. Englishfoosball

From German Fußball, itself a calque of English football.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Catalan futbolí
  • futbolítable soccer
Chinese Mandarin 桌上足球
  • 桌上足球 (zhuōshàng zúqiú)table soccer
Czech stolní fotbal, stolní fotbálek
  • stolní fotbaltable soccer
  • stolní fotbálektable soccer
  • kalčotable soccer
Danish bordfodbold
  • bordfodboldtable soccer
Dutch tafelvoetbal
  • tafelvoetbaltable soccer
Finnish pöytäfutis
  • pöytäfutistable soccer
French baby-foot, baby
  • baby-foottable soccer
  • babytable soccer
  • soccer de tabletable soccer
German Tischfußball, Kicker
  • Tischfußballtable soccer
  • Kickertable soccer
  • Krökelntable soccer
  • Wuzzlertable soccer
  • Töggelentable soccer
Hebrew כדורגל שולחן
  • כדורגל שולחן (kaduregel shulkhan)table soccer
Hindi टेबल फ़ुटबॉल
  • टेबल फ़ुटबॉल (ṭebal fuṭbŏl)table soccer
Hungarian csocsó
  • csocsótable soccer
Irish peil bhoird, peil tábla
  • peil bhoirdtable soccer
  • peil táblatable soccer
Italian calciobalilla, calcetto
  • calciobalillatable soccer
  • calcettotable soccer
  • biliardinotable soccer
  • fotbalinotable soccer
Japanese フーズボール, テーブルフットボール
  • フーズボール (fūzubōru)table soccer
  • テーブルフットボール (tēburu futtobōru)table soccer
Korean 푸스볼, 테이블 축구
  • 푸스볼 (puseubol)table soccer
  • 테이블 축구 (teibeul chukgu)table soccer
  • 테이블 풋볼 (teibeul putbol)table soccer
Polish piłkarzyki, futbol stołowy
  • piłkarzykitable soccer
  • futbol stołowytable soccer
  • piłka stołowatable soccer
  • trambambulatable soccer
Portuguese futebol de mesa, matraquilhos
  • futebol de mesatable soccer
  • matraquilhostable soccer
  • pebolimtable soccer
  • totótable soccer
  • fla-flutable soccer
  • matrecostable soccer
Russian ки́кер, насто́льный футбо́л
  • ки́кер (kíker)table soccer
  • насто́льный футбо́л (nastólʹnyj futból)table soccer
Spanish futbolín, futbolito
  • futbolíntable soccer
  • futbolitotable soccer
  • tacatacatable soccer
  • metegoltable soccer
  • fulbitotable soccer
Swedish bordsfotboll
  • bordsfotbolltable soccer
Thai ฟุตบอลโต๊ะ
  • ฟุตบอลโต๊ะ (fút-bɔn dtó)table soccer
Turkish langırt
  • langırttable soccer
Ukrainian кі́кер, насті́льний футбо́л
  • кі́кер (kíker)table soccer
  • насті́льний футбо́л (nastílʹnyj futból)table soccer
Vietnamese bi lắc, banh bàn
  • bi lắctable soccer
  • banh bàntable soccer
Welsh pêl-droed pen bwrdd
  • pêl-droed pen bwrddtable soccer
Cite this entry
APA

foosball. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foosball

MLA

“foosball.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foosball. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “foosball,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/foosball.

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