Meanings
nounfootball match (countable and uncountable, plural football matches)
plural football matches
- countableuncountablehobbiesA single game of football between two teams.
“Whata fantastic football match!” Yuck heard over the loudspeaker. “Three goals each! It's a draw!” Polly hung tangled in the net, coughing and spluttering. She screamed at the referee. “I'm supposed to win, you idiot!
2014 November 20, Matt and Dave, Yuck's Fantastic Football Match, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
Translations
Dutch voetbalwedstrijd
- voetbalwedstrijda game of football
Finnish jalkapallo-ottelu
- jalkapallo-ottelua game of football
French match de football, match de foot
- match de footballa game of football
- match de foota game of football
German Fußballspiel, Fußballmatch
- Fußballspiela game of football
- Fußballmatcha game of football
Japanese サッカーの試合
- サッカーの試合 (sakkā no shiai)a game of football
Romanian meci de fotbal
- meci de fotbala game of football
Russian футбольный матч
- футбольный матч (futbolʹnyj matč)a game of football
Spanish partido de fútbol
- partido de fútbola game of football
Swedish fotbollsmatch
- fotbollsmatcha game of football
Turkish futbol maçı
- futbol maçıa game of football
Cite this entry
APA
football match. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/football%20match
MLA
“football match.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/football%20match. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “football match,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/football%20match.
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