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47 short excerpts of Wiktionnary (A collaborative project to produce a free-content dictionary.)

— English words —

• football n. (General) A sport played on foot in which teams attempt to get a ball into a goal or zone defended by the other team.
• football n. (UK, uncountable) Association football: a game in which two teams each contend to get a round ball into…
• football n. (US, uncountable) American football: a game played on a field of 100 yards long and 53 1/3 yards wide…
• football n. (Canada, uncountable) Canadian football: a game played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide…
• football n. (Australia, Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania, Northern Territory, southern New…
• football n. (Ireland, uncountable) Gaelic football: a field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using…
• football n. (Australia, New South Wales, Queensland, uncountable) rugby league.
• football n. (Australia, Ireland, New Zealand, uncountable) rugby union.
• football n. (Countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
• football n. (Uncountable) Practice of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
• football n. (Figuratively, countable) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner.
• football n. (US military slang, countable) The leather briefcase containing classified nuclear war plans which is…
• football v. (Intransitive, rare) To play football.
• foot-ball n. (Dated) Alternative spelling of football.
• foot␣ball n. Archaic form of football.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Interlingua
  • football n. Football (UK), soccer (US, Canada).
• Middle english
  • football n. Alternative form of fotbal.
  • foot-ball n. Alternative form of fotbal.

— English words, defined in German —

• football S. Kein Plural, britisch: Fußball (europäischer Fußball), ein Mannschaftspiel.
• football S. Kein Plural, amerikanisch: American Football, ein dem Rugby verwandtes Ballspiel.
• football S. Der Fußball als das Sportgerät mit dem gespielt wird.

— English word, defined in Dutch —

• football n. (Sport) voetbal.

— English words, defined in French —

• football n. (Royaume-Uni) (Irlande) Football, soccer.
• football n. (États-Unis) (Canada) Football américain.
• football n. (Canada) Football américain ou football canadien.
• football n. (Australie) Football australien.
• football n. (Indénombrable) Ballon de foot.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• football s. Deporte. Balón de fútbol.
• football s. Deporte. Fútbol.
• football s. Deporte. Fútbol americano.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• football s. (Inglês britânico⚠) futebol.
• football s. (Inglês estadunidense⚠) futebol americano.
• football s. Futebol canadense.
• football s. Futebol australiano.
• football s. Bola de futebol.

— English words, defined in Italian —

• football s. (Sport) (calcio) calcio.
• football s. (Sport) (soprattutto negli Stati Uniti d’America) football americano.
• football s. (Sport) pallone da calcio, football americano o rugby.

— In German —

• Football S. Kein Plural: Oberbegriff für Mannschaftssportarten, bei denen…
• Football S. Kein Plural, umgangssprachlich: American Football.
• Football S. Ball, der bei einigen Sportarten verwendet wird.

— In French —

• football n.m. Sport opposant deux équipes de onze joueurs, dans lequel…
• football n.m. (Canada) Football américain ou football canadien.
• foot-ball n.m. (Sport) Variante orthographique de football.

— In Portuguese —

• foot-ball s. Ver futebol.

— In Italian —

• football s. (Forestierismo) (sport) (calcio) nome dato al calcio al di…
• football s. Sport anglosassone derivato dal rugby, dove i giocatori di…

108 English words from 18 English definitions

Alternative American American␣football and any Archaic Association Association␣football attempt Australia back back␣and␣forth ball briefcase but called Canada Canadian Canadian␣football classified containing contend countable Dated defended discussion each field field␣game Figuratively foot football form forth Gaelic Gaelic␣football game games General get goal hurling into Intransitive Ireland item league leather long manner military New New␣South␣Wales New␣Zealand Northern Northern␣Territory nuclear nuclear␣war on␣foot other particular particularly plans play played played␣on played␣with Practice Queensland rare round rugby rugby␣league rugby␣union rules similar slang soccer South South␣Australia southern South␣Wales spelling sport Tasmania team teams techniques Territory the them these two uncountable union used using Victoria Wales war Western Western␣Australia which wide with yards Zealand zone

28 English words from 29 foreign definitions

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1 foreign word from 18 English definitions

round␣ball

64 foreign words from 29 foreign definitions

américain American␣Football amerikanisch anglosassone australiano Australie australien Ballspiel Balón bei britânico britisch calcio canadense canadien denen Deporte derivato deux ein einigen estadunidense États États-Unis europäischer Football␣américain football␣americano Football␣australien football␣canadien Forestierismo Fußball für fútbol futebol futebol␣americano gespielt giocatori Indénombrable Inglês Inglês␣britânico Irlande joueurs Kein lequel Mannschaftssportarten mit negli Oberbegriff onze opposant orthographique Royaume Royaume-Uni soprattutto Sportarten Sportgerät Stati␣Uniti umgangssprachlich Uniti Variante verwandtes verwendet voetbal wird

36 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

footballs foot-balls foot␣balls footballed footballer football␣bar footballene footballers footballese footballing footballish footballist football␣pie football␣bars footballfish footballists football␣pies football␣pool football␣field football␣match football␣pitch football␣pools football␣fields footballfishes football␣minute football␣player football␣tennis footballisation footballization football␣matches football␣minutes football␣pitches football␣players football␣hooligan football␣hooligans football␣hooliganism

3 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

rugby␣footballs soccer␣footballs political␣footballs

23 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

nonfootball antifootball blow␣football flag␣football arena␣football rugby␣football table␣football total␣football touch␣football Gaelic␣football roller␣football soccer␣football Yankee␣football fantasy␣football American␣football Canadian␣football gridiron␣football route␣one␣football political␣football Australian␣football association␣football international␣football North␣American␣football

19 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

all ALL -all all- BAL Baʻl ball Ball foo Foo foo' foot Foot oot OoT OOTB OTB TBA T-ball

12 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

abt ABT abt. BTO lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. oof too toof

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

footballs foot-balls foot␣balls

One anagram found minus a letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

folboat

8 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

foosball footfall foot-fall footwall rootball sootball soot-ball soot␣ball

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