Meaning of soccer | Babel Free

Definitions

1. Soccer, football.
2. Association football.
   Australia, Ireland, Philippines, US, uncountable
3. a form of football played by two 11-member teams, in which the ball may be kicked or bounced off any part of the body but the arms and hands: only goalkeepers may use their hands to maneuver the ball.
4. football played according to certain rules. sokker لُعْبَة كُرَة القَدَم футбол futebol fotbal das Fußballspiel fodbold ποδόσφαιροfútbol jalgpall فوتبال jalkapallo football כַּדוּר רֶגֶל फुटबाल nogomet futball sepakbola fótbolti calcio サッカー 축구 (mėgėjiškas) futbolas futbols bola sepak voetbalfotballpiłka nożna فوټبال futebol fotbal футбол futbal nogomet fudbal fotboll กีฬาฟุตบอล futbol 足球 футбол فٹ بال کا کھیل môn bóng đá 英式足球
5. A game played on a rectangular field with net goals at either end in which two teams of 11 players each try to drive a ball into the other's goal by kicking, heading, or using any part of the body except the arms and hands. The goalie is the only player who may touch or move the ball with the arms or hands.
6. Indoor soccer.
7. (Soccer) a. a game in which two teams of eleven players try to kick or head a ball into their opponent's goal, only the goalkeeper on either side being allowed to touch the ball with his hands and arms except in the case of throw-ins
8. A. N → fútbol mto play soccer → jugar al fútbol
   N
9. B. CPD soccer player N → futbolista mfsoccer season N → temporada f de fútbol
   CPD
10. n → Fußball m; soccer player (US) → Fußballer(in) m(f), → Fußballspieler(in) m(f)
    n
11. n → calcio
    n
12. adj (club, season, match) → calcistico/a, di calcio
    adj

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Examples

“The 'Varsity played Aston Villa and were beaten after a very exciting game; this was pre-eminently the most important "Socker" game played in Oxford this term.”

“Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, ... football, seu Rugger, sive Soccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen.”

“Those who play under the "Socker" (Association) rules in the North of England, the Midlands, and Scotland take no heed of the warmness of the weather”

“Socker (public schools), football played according to the Association Rules”

“Diehard soccer fans likely have become familiar with England’s Sky Sports News channel over the years.”

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