American football

== English == === Pronunciation === === Noun === American football (uncountable) (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, Myanmar, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Brunei) A team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. ==== Usage notes ==== Called football in the United States and Canada and American football elsewhere in the world. ==== Synonyms ==== American handegg feetsball (slang) handegg NFL ==== Hypernyms ==== gridiron football ==== Translations ==== === See also === association football Canadian football North American football football gridiron rugby rugby football soccer === Further reading === American football on Wikipedia.Wikipedia