basketball

== English == === Etymology === From basket +‎ ball. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːs.kɪt.bɔːl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɔl/ (cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈbæs.kɪt.bɑl/ === Noun === basketball (countable and uncountable, plural basketballs) (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop. Synonyms: (US slang) hoops, (US slang) b-ball (countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== ==== Translations ==== === Verb === basketball (third-person singular simple present basketballs, present participle basketballing, simple past and past participle basketballed) (informal, intransitive) To play basketball. (informal, transitive) To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball. === See also === Appendix:Glossary of basketball == Danish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English basketball. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /baːskətbaːl/, [ˈb̥ɑːsɡ̊əd̥ˌb̥ɒːl] === Noun === basketball c (singular definite basketballen, not used in plural form) basketball ==== Synonyms ==== (sport): basket (ball): basketbold === See also === basketball on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da == French == === Pronunciation === === Noun === basketball m (uncountable) post-1990 spelling of basket-ball == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English basketball. === Noun === basketball m (definite singular basketballen, uncountable) basketball (ball game) Synonym: basket === References === “basketball” in The Bokmål Dictionary. “basketball” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB). == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English basketball. === Noun === basketball m (definite singular basketballen, uncountable) basketball (ball game) Synonym: korgball === References === “basketball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.