hockey

== English == === Etymology 1 === 16th century, of unknown origin. Possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick, or from French hoquet. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hŏk'i, IPA(key): /ˈhɒki/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈhɑki/ Rhymes: -ɒki ==== Noun ==== hockey (uncountable) Any of a family of sports in which hockey sticks are used to move a ball or puck into a goal. (Commonwealth) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick. (Canada, US) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks. ===== Usage notes ===== Although there are many variations of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey, hockey without a qualifier almost always means ice hockey in the United States and Canada, and field hockey in the Commonwealth, and the full names of the sports are rarely used in these areas except to avoid confusion. Note that neither the ice hockey world cup (World Cup of Hockey) nor the field hockey world cup (Hockey World Cup) include a qualifying term in their official titles. ===== Synonyms ===== ice hockey field hockey (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== hockey (uncountable) (US, slang) Feces, excrement. === Etymology 3 === See oche. ==== Noun ==== hockey (plural hockeys) (darts, dated) Alternative form of oche. === Etymology 4 === ==== Noun ==== hockey (plural hockeys) Alternative form of hawkey (“harvest supper”). === References === Katherine Barber, editor (1998), “hockey”, in The Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Don Mills, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN. === Anagrams === chokey == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hockey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɦɔ.ki/ Hyphenation: hoc‧key Rhymes: -ɔki === Noun === hockey n (uncountable, no diminutive) hockey, almost always field hockey ==== Derived terms ==== == Finnish == === Etymology === From English hockey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhokːei̯/, [ˈho̞kːe̞i̯] Rhymes: -okːei === Noun === hockey hockey ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === From English hockey. === Pronunciation === (aspirated h) IPA(key): /ɔ.kɛ/, (Canada) /ɔ.ke/ Rhymes: -ɛ, -e Homophones: hoquet, hoquets === Noun === hockey m (uncountable) hockey (North America) ice hockey Synonym: hockey sur glace ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hockey”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hockey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈɔ.kej/ Rhymes: -ɔkej Hyphenation: hòc‧key === Noun === hockey m (uncountable) hockey ==== Derived terms ==== hockey su ghiaccio hockey su pista/hockey a rotelle hockey su prato === References === == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From English hockey. === Noun === hockey m (definite singular hockeyen) (sports) hockey ==== Derived terms ==== hockeykølle ishockey === References === “hockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From English hockey. === Noun === hockey m (definite singular hockeyen) (sports) hockey ==== Derived terms ==== hockeykølle ishockey === References === “hockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Spanish == === Alternative forms === jóquey (rare) === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hockey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈoki/ [ˈo.ki], /ˈxokei/ [ˈxo.kei̯] Rhymes: -oki, -okei === Noun === hockey m (plural hockey) hockey ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “hockey”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 Manuel Seco; Olimpia Andrés; Gabino Ramos (3 August 2023), “hockey”, in Diccionario del español actual [Dictionary of Current Spanish] (in Spanish), third digital edition, Fundación BBVA [BBVA Foundation] == Swedish == === Etymology === From English hockey. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhɔkʏ/ === Noun === hockey c (definite singular hockeyn) (sports) hockey (informal) clipping of ishockey ==== Derived terms ==== hockeybild c hockeyklubba c hockeyspelare c ishockey c landhockey c === References === hockey in Svensk ordbok (SO) hockey in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL) hockey in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB) Svensk MeSH