hooligan

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈhuː.lɪ.ɡən/ Hyphenation: hoo‧li‧gan Homophone: Wholigan === Etymology 1 === Probably a variant of the Irish surname Houlihan, 1890s. ==== Noun ==== hooligan (plural hooligans) (informal, attributive) A young person who causes trouble or violence, typically as a member of a gang or other group. Synonyms: see Thesaurus:troublemaker Ellipsis of football hooligan. (slang, US) A member of the United States Coast Guard. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Related terms ===== hooliganism ===== Descendants ===== → Finnish: huligaani → French: hooligan → German: Hooligan → Greek: χούλιγκαν (choúligkan) → Hebrew: חוליגן → Hungarian: huligán → Polish: chuligan → Portuguese: hooligan, holígane → Romanian: huligan → Russian: хулига́н (xuligán) (see there for further descendants) → Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic script: ху̏лига̄н Latin script: hȕligān → Swedish: huligan → Ukrainian: хуліга́н (xulihán) ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== lout thug yob, yobbo ==== Verb ==== hooligan (third-person singular simple present hooligans, present participle hooliganing, simple past and past participle hooliganed) (intransitive) To act as a hooligan (etymology 1, noun sense 1). (transitive, by extension) To treat (a person) roughly. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Chinook Jargon ulakan, from Clatsop Chinook, with spelling and pronunciation influenced by the preceding. ==== Noun ==== hooligan (plural hooligan or hooligans) A type of fish, an anadromous smelt, Thaleichthys pacificus, found in the North Pacific. Synonyms: eulachon, candlefish ===== Translations ===== === References === “hooligan, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “hooligan, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. === Further reading === Michael Quinon (27 June 1998), “Hooligan”, in World Wide Words‎[1] === Anagrams === halooing == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from English hooligan. === Pronunciation === Hyphenation: hoo‧li‧gan === Noun === hooligan m (plural hooligans, diminutive hooligannetje n) (derogatory) hooligan == French == === Pronunciation === (aspirated h)IPA(key): /u.li.ɡɑ̃/ === Noun === hooligan m (plural hooligans) hooligan == Portuguese == === Alternative forms === holígane === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hooligan. === Pronunciation === === Noun === hooligan m or f by sense (plural hooligans) a sports hooligan === Further reading === “hooligan”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English hooligan. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈxuliɡan/ [ˈxu.li.ɣ̞ãn] Rhymes: -uliɡan === Noun === hooligan m or f by sense (plural hoolíganes) hooligan ==== 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. === Further reading === “hooligan”, 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