free

Hargreaves, who left Manchester United on a free during the summer, drilled a 22-yard beauty to open the scoring.

2011 September 21, Sam Lyon, “Man City 2 - 0 Birmingham”, in BBC Sport:


livre

From Old Galician-Portuguese livre, libre, from Latin līber, from Old Latin loeber, from Proto-Italic *louðeros, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁lewdʰ-er-os, from *h₁lewdʰ- (“people”).


Wednesday

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Naomi Persephone Amethyst (NaomiAmethyst)-Wednesday.wav

From Middle English Wednesday, Wednesdai, from unattested Old English *wēdnesdæġ (“Wednesday”), synchronically an i-mutated form of attested wōdnesdæġ (itself from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdanas dag, its reflex Middle English Wodnesdei falling into disuse), from Proto-West Germanic *Wōdinas dag also attested in Old Frisian wednesdei and Middle Dutch wenesdach. In any case, a calque (interpretātiō germānica) of Latin diēs Mercuriī (“day of Mercury”) and Koine Ancient Greek ἡμέρα (hēméra, “day”) Ἑρμοῦ (Hermoû, “of Hermes”), via an association of the god Odin (“Woden”) with Mercury and Hermes.
Cognate with West Frisian woansdei (“Wednesday”), Afrikaans Woensdag (“Wednesday”), Dutch woensdag (“Wednesday”), Limburgish woonsdig (“Wednesday”), Dutch Low Saxon woonsdag (“Wednesday”), German Low German Woonsdag (“Wednesday”), dialectal German Wodenstag (“Wednesday”), Danish onsdag (“Wednesday”), Norwegian Bokmål onsdag (“Wednesday”), Norwegian Nynorsk onsdag (“Wednesday”), Swedish onsdag (“Wednesday”).
See also Japanese 水曜日 (Mercury's day).

cog

(UK, soccer) Nickname of Sheffield Wednesday of the Football League.


AD

assisterande domare
assisterande domare#Swedish

(soccer) initialism of assisterande domare (“assistant referee”)


libero

From Italian libero (literally “free one”). So called because he has no direct opponent to mark and is therefore free to join in the offensive. The volleyball use is younger.

Nicknamed “Der Kaiser”, Beckenbauer was as elegant as he was dominant, and such was his assurance in possession that he came to master the modern sweeper role, or libero. More so, he is credited with creating it.

2024 January 8, Sachin Nakrani, “Franz Beckenbauer, World Cup-winning captain and manager, dies aged 78”, in The Guardian, →ISSN:

(soccer) A central defender to whom no forward is assigned for marking, forming the last line of defence and often initiating the offensive play.


libero

libero (nominative singular)
libera (nominative plural)
libera (genitive singular)
liber (genitive plural)
liberu (dative singular)
liberům (dative plural)
libero (accusative singular)
libera (accusative plural)
libero (singular vocative)
libera (plural vocative)
liberu (locative singular)
liberech (locative plural)
liberem (instrumental singular)
libery (instrumental plural)


libero

libero (nominative singular)
liberot (nominative plural)
libero (accusative nominative singular)
liberot (accusative nominative plural)
liberon (accusative genitive singular)
liberot (accusative genitive plural)
liberon (genitive singular)
liberojen (genitive plural)
liberoiden (genitive plural)
liberoitten (genitive plural)
liberoa (partitive singular)
liberoja (partitive plural)
liberoita (partitive plural)
liberossa (inessive singular)
liberoissa (inessive plural)
liberosta (elative singular)
liberoista (elative plural)
liberoon (illative singular)
liberoihin (illative plural)
liberolla (adessive singular)
liberoilla (adessive plural)
liberolta (ablative singular)
liberoilta (ablative plural)
liberolle (allative singular)
liberoille (allative plural)
liberona (essive singular)
liberoina (essive plural)
liberoksi (singular translative)
liberoiksi (plural translative)
liberotta (abessive singular)
liberoitta (abessive plural)
liberoin (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
liberoni (nominative singular)
liberoni (nominative plural)
liberoni (accusative nominative singular)
liberoni (accusative nominative plural)
liberoni (accusative genitive singular)
liberoni (accusative genitive plural)
liberoni (genitive singular)
liberojeni (genitive plural)
liberoideni (genitive plural)
liberoitteni (genitive plural)
liberoani (partitive singular)
liberojani (partitive plural)
liberoitani (partitive plural)
liberossani (inessive singular)
liberoissani (inessive plural)
liberostani (elative singular)
liberoistani (elative plural)
liberooni (illative singular)
liberoihini (illative plural)
liberollani (adessive singular)
liberoillani (adessive plural)
liberoltani (ablative singular)
liberoiltani (ablative plural)
liberolleni (allative singular)
liberoilleni (allative plural)
liberonani (essive singular)
liberoinani (essive plural)
liberokseni (singular translative)
liberoikseni (plural translative)
liberottani (abessive singular)
liberoittani (abessive plural)
liberoineni (comitative plural)
liberosi (nominative singular)
liberosi (nominative plural)
liberosi (accusative nominative singular)
liberosi (accusative nominative plural)
liberosi (accusative genitive singular)
liberosi (accusative genitive plural)
liberosi (genitive singular)
liberojesi (genitive plural)
liberoidesi (genitive plural)
liberoittesi (genitive plural)
liberoasi (partitive singular)
liberojasi (partitive plural)
liberoitasi (partitive plural)
liberossasi (inessive singular)
liberoissasi (inessive plural)
liberostasi (elative singular)
liberoistasi (elative plural)
liberoosi (illative singular)
liberoihisi (illative plural)
liberollasi (adessive singular)
liberoillasi (adessive plural)
liberoltasi (ablative singular)
liberoiltasi (ablative plural)
liberollesi (allative singular)
liberoillesi (allative plural)
liberonasi (essive singular)
liberoinasi (essive plural)
liberoksesi (singular translative)
liberoiksesi (plural translative)
liberottasi (abessive singular)
liberoittasi (abessive plural)
liberoinesi (comitative plural)
liberomme (nominative singular)
liberomme (nominative plural)
liberomme (accusative nominative singular)
liberomme (accusative nominative plural)
liberomme (accusative genitive singular)
liberomme (accusative genitive plural)
liberomme (genitive singular)
liberojemme (genitive plural)
liberoidemme (genitive plural)
liberoittemme (genitive plural)
liberoamme (partitive singular)
liberojamme (partitive plural)
liberoitamme (partitive plural)
liberossamme (inessive singular)
liberoissamme (inessive plural)
liberostamme (elative singular)
liberoistamme (elative plural)
liberoomme (illative singular)
liberoihimme (illative plural)
liberollamme (adessive singular)
liberoillamme (adessive plural)
liberoltamme (ablative singular)
liberoiltamme (ablative plural)
liberollemme (allative singular)
liberoillemme (allative plural)
liberonamme (essive singular)
liberoinamme (essive plural)
liberoksemme (singular translative)
liberoiksemme (plural translative)
liberottamme (abessive singular)
liberoittamme (abessive plural)
liberoinemme (comitative plural)
liberonne (nominative singular)
liberonne (nominative plural)
liberonne (accusative nominative singular)
liberonne (accusative nominative plural)
liberonne (accusative genitive singular)
liberonne (accusative genitive plural)
liberonne (genitive singular)
liberojenne (genitive plural)
liberoidenne (genitive plural)
liberoittenne (genitive plural)
liberoanne (partitive singular)
liberojanne (partitive plural)
liberoitanne (partitive plural)
liberossanne (inessive singular)
liberoissanne (inessive plural)
liberostanne (elative singular)
liberoistanne (elative plural)
liberoonne (illative singular)
liberoihinne (illative plural)
liberollanne (adessive singular)
liberoillanne (adessive plural)
liberoltanne (ablative singular)
liberoiltanne (ablative plural)
liberollenne (allative singular)
liberoillenne (allative plural)
liberonanne (essive singular)
liberoinanne (essive plural)
liberoksenne (singular translative)
liberoiksenne (plural translative)
liberottanne (abessive singular)
liberoittanne (abessive plural)
liberoinenne (comitative plural)
liberonsa (nominative singular)
liberonsa (nominative plural)
liberonsa (accusative nominative singular)
liberonsa (accusative nominative plural)
liberonsa (accusative genitive singular)
liberonsa (accusative genitive plural)
liberonsa (genitive singular)
liberojensa (genitive plural)
liberoidensa (genitive plural)
liberoittensa (genitive plural)
liberoaan (partitive singular)
liberoansa (partitive singular)
liberojaan (partitive plural)
liberoitaan (partitive plural)
liberojansa (partitive plural)
liberoitansa (partitive plural)
liberossaan (inessive singular)
liberossansa (inessive singular)
liberoissaan (inessive plural)
liberoissansa (inessive plural)
liberostaan (elative singular)
liberostansa (elative singular)
liberoistaan (elative plural)
liberoistansa (elative plural)
liberoonsa (illative singular)
liberoihinsa (illative plural)
liberollaan (adessive singular)
liberollansa (adessive singular)
liberoillaan (adessive plural)
liberoillansa (adessive plural)
liberoltaan (ablative singular)
liberoltansa (ablative singular)
liberoiltaan (ablative plural)
liberoiltansa (ablative plural)
liberolleen (allative singular)
liberollensa (allative singular)
liberoilleen (allative plural)
liberoillensa (allative plural)
liberonaan (essive singular)
liberonansa (essive singular)
liberoinaan (essive plural)
liberoinansa (essive plural)
liberokseen (singular translative)
liberoksensa (singular translative)
liberoikseen (plural translative)
liberoiksensa (plural translative)
liberottaan (abessive singular)
liberottansa (abessive singular)
liberoittaan (abessive plural)
liberoittansa (abessive plural)
liberoineen (comitative plural)
liberoinensa (comitative plural)


libero

libero (plural)
libero (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
liberoul (accusative definite nominative singular)
libero (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
liberoi (accusative definite nominative plural)
libero (indefinite singular)
liberoului (definite singular)
libero (indefinite plural)
liberolor (definite plural)
liberoule (singular vocative)
liberolor (plural vocative)


BBC

en-noun

BBC (countable and uncountable, plural BBCs)

(soccer, informal) Initialism of Karim Benzema, Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo, the forward of Real Madrid between 2013 and 2018.


יד

he-noun

יָד • (yád) f (dual indefinite ידיים / יָדַיִם, plural indefinite יָדוֹת, singular construct יַד־, dual construct יְדֵי־, plural construct יְדוֹת־)

יָד (canonical)
yád (romanization)
ידיים (dual indefinite)
יָדַיִם (dual indefinite)
יָדוֹת (indefinite plural)
יַד־ (construct singular)
יְדֵי־ (construct dual)
יְדוֹת־ (construct plural)
יָד (indefinite singular)
יָדִי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יָדֵנוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַיָּד (definite singular)
יָדְךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
יָדֵךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יֶדְכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
יֶדְכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
יַד־ (construct singular)
יָדוֹ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
יָדָהּ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
יָדָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
יָדָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
ידיים (dual indefinite)
יָדַיִם (dual indefinite)
ידיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יָדַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יָדֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הידיים (definite dual)
הַיָּדַיִם (definite dual)
יָדֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ידייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יָדַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יְדֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
יְדֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
יְדֵי־ (construct dual)
יָדָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
יָדֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
יְדֵיהֶם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
יְדֵיהֶן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)
יָדוֹת (indefinite plural)
ידותיי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יְדוֹתַי (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
יְדוֹתֵינוּ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
הַיָּדוֹת (definite plural)
יְדוֹתֶיךָ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ידותייך (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יְדוֹתַיִךְ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
יְדוֹתֵיכֶם (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
יְדוֹתֵיכֶן (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
יְדוֹת־ (construct plural)
יְדוֹתָיו (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
יְדוֹתֶיהָ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
יְדוֹתָם (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
יְדוֹתָן (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

he-decl

ידיים\יָדַיִם

→ English: yad

→ Dutch: jat

Dutch: jatten

/ˈjɔːð/ [ˈjɔːð]

/ˈjɔð/ [ˈjɔːð]

בָּא לְיָדוֹ

to get a chance or an opportunity; to come to one's hand

בִּקֵּשׁ אֶת יָדָהּ

to propose a marriage; to request her hand

מִכָּל הַבָּא לַיָּד

from what's available; from everything that comes to hand


relegate

en-verb

relegate (third-person singular simple present relegates, present participle relegating, simple past and past participle relegated)

relegates (present singular third-person)
relegating (participle present)
relegated (participle past)
relegated (past)
religate (alternative)

First attested in 1561, borrowed from Latin relēgātus, the past participle of relēgō (“to dispatch, banish”).

After finishing second-bottom in the table, United were relegated from the division.

(transitive, in extended use) Consign or assign.

(sports, chiefly soccer) Transfer (a sports team) to a lower-ranking league division.


wall

From Middle English wal, from Old English weall (“wall, dike, earthwork, rampart, dam, rocky shore, cliff”), from Proto-West Germanic *wall (“wall, rampart, entrenchment”), from Latin vallum (“wall, rampart, entrenchment, palisade”), from Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, roll”).
Perhaps conflated with waw (“a wall within a house or dwelling, a room partition”), from Middle English wawe, from Old English wāg, wāh (“an interior wall, divider”), see waw.
Cognate with North Frisian wal (“wall”), Saterland Frisian Waal (“wall, rampart, mound”), Dutch wal (“wall, rampart, embankment”), German Wall (“rampart, mound, embankment”), Swedish vall (“mound, wall, bank”). More at wallow, walk.

cog

the apples on the other side of the wall are the sweetest

throw enough mud at the wall and some of it will stick

throw things at the wall and see what sticks

Blackburn were the recipients of another dose of fortune when from another Thomas pass Odemwingie was brought down by Jones inside the penalty area, but referee Mark Clattenburg awarded a free-kick which Chris Brunt slammed into the wall.

2011 January 23, Alistair Magowan, “Blackburn 2-0 West Brom”, in BBC:

(soccer) A line of defenders set up between an opposing free-kick taker and the goal.


FIFA

From French Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“International Federation of Association Football”).

der

association football
association football

(soccer) The International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of the sport of association football.

فِيفَا

the International Federation of Association Football


FIFA

Orthographic borrowing from French FIFA.


scrimmage

/ˈskɹɪmɪd͡ʒ/

/ˈskɹɪməd͡ʒ/

Merchandise sales surged. The spring scrimmage, usually a yawn of an afterthought at Colorado, was packed.

2024 October 4, John Branch, “What Does College Football Have to Do With College?”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC:

(US, athletics, soccer) In some team sports, especially soccer, a practice game which does not count on a team's record.


eleven

elevens (plural)
Arabic numerals (alternative)
Roman numerals (alternative)

From Middle English elleven, enleven, eleven, from Old English endleofan; from Proto-Germanic *ainalif (“one left”) (i.e., one left over after having already counted to ten), a compound of *ainaz and *-lif, from Proto-Indo-European *leyp- (“leave, remain”). Compare West Frisian alve, Low German ölven, Dutch elf, German elf, Icelandic ellefu, Danish and Norwegian elleve.

(soccer) A football team of eleven players; the starting lineup.


bomb

From French bombe, from Italian bomba, from Latin bombus (“a booming sound”), from Ancient Greek βόμβος (bómbos, “booming, humming, buzzing”), imitative of the sound itself. Doublet of bombe. Compare boom.

onomatopoeic

imitative

(social) Something highly effective or attractive.

(rugby, soccer, slang) A high kick that sends the ball relatively straight up so players can get under it before it comes down.


square

en-verb

square (third-person singular simple present squares, present participle squaring, simple past and past participle squared)

squares (present singular third-person)
squaring (participle present)
squared (participle past)
squared (past)

From Middle English square, sqware, squyre; from Old French esquarre, esquerre, (modern French équerre), from Vulgar Latin *exquadra, from Latin ex- + quadro, from quadrus (compare English quad and quadra). Doublet of squad and squadra.
Displaced Old English fēowerecge (fēower nominative + ecg accusative, as in "four-edged").

подравнявам

to adjust so as to align with or place at a right angle

jalustaa poikittain

nautical: to place at right angles with the keel

First, former Toffee Mikel Arteta sent Walcott racing clear but instead of shooting he squared towards Ramsey, who was foiled by Tony Hibbert.

2011 December 10, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 1 - 0 Everton”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) To make a short low pass sideways across the pitch

syöttää poikittain

soccer: to make a short low pass sideways across the pitch


league

From Middle English liege, ligg, lige (“a pact between governments, an agreement, alliance”), from Middle French ligue, from Italian lega, from the verb legare, from Latin ligō (“I tie”).

(British, soccer) Playing in the The Football League or the Premier League, the top four divisions of English football


rainbow

Sranan Tongo: alenbo

From Middle English reynbowe, raynbowe, from Old English reġnboga (“rainbow”), from Proto-West Germanic *regnabogō, from Proto-Germanic *regnabugô (“rainbow”), equivalent to rain + bow (“arch”). Cognate with West Frisian reinbôge (“rainbow”), Dutch regenboog (“rainbow”), German Regenbogen (“rainbow”), Danish regnbue (“rainbow”), Swedish regnbåge (“rainbow”), Icelandic regnbogi (“rainbow”).

(soccer) A trick in which the player makes the ball arc over the opponent's head using both feet; rainbow kick


hack

hack (third-person singular simple present hacks, present participle hacking, simple past and past participle hacked)

hacks (present singular third-person)
hacking (participle present)
hacked (participle past)
hacked (past)

Spanish: jaquear

From Middle English hacken, hakken, from Old English *haccian (“to hack”), from Proto-West Germanic *hakkōn, from Proto-Germanic *hakkōną (“to chop; hoe; hew”), from Proto-Indo-European *keg-, *keng- (“to be sharp; peg; hook; handle”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian häkje (“to hack”), West Frisian hakje (“to hack”), Dutch hakken (“to chop up; hack”), German hacken (“to chop; hack; hoe”), Danish hakke (“to chop”), Swedish hacka (“to hack; chop”), French hacher (“to chop”).
The computer senses date back to at least 1955 when it initially referred to creative problem solving. By 1963, the negative connotations of “black hat” or malicious hacking had become associated with telephone hacking (cf. phreaking).

اِخْتَرَقَ

to gain illegal access to a computer network

Barcelona had been harried and hurried and stretched thin by the midway point in the second half. Tackles flew in. Toes were crushed, shins barked, ankles hacked.

8 May 2019, Barney Ronay, “Liverpool’s waves of red fury and recklessness end in joyous bedlam”, in The Guardian:

(soccer and rugby) To kick (a player) on the shins.


mine

→ Persian: مین (min)

→ Vietnamese: mìn

Inherited from Vulgar Latin *mina, Gaulish *meina (see also Welsh mwyn, Irish míanach (“ore”)), from Proto-Celtic *meinis (“ore, metal”).


bent

en-adj

bent (comparative benter or more bent, superlative bentest or most bent)

benter (comparative)
more bent (comparative)
bentest (superlative)
most bent (superlative)

From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.

That shot was so bent it left the pitch.


break

From Middle English breken, from Old English brecan (“to break”), from Proto-West Germanic *brekan, from Proto-Germanic *brekaną (“to break”), from Proto-Indo-European *bʰreg- (“to break”). Doublet of bray.
Cognates
Cognates of Germanic origin include Scots brek (“to break”), West Frisian brekke (“to break”), Dutch breken (“to break”), Low German breken (“to break”), German brechen (“to break”), French broyer (“to crush, grind”), Gothic 𐌱𐍂𐌹𐌺𐌰𐌽 (brikan, “to break, destroy”), Norwegian brek (“desire, yearning”).
Also cognate with Albanian brishtë (“fragile”), Latin frangō (“break, break up, shatter”, verb), whence English fracture and other terms – fragile, frail, fraction, and fragment.

cog

Blackpool were not without their opportunities - thanks to their willingness to commit and leave men forward even when under severe pressure - and they looked very capable of scoring on the break.

2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC:

(sports and games):
(soccer) The counter-attack.


drive

en-noun

drive (countable and uncountable, plural drives)

[d̠ɹ̠ ̝ʷaɪv]

From Middle English driven, from Old English drīfan (“to drive, force, move”), from Proto-West Germanic *drīban, from Proto-Germanic *drībaną (“to drive”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰreybʰ- (“to drive, push”).
Cognates
Cognate with Scots drive (“to drive”), North Frisian driwe (“to drive”), Saterland Frisian drieuwe (“to drive”), West Frisian driuwe (“to chase, drive, impel”), Dutch drijven (“to drive”), Low German drieven (“to drive, drift, push”), German treiben (“to drive, push, propel”), Norwegian Bokmål drive, Danish drive (“to drive, run, force”), Norwegian Nynorsk driva, Swedish driva (“to drive, power, drift, push, force”), Icelandic drífa (“to drive, hurry, rush”).

cog

And after Rodallega missed two early opportunities, the first a header, the second a low drive easily held by Lukasz Fabianski, it was N'Zogbia who created the opening goal.

2010 December 29, Mark Vesty, “Wigan 2-2 Arsenal”, in BBC:


keep

(ball games, chiefly soccer, colloquial) synonym of keeper


central

(Portugal, soccer) back (player in a position behind most players on the team)


attack

en-verb

attack (third-person singular simple present attacks, present participle attacking, simple past and past participle attacked or (obsolete) attackt or (obsolete, dialectal) attackted)

attacks (present singular third-person)
attacking (participle present)
attacked (participle past)
attacked (past)
attackt (obsolete participle past)
attackt (obsolete past)
attackted (dialectal obsolete participle past)
attackted (dialectal obsolete past)
attack (infinitive)
attack (first-person present singular)
attacked (first-person past singular)
attack (present second-person singular)
attackest (archaic present second-person singular)
attacked (past second-person singular)
attackedst (archaic past second-person singular)
attacks (present singular third-person)
attacketh (archaic present singular third-person)
attacked (past singular third-person)
attack (plural present)
attacked (past plural)
attack (present subjunctive)
attacked (past subjunctive)
attack (imperative present)
attacking (participle present)
attacked (participle past)

Borrowed from French attaque, derived from the verb attaquer, from Italian attaccare (“to join, attach”) (used in attaccare battaglia (“to join battle”)), from Frankish *stakka (“stick”). Doublet of attach. Displaced native Old English on rǣsan (“to attack”) and onrǣs (“an attack”).

Six successive defeats had left them rooted to the bottom of the Premier League table but, clearly under instructions to attack from the outset, Bolton started far the brighter.

2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) To move forward in an active attempt to score a point, as opposed to trying not to concede.

hyökätä

soccer: to move forward in an attempt to score point


slide

slide (third-person singular simple present slides, present participle sliding, simple past slid, past participle slid or slidden)

slides (present singular third-person)
sliding (participle present)
slid (past)
slid (participle past)
slidden (participle past)

→ Japanese: スライド (suraido)

From Middle English sliden, from Old English slīdan (“to slide”), from Proto-West Germanic *slīdan, from Proto-Germanic *slīdaną (“to slide, glide”), from Proto-Indo-European *sléydʰ-e-ti, from *sleydʰ- (“slippery”). Cognate with Old High German slītan (“to slide”) (whence German schlittern), Middle Low German slīden (“to slide”), Middle Dutch slīden (“to slide”) (whence Dutch slijderen, frequentative of now obsolete slijden), Vedic Sanskrit स्रेधति (srédhati, “to err, blunder”).

cog

slide into the DMs, slide into someone's DMs

England captain Harry Kane missed a great chance to give them the lead shortly after the break but it did not prove costly as Raheem Sterling crowned a smooth move involving Declan Rice, Jack Grealish and Mason Mount to slide home his 16th goal in his past 24 international appearance after 55 minutes.

2021 September 2, Phil McNulty, “Hungary 0-4 England”, in BBC:

(soccer) To kick so that the ball slides along the ground with little or no turning.


box

en-noun

box (plural boxes or (nonstandard, computing, humorous) boxen)

boxes (plural)
boxen (humorous nonstandard plural)

Tok Pisin: bokis

→ Afrikaans: boks

→ Bengali: বাক্স (bakśo)

→ Bulgarian: бокс (boks)

→ Crimean Tatar: boks

→ Danish: boks

→ Dutch: box m

→ Faroese: boks

→ French: box m

→ German: Box f

→ Hindustani:

Hindi: बकस m (bakas), बक्सा m (baksā)

Urdu: بکس m (baks, bakas)

→ Icelandic: box n

→ Indonesian: boks

→ Irish: bosca m

→ Italian: box m

→ Japanese: ボックス (bokkusu)

→ Korean: 박스 (bakseu)

→ Maori: pāka

→ Marwari: बकस (baks, bakas)

→ Nepali: बाकस (bākas)

→ Norman: bosc m

→ Norwegian: boks m

→ Pashto: بکس (baks)

→ Persian: باکس (bâks)

→ Polish: boks m

→ Portuguese: box m

→ Russian: бокс m (boks)

→ Scottish Gaelic: bogsa m, bocsa

→ Spanish: box m

→ Swedish: box c

→ Welsh: bocs

Etymology tree
Ancient Greek πῠ́ξος (pŭ́xos)
Ancient Greek -ις (-is)
Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís)bor.
Late Latin buxisbor.
Proto-West Germanic *buhsā
Old English box
Middle English box
English box
From Middle English box (“container, box, cup”), from Old English box (“box, case”), from Proto-West Germanic *buhsā (“box”) from Late Latin buxis (“box”), Latin pyxis (“small box for medicines or toiletries”), of uncertain origin; compare Ancient Greek πύξος (púxos, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”) and Ancient Greek πυξίς (puxís, “box or tablet made of boxwood; box; cylinder”). Doublet of piseog, pyx, and pyxis.
Cognate with Middle Dutch bosse, busse (“jar; tin; round box”) (modern Dutch bos (“wood, forest”), bus (“container, box; bushing of a wheel”)), Old High German buhsa (Middle High German buhse, bühse, modern German Büchse (“box; can”)), Swedish bössa (“box”).
The humorous plural form boxen is from box + -en, by analogy with oxen.

кутия

compartment or receptacle for receiving items

ramme

rectangular border around an image, text, etc.

квадратче

small area on a document for a tick mark

tofu

empty box displayed by some computer systems in place of a character not supported by available fonts

Poised link-up play between [Michael] Essien and [Frank] Lampard set the Ghanaian midfielder free soon after but his left-footed shot from outside the box was too weak.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 – 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport, archived from the original on 2017-12-16:

Senses relating to a two-dimensional object or space


anchor

anchors (plural)
anchour (alternative archaic)

→ Chuukese: angko

From Middle English anker, from Old English ancor, ancra, from Latin ancora, from (or cognate with) Ancient Greek ἄγκυρα (ánkura). The modern form is a sixteenth-century modification after the Medieval Latin spelling anchora. Doublet of ancora, anker, angora, and Ankara.

doublet

Phil Foden once again demonstrated his pedigree and will push for a start, while Leeds United's Kalvin Phillips will hope he has done enough to get a chance as a defensive midfield anchor if Liverpool captain Jordan Henderson fails to recover full fitness after groin surgery.

2021 March 31, Phil McNulty, “England 2-1 Poland: What shape are Gareth Southgate's side in?”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A defensive player, especially one who counters the opposition's best offensive player.


Europe

en-prop

Europe (countable and uncountable, plural Europes)

→ Hindi: यूरोप (yūrop)

→ Korean: 유럽 (Yureop)

→ Marathi: यूरोप (yūrop)

→ Nepali: यूरोप (yūrop)

→ Sanskrit: यूरोप (yūropa)

→ Telugu: యూరప్ (yūrap)

→ Urdu: یُورَپ (yūrap)

→ Yoruba: Yúróòpù

Inherited from Middle English Europe, borrowed from Latin Eurōpa, borrowed from Doric Greek Εὐρώπα (Eurṓpa). Doublet of Europa.

etymon

Manchester City crashed out of Europe on Tuesday as Borussia Dortmund ended their hopes of qualifying for the Europa League.

“Man City out of Europe as Arsenal lose again”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name), ESPN (UK), 2012 December 4, retrieved 2012-12-05

(soccer) International club competitions operated by UEFA, the sport's governing body for Europe.


handle

en-verb

handle (third-person singular simple present handles, present participle handling, simple past and past participle handled)

handles (present singular third-person)
handling (participle present)
handled (participle past)
handled (past)

→ Dutch: handelen

→ German: händeln, handeln

From Middle English handlen, from Old English handlian (“to handle, feel, deal with, discuss”), from Proto-West Germanic *handulōn, from Proto-Germanic *handulōną (“to take, grip, feel”), equivalent to hand + -le. Cognate with West Frisian handelje, hanneljen, hanljen (“to handle, treat”), Dutch handelen (“to handle, deal, act, negotiate”), German handeln (“to act, trade, negotiate, behave”), Swedish handla (“to buy, trade, deal”), Icelandic höndla (“to handle”).

cog

(soccer, intransitive) To illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball.

kezez

soccer: to illegally touch the ball with the hand or arm; to commit handball


stop

From Middle English stoppen, stoppien, from Old English stoppian (“to stop, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn, from Proto-Germanic *stuppōną (“to stop, close”), *stuppijaną (“to push, pierce, prick”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)tewp-, *(s)tewb- (“to push; stick”), from *(s)tew- (“to bump; impact; butt; push; beat; strike; hit”).
Cognate with Saterland Frisian stopje (“to stop, block”), West Frisian stopje (“to stop”), Dutch stoppen (“to stop”), Low German stoppen (“to stop”), German stopfen (“to be filling, stuff”), German stoppen (“to stop”), Danish stoppe (“to stop”), Swedish stoppa (“to stop”), Icelandic stoppa (“to stop”), Middle High German stupfen, stüpfen (“to pierce”). More at stuff, stump.
Alternative etymology derives Proto-West Germanic *stoppōn from an assumed Vulgar Latin *stūpāre, *stuppāre (“to stop up with tow”), from stūpa, stīpa, stuppa (“tow, flax, oakum”), from Ancient Greek στύπη (stúpē), στύππη (stúppē, “tow, flax, oakum”). This derivation, however, is doubtful, as the earliest instances of the Germanic verb do not carry the meaning of "stuff, stop with tow". Rather, these senses developed later in response to influence from similar sounding words in Latin and Romance.

cog

The Foxes were indebted to two crucial saves from keeper Kasper Schmeichel, who turned former Leicester defender Ben Chilwell's header on to a post then produced an even better stop to turn Mason Mount's powerful shot wide.

2021 May 15, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 0-1 Leicester”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) A save; preventing the opposition from scoring a goal


pass

en-verb

pass (third-person singular simple present passes, present participle passing, simple past and past participle passed)

passes (present singular third-person)
passing (participle present)
passed (participle past)
passed (past)
passe (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English passen, from Old French passer (“to step, walk, pass”), from Vulgar Latin *passāre (“step, walk, pass”), derived from Latin passus (“a step”), from Proto-Italic *pat-s-tus, from Proto-Indo-European *peth₂- (“to spread, stretch out”). Cognate with Old English fæþm (“armful, fathom”). More at fathom.
Displaced native Old English genġan.

مَرَّ

medicine: to eliminate (something) from the body by natural processes; to go through the intestines

اِجْتَازَ

to go through any inspection or test successfully

20 June 2010, The Guardian, Rob Smyth
Iaquinta passes it coolly into the right-hand corner as Paston dives the other way.

(sports) To make various kinds of movement.

(transitive, soccer) To kick (the ball) with precision rather than at full force.


home

From Middle English hōm, from Old English hām, from Proto-West Germanic *haim, from Proto-Germanic *haimaz (“home, village”), from Proto-Indo-European *tḱóymos (“village, home”), from the root *tḱey-. Doublet of heyem.
Cognates
Germanic cognates: see *haimaz.
Cognate with Irish caoimh (“dear”), Lithuanian kaimas (“village”), šeima (“family”), Albanian komb (“nation, people”), Old Church Slavonic сѣмь (sěmĭ, “seed”), Ancient Greek κώμη (kṓmē, “village”), from Proto-Indo-European *ḱey- (“to lie”) (compare Hittite [script needed] (kittari, “it lies”), Ancient Greek κεῖμαι (keîmai, “to lie down”), Latin civis (“citizen”), Avestan 𐬯𐬀𐬉𐬙𐬈 (saēte, “he lies, rests”), Sanskrit शये (śáye, “he lies”)).

cog

2004, Tottenham 4-4 Leicester, BBC Sport: February,
Walker was penalised for a picking up a Gerry Taggart backpass and from the resulting free-kick, Keane fired home after Johnnie Jackson's initial effort was blocked.


drag

en-verb

drag (third-person singular simple present drags, present participle dragging, simple past and past participle dragged or (dialectal) drug)

drags (present singular third-person)
dragging (participle present)
dragged (participle past)
dragged (past)
drug (dialectal participle past)
drug (dialectal past)

From Middle English draggen (“to drag”), early Middle English dragen (“to draw, carry”), confluence of Old English dragan (“to drag, draw, draw oneself, go, protract”) and Old Norse draga (“to draw, attract”); both from Proto-Germanic *draganą (“to draw, drag”), from Proto-Indo-European *dʰregʰ- (“to draw, drag”).
Verb sense influenced due to association with the noun drag (“that which is hauled or dragged”), related to Low German dragge (“a drag-anchor, grapnel”). Cognate with Danish drægge (“to dredge”), Danish drage (“to draw, attract”), Swedish dragga (“to drag, drag anchor, sweep”), Swedish draga (“to draw, go”), Icelandic draga (“to drag, pull”). Doublet of draw.

cog

look as if one has been dragged through a hedge backwards

Arsenal were struggling for any sort of rhythm and Aaron Lennon dragged an effort inches wide as Tottenham pressed for a second.

2012, David Ornstein, BBC Sport, "Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham" http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/football/20278355, November 17


ile

→ Portuguese: ilê

Proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruboid *ú-lí. Cognates include Ifè ilé, Itsekiri ulí, Igala únyí, Ede Ije ńné, Olukumi ulé. Many dialects of Southeast Yoruba retain the form ulí.

etymon

ilé

Yoruba varieties and languages: iléview map

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i.e. Southeast Yorùbá, Northwest Yorùbá, Central Yorùbá, and Northeast Yorùbá

now deemed dialects of Yorùbá in Nigeria

have converged with those of Standard Yorùbá leading to the creation of what can be labeled Common Yorùbá. It can be assumed that the Standard Yorùbá term can also be used in most Nigerian varieties alongside native terms

especially amongst younger speakers. This does not apply to the other Nigerian Yoruboid languages of Ìṣẹkírì and Olùkùmi

(soccer, sports) goal (an area into which the players attempt to put an object)


penalty

penalties (plural)
pœnalty (alternative archaic)

→ Gulf Arabic: بلنتي (balanti)

→ Portuguese: pênalti, penálti

→ Spanish: penalti

→ Swahili: penalti

From Middle French pénalité, from pénal, from Latin poenālis, from poena, borrowing of Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ), from Proto-Hellenic *kʷoinā́, from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂, comprising *kʷey- + *-néh₂.

(soccer) A direct free kick from the penalty spot, taken after a defensive foul in the penalty box; a penalty kick.


penalty

nl-noun

penalty m (plural penalty's, diminutive penalty'tje n)

penalty's (plural)
penalty'tje (diminutive neuter)


penalty

penalty-uri (plural)
penalty (accusative indefinite nominative singular)
penalty-ul (accusative definite nominative singular)
penalty-uri (accusative indefinite nominative plural)
penalty-urile (accusative definite nominative plural)
penalty (indefinite singular)
penalty-ului (definite singular)
penalty-uri (indefinite plural)
penalty-urilor (definite plural)
penalty-ule (singular vocative)
penalty-urilor (plural vocative)
penalti (alternative)

Unadapted borrowing from French penalty or English penalty.


猁

/lei̯²² lei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/

/lei̯²² lei̯²² kɐu̯³⁵/

Derived from 利狗 (“derogatory term for Liverpool fans”, literally “Liverpool Dogs”), where 利 is the shortened form of 利物浦 (“Liverpool FC”).

(Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or derogatory) Liverpool F.C. or its supporters


獌

/maːn²² maːn²² kɐu̯³⁵/

/maːn²² maːn²² kɐu̯³⁵/

Derived from 曼狗 (maan⁶ gau², “derogatory term for Manchester United fans”, literally “Manchester United Dogs”), where 曼 is the shortened form of 曼聯／曼联 (“Manchester United FC”).

(Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or derogatory) Manchester United F.C. or its supporters


kick

en-noun

kick (countable and uncountable, plural kicks)

→ German: Kick

→ Irish: cic

From Middle English kyken (“to strike out with the foot”), from Old Norse kikna (“to sink at the knees”) and keikja (“to bend backwards”) (compare Old Norse keikr (“bent backwards, the belly jutting forward”)), from Proto-Germanic *kaikaz (“bent backwards”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Proto-Germanic *kī-, *kij- (“to split, dodge, swerve sidewards”), from Proto-Indo-European *ǵeyH- (“to sprout, shoot”). Compare also Dutch kijken (“to look”), Middle Low German kīken (“to look, watch”). See keek.

cog

(soccer) A pass played by kicking with the foot.

a long kick up the field.

(soccer) The distance traveled by kicking the ball.


onze

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese onze, from Latin ūndecim.

inh+

o onze inicial

(soccer) eleven (a football team of eleven players)


CFC

Chelsea Football Club
w:Chelsea Football Club

(soccer) Initialism of Chelsea Football Club.


dummy

dummies (plural)
dumbie (alternative rare)
dumby (alternative rare)

From dumb + -y. Pacifier sense from dummy teat where dummy is in the sense of a nonfunctional replica.

мор

bridge: the partner of the winning bidder, who shows his or her hand

(sports, chiefly rugby, soccer) A feigned pass or kick or play in order to deceive an opponent.

финт

a feigned pass or play to deceive others in sport


wand

From Middle English wand, wond, from Old Norse vǫndr (“switch, twig”), from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod”), from Proto-Indo-European *wendʰ- (“to turn, twist, wind, braid”). Cognate with Icelandic vendi (“wand”), Danish vånd (“wand, switch”), German Wand (“wall, septum”), Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌽𐌳𐌿𐍃 (wandus, “rod”).

der

Without question, he is the best left-footed player I've ever played with. Along with his wand of a left foot he also has great pace and can be as hard as nails.

2013 October 17, Lee McCulloch, Simp-Lee the Best: My Autobiography, Black & White Publishing, →ISBN:

Shortly afterwards, Thomas lined up a corner and with his wand of a right foot, landed it on the head of Campbell to get Everton's second.

2019 February 15, Chris Sweeney, Mad Dog Gravesen, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:

Cresswell also had a wand of a left foot, which was a threat from open play and set-pieces – though his quality in the latter category wasn't used as often in 2015/16 due to Payet's presence.

2021 May 10, Danny Lewis, Boleyn's Farewell, eBook Partnership, →ISBN:

(UK, soccer, figurative, informal) A player's foot used especially skillfully in football.


line

→ Scottish Gaelic: loidhne

From Middle English line, lyne, from Old English līne (“line, cable, rope, hawser, series, row, rule, direction”), from Proto-West Germanic *līnā, from Proto-Germanic *līnǭ (“line, rope, flaxen cord, thread”), from Proto-Germanic *līną (“flax, linen”), from Proto-Indo-European *līno- (“flax”).
Influenced in Middle English by Middle French ligne (“line”), from Latin linea. More at linen.
The oldest sense of the word is “rope, cord, thread”; from this the senses “path”, “continuous mark” were derived.

lyn

path through two or more points, threadlike mark

lyn

single horizontal row of text on a screen, printed paper, etc.

linja

measure of length, the main division of an inch or its local equivalent

St Johnstone's Liam Craig had to clear off the line before Steven Anderson sent a looping header into his own net for the equaliser on 36 minutes.

2011 October 1, Clive Lindsay, “Kilmarnock 1-2 St Johnstone”, in BBC Sport:

A path through two or more points (compare ‘segment’); a continuous mark, including as made by a pen; any path, curved or straight.


bicyclette

→ Asturian: bicicleta

→ Basque: bizikleta

→ Catalan: bicicleta

→ Chadian Arabic: بسكليت (biskilēt)

→ Galician: bicicleta

→ Hijazi Arabic: بُسْكُليتة

→ Italian: bicicletta (see there for further descendants)

→ Malagasy: bisikilety

Mauritian Creole: bisiklet

→ Occitan: bicicleta

→ Portuguese: bicicleta, biciclete

→ Romanian: bicicletă

→ Sicilian: picicaletta

→ Spanish: bicicleta (see there for further descendants)

→ Turkish: bisiklet

desc

→ Laz: ბისიქლეთი (bisikleti), ბისიქლეტი (bisikleťi)

→ Yiddish: ביציקלעט (bitsiklet)


bicicleta

bicicletas (plural)
biciclete (alternative)

Borrowed from French bicyclette, from Latin bi- (“two”) + Ancient Greek κύκλος (kúklos, “circle, wheel”).

der

(soccer) bicycle kick (a kick in which the kicker leans backwards and kicks the ball back over his head)


bicicleta

→ Cebuano: bisikleta

→ Hiligaynon: bisikleta

→ Tagalog: bisikleta

si mi abuela tuviera ruedas, sería una bicicleta

(soccer) step over, pedalada (a dribbling move, or feint, in football (soccer), used to fool a defensive player into thinking the offensive player, in possession of the ball, is going to move in a direction he does not intend to move in)


area

Bendtner's goal-bound shot was well saved by goalkeeper Ali Al Habsi but fell to Arsahvin on the edge of the area and the Russian swivelled, shaped his body and angled a sumptuous volley into the corner.


鏝

Combination of the radical 金 (“money”) and short form of 曼城 (“Manchester City F.C.”) to satirize the football club for poaching high-quality players with high prices.

(Hong Kong Cantonese, soccer, neologism, Internet slang, humorous or derogatory) Manchester City F.C.


MSN

(soccer, informal) Initialism of Lionel Messi, Luis Suárez and Neymar, the forward of FC Barcelona between 2014 and 2017.


閘

Phono-semantic compound (形聲 /形声, OC *klaːb, *sɡreːb, *qraːb): semantic 門 (“gate”) + phonetic 甲 (OC *kraːb).

Han compound

左閘／左闸 [Hong Kong Cantonese] ― zo² zaap⁶ [Jyutping] ― left fullback


WSW

Western Sydney Wanderers FC
w:Western Sydney Wanderers FC

(soccer) Initialism of Western Sydney Wanderers FC.


screw

en-verb

screw (third-person singular simple present screws, present participle screwing, simple past screwed, past participle screwed or (rare, nonstandard) screwn)

screws (present singular third-person)
screwing (participle present)
screwed (past)
screwed (participle past)
screwn (nonstandard participle past rare)

From Middle English screw, scrue (“screw”); apparently, despite the difference in meaning, from Old French escroue (“nut, cylindrical socket, screwhole”), from Latin scrōfa (“female pig”) through comparison with the corkscrew shape of a pig's penis. There is also the Old French escruve (“screw”), from Old Dutch *scrūva ("screw"; whence Middle Dutch schruyve (“screw”)), which probably influenced or conflated with the aforementioned, resulting in the Middle English word.
more on the etymology of screw
Old French escroue (whence Medieval Latin scrofa (“nut, screwhole”)), is believed to be an adaptation of Latin scrōfa (“sow, female pig”); but this development is not found in other Romance languages. (For change in meaning, compare also Spanish puerca, Portuguese porca, both ‘sow; screw nut’, and is based on the fact that a boar's penis has a screw-like tip, making the sow's vulva equivalent to a screw nut by analogy).
Old Dutch *scrūva possibly derives from Proto-Germanic *skrūbō (“screw”), from *skru- (“to cut”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keru-, *(s)ker- (“to cut”), and is related to German Schraube (“screw”), Low German schruve, schruwe (“screw”), Dutch schroef (“screw”), West Frisian skroef (“screw”), Danish skrue (“screw”), Swedish skruv (“screw, peg”), Icelandic skrúfa (“screw”).
Compare also Occitan escrofa (“screw nut”), Calabrese scrufina (“screw nut”), which may be borrowings of the Old French word, or parallel developments.

gloss

"screw"; whence Middle Dutch <i class="Latn mention" lang="dum">schruyve</i> (“screw”)

cog

have one's head screwed on the right way

would lose one's head if it wasn't screwed on

The visitors could have added an instant second, but Rooney screwed an ugly attempt high into Hennessey's arms after Berbatov cleverly found the unmarked England striker.

2011 February 5, Chris Whyatt, “Wolverhampton 2 - 1 Man Utd”, in BBC:

(soccer, transitive) To miskick (a ball) by hitting it with the wrong part of the foot.


tri

(soccer, preceded by "el") the Mexican national football team


tri

(soccer, preceded by "la") the Ecuador national football team


XI

From translingual XI (“eleven”, Roman numeral).

bor

Not since Coventry in 1992 has a Premier League side kicked off a campaign with an all-English XI but things have reached the point where, of the 61 signings who have cost the elite division's 20 clubs a transfer fee this summer, only 12 have involved Englishmen.

2013 August 20, Louise Taylor, The Guardian:

(soccer) A football (soccer) team of eleven players.


hook

en-verb

hook (third-person singular simple present hooks, present participle hooking, simple past and past participle hooked)

hooks (present singular third-person)
hooking (participle present)
hooked (participle past)
hooked (past)

sometimes in Northern England and Ireland, otherwise obsolete

From Middle English hoke, from Old English hōc, from Proto-West Germanic *hōk, from Proto-Germanic *hōkaz, variant of *hakô (“hook”), probably ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *kog-, *keg-, *keng- (“peg, hook, claw”).
Cognates
Compare West Frisian heak, Dutch haak (“hook”)) (compare West Frisian/Dutch hoek (“hook, angle, corner”), Low German Hook, Huuk); also related to hake.

koukata

hockey: to engage in the illegal maneuver of hooking

The Reds carved the first opening of the second period as Glen Johnson's pull-back found David Ngog but the Frenchman hooked wide from six yards.

2010 December 29, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0 - 1 Wolverhampton”, in BBC:

(soccer, bowling) To swerve a ball; kick or throw a ball so it swerves or bends.


net

net (third-person singular simple present nets, present participle netting, simple past and past participle netted)

nets (present singular third-person)
netting (participle present)
netted (participle past)
netted (past)

Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *neHd-
Proto-Indo-European *-yós
Proto-Germanic *natją
Proto-West Germanic *nati
Old English nett
Middle English net
English net
From Middle English net, from Old English net, nett, from Proto-West Germanic *nati, from Proto-Germanic *natją, from Proto-Indo-European *ned- (“to turn, twist, knot”).
Cognate with West Frisian net, Low German Nett, Dutch net, German Netz, Danish net, Swedish nät.

der

Evans netted the winner in the 80th minute.

Romeu then scored a penalty, Torres netted a header and Moses added the sixth from substitute Oscar's cross.


center

centers (plural)
centre (alternative Australia Canada Commonwealth Ireland New-Zealand South-Africa UK including usually)

From Middle English center, centre, from Middle French centre, from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron), from κεντεῖν (kenteîn, “to prick, goad”). Doublet of centrum.
* (group theory): In the notation Z(G), the letter Z derives from the German Zentrum (“center”).

sentrum

point equidistant from all points on the perimeter of a circle

مَرْكَز

point in the interior of figure with mean coordinates

Bent twice sent efforts wide of the far post after cutting in from the left, Wellbeck missed his kick from an inviting centre and failed to get on the end of a looping pass when six yards out.

(sports) A player in the middle of a playing area.

(soccer) A pass played into the centre of the pitch.

centr

soccer: pass into the center of the pitch


Christmas tree

Christmas trees (plural)
Christmas's tree (alternative)
X-mas tree (alternative)
Xmas tree (alternative)

PIE word
 *dóru
[[File:Emoji u1f384.svg|thumb||200px|The emoji for Christmas tree: see the entry at 🎄.]]
From Christmas + tree, a calque of German Weynacht Baum (obsolete, 17th c.), Weihnachtsbaum, from Weynacht, Weihnacht (literary or poetic variant of Weihnachten (“Christmas”)) + -s- (genitive interfix) + Baum (“tree”). The custom of Christmas trees was adopted in the United Kingdom from Germany in the 19th century, having been popularized by their use by the royal family during the reign of Queen Victoria from 1837 to 1901.
Sense 3 (“Christmas party”) refers to the fact that there is usually a Christmas tree (sense 1) at the event.

joulukuusi

something which resembles a Christmas tree in appearance or shape

That or, in the name, something given a title to cover up the fact that all it was, was a football formation. But then the Christmas Tree came along.

2015 August 20, Edward Couzens-Lake, Mapping the Pitch: Football Formations Through The Ages, Meyer & Meyer Sport, →ISBN:

We ended up inventing the Christmas tree formation. It came about as a practical necessity but it married perfectly to the philosophy of the president.

2016 May 26, Carlo Ancelotti, Quiet Leadership: Winning Hearts, Minds and Matches, Penguin UK, →ISBN:

Even when Terry Venables' Christmas tree tactics has him playing with his back to goal, holding the ball up, taking a bruising from centre-backs, Shearer stays physically strong.

2016 June 2, Henry Winter, Fifty Years of Hurt: The Story of England Football and Why We Never Stop Believing, Random House, →ISBN:

(by extension) Something which resembles a Christmas tree (sense 1) in appearance (for example, in having coloured lights) or shape.

(soccer) A 4-3-2-1 formation, with four defenders, three centre midfielders, two attacking midfielders and a striker in a triangular pattern.


bar

en-noun

bar (countable and uncountable, plural bars)

→ Albanian: bar m

→ Arabic: بَار m (bār)

→ Armenian: բար (bar)

→ Bulgarian: бар (bar)

→ Burmese: ဘား (bha:)

→ Chichewa: bála

→ Cantonese: 吧 (baa¹)

→ Czech: bar m

→ Danish: bar c

→ Dutch: bar m

→ Esperanto: baro

→ Estonian: baar

→ French: bar m
→ Romanian: bar

→ Galician: bar m

→ Georgian: ბარი (bari)

→ German: Bar f

→ Greek: μπαρ n (bar)

→ Gulf Arabic: بار (bār)

→ Hebrew: בָּר (bar), בָּאר (bár)

→ Hungarian: bár (also via German)

→ Icelandic: bar m

→ Irish: beár m

→ Italian: bar m

→ Japanese: バー (bā)

→ Khmer: បារ (baa)

→ Korean: 바 (ba)

→ Lithuanian: bãras m

→ Macedonian: бар m (bar)

→ Malagasy: ba

→ Mandarin: 吧 (bā)

→ Norwegian:

Bokmål: bar m

Nynorsk: bar m

→ Persian: بار (bâr)

→ Polish: bar m

→ Portuguese: bar m

→ Russian: бар m (bar)

→ Serbo-Croatian: ба̑р m, bȃr m

→ Slovene: bȃr m

→ Spanish: bar m

→ Swahili: baa

→ Swedish: bar c (see there for further descendants)

→ Thai: บาร์ (baa)

→ Turkish: bar

→ Xhosa: íbhári

→ Zulu: ibha

From Middle English barre, from Old French barre (“beam, bar, gate, barrier”), from Vulgar Latin *barra, of uncertain origin. Doublet of barre.

der

Composed play then saw Sam Ricketts nutmeg Ashley Cole before Taylor whipped a fine curling effort over Petr Cech's bar.

2010 December 29, Chris Whyatt, “Chelsea 1 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC:


cross

→ Japanese: クロス (kurosu)

From Middle English cross, cros, from Old English cros (“rood, cross”), from Old Norse kross, from Old Irish cros, from Latin crux (crucī). In this sense displaced native Middle English rood, from Old English rōd; see rood. Compare Welsh croes, Irish crois.
The sense of "two intersecting lines drawn or cut on a surface; two lines intersecting at right angles" without regard to religious signification develops from the late 14th century.
Cognates
*Icelandic kross (“cross”)
*Faroese krossur (“cross”)
*Norwegian Nynorsk kross, kors (“cross”)
*Danish kors (“cross”)
*Swedish kors (“cross”)
*North Frisian kross, korss (“cross”)
*Saterland Frisian Krjuus, Kjus (“cross”)
*West Frisian krús (“cross”)
*Dutch kruis (“cross”)
*German Low German Krüüz (“cross”)
*German Kreuz (“cross”)

And Stamford Bridge erupted with joy as Florent Malouda slotted in a cross from Drogba, who had stayed just onside.

(soccer) A pass in which the ball is kicked from a side of the pitch to a position close to the opponent’s goal.


cross

en-verb

cross (third-person singular simple present crosses, present participle crossing, simple past and past participle crossed)

crosses (present singular third-person)
crossing (participle present)
crossed (participle past)
crossed (past)
cross (infinitive)
cross (first-person present singular)
crossed (first-person past singular)
cross (present second-person singular)
crossest (archaic present second-person singular)
crossed (past second-person singular)
crossedst (archaic past second-person singular)
crosses (present singular third-person)
crosseth (archaic present singular third-person)
crossed (past singular third-person)
cross (plural present)
crossed (past plural)
cross (present subjunctive)
crossed (past subjunctive)
cross (imperative present)
crossing (participle present)
crossed (participle past)

He crossed the ball into the penalty area.

(sports) Relative movement by a player or of players.

(soccer) To pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side.

centrar

soccer, football: pass the ball from one side of the pitch to the other side


cross

cross (indefinite nominative singular)
cross (genitive indefinite singular)
crossen (definite nominative singular)
crossens (definite genitive singular)
crossar (indefinite nominative plural)
crossars (genitive indefinite plural)
crossarna (definite nominative plural)
crossarnas (definite genitive plural)

a ball hit more or less diagonally across the playing field


skin

skin (third-person singular simple present skins, present participle skinning, simple past and past participle skinned)

skins (present singular third-person)
skinning (participle present)
skinned (participle past)
skinned (past)
skinne (alternative obsolete)

From Middle English skyn, skinn, from Old English scinn, from Old Norse skinn (“animal hide”), from Proto-Germanic *skinþą, from Proto-Indo-European *sken- (“to split off”), nasal variant of *skeh₁i-d- (“to cut”). Partially displaced native Old English hȳd (“skin, hide”), from which derives hide.
Cognate with Dutch schinde (“bark”), dialectal German Schinde (“fruit peel”); also Breton skant (“scales”), Old Irish cenn (“covering, shell”), Irish scáin (“to tear, burst”), Latin scindō (“to split, divide”), Sanskrit छिनत्ति (chinátti, “to split”).

een skin gebruiken

to use a replacement image for the graphical user interface of

The Russian, sometimes out of sorts in recent weeks, was seeing plenty of the ball on the left-hand side up against Hunt, a 20-year-old right-back making his first Huddersfield start. Arshavin skinned the youngster at the first opportunity and crossed for Bendtner, who could not direct his close-range effort on target.

2011 January 30, Kevin Darlng, “Arsenal 2 - 1 Huddersfield”, in BBC:

(UK, soccer, transitive) To use tricks to go past a defender.

финтирам

soccer: to use tricks to go past a defender


palomita

From paloma (“dove”) + -ita (diminutive suffix).

cuello palomita

wing collar, a type of shirt collar often used with tuxedo


turn

en-verb

turn (third-person singular simple present turns, present participle turning, simple past and past participle turned or (obsolete) turnt)

turns (present singular third-person)
turning (participle present)
turned (participle past)
turned (past)
turnt (obsolete participle past)
turnt (obsolete past)
turn (infinitive)
turn (first-person present singular)
turned (first-person past singular)
turn (present second-person singular)
turnest (archaic present second-person singular)
turned (past second-person singular)
turnedst (archaic past second-person singular)
turns (present singular third-person)
turneth (archaic present singular third-person)
turned (past singular third-person)
turn (plural present)
turned (past plural)
turn (present subjunctive)
turned (past subjunctive)
turn (imperative present)
turning (participle present)
turned (participle past)
turnt (archaic participle past)

From Middle English turnen, from Old English turnian, tyrnan (“to turn, rotate, revolve”) and Old French torner (“to turn”), both from Latin tornāre (“to round off, turn in a lathe”), from tornus (“lathe”), from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos, “turning-lathe: a tool used for making circles”), from Proto-Indo-European *terh₁- (“to rub, rub by turning, turn, twist, bore”). Cognate with Old English þrāwan (“to turn, twist, wind”), whence English throw. Displaced native Middle English wenden from Old English wendan (see wend), and Middle English trenden from Old English trendan (see trend), among several other terms.

lyödä kierre

in cricket, make the ball move sideways when it bounces

kiertää

of a cricket ball, move sideways when it bounces

Liverpool introduced Carroll for Spearing and were rewarded after 64 minutes when he put them back in contention. Stewart Downing blocked Jose Bosingwa's attempted clearance, which fell into the path of Carroll. He turned John Terry superbly before firing high past Cech.

2012 May 5, Phil McNulty, “Chelsea 2-1 Liverpool”, in BBC Sport:

(transitive, soccer) Of a player, to go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

peipata

soccer: go past an opposition player with the ball in one's control


turn

→ Japanese: ターン (tān)

Partly from Anglo-Norman *torn, from Latin tornus, from Ancient Greek τόρνος (tórnos), and partly an action noun from the verb turn.

دَوْرَة

movement about an axis ending up with the same orientation

360° turn

movement about an axis returning to the original orientation

the first turn of the screw pays all debts

(soccer) An instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control.

peippaus

soccer: instance of going past an opposition player with the ball in one's control


turn in

en-verb

turn in (third-person singular simple present turns in, present participle turning in, simple past and past participle turned in)

turns in (present singular third-person)
turning in (participle present)
turned in (participle past)
turned in (past)

At that point Leicester were playing with drive and ambition but they were undone by two goals in three minutes. First, Vieira turned in a rebound after the defender Souleymane Bamba had blocked David Silva's shot on the line.

2011 January 18, Daniel Taylor, “Manchester City 4 Leicester City 2”, in Guardian Online:

(soccer) To convert a goal using a turning motion of the body.


knock

knock (third-person singular simple present knocks, present participle knocking, simple past and past participle knocked)

knocks (present singular third-person)
knocking (participle present)
knocked (participle past)
knocked (past)

From Middle English knokken, from Old English cnocian, ġecnocian, cnucian (“to knock, pound on, beat”), from Proto-West Germanic *knokōn, from Proto-Germanic *knukōną (“to knock”), a suffixed form of *knu-, *knew- (“to pound on, beat”), from Proto-Indo-European *gnew-, *gen- (“to squeeze, pinch, kink, ball up, concentrate”). The English word is cognate with Middle High German knochen (“to hit”), Old English cnuian, cnuwian (“to pound, knock”), Old Norse knoka (compare Danish knuge (“to squeeze”), Swedish knocka (“to hug”)).

knock someone into the middle of next week

(transitive, soccer) To kick a ball towards another player; to pass.


nutmeg

en-noun

nutmeg (countable and uncountable, plural nutmegs)

→ Irish: noitmig

→ Japanese: ナツメグ (natsumegu)

→ Maori: natimeke

→ Welsh: nytmeg

From Middle English notemege, notemuge, a partial translation of Medieval Latin nux muga, a variant of Medieval Latin nux muscata (“musky nut”). Compare also Old French nois mugede.
For the term used in various ball sports, see Wikipedia.

der

The same applied to Loftus-Cheek, who grew into the game after a quiet start and even had the impudence to slip the ball through Marcel Halstenberg’s legs in the first half. Nutmegs aside, Loftus-Cheek also came up with one of England’s best passes of the night, sending Jamie Vardy through the middle at the end of the first half.

2017 November 10, Daniel Taylor, “Youthful England earn draw with Germany but Lingard rues late miss”, in The Guardian (London):

(soccer, field hockey or ice hockey, basketball) The playing of the ball between the legs of an opponent.


hitman

→ Cebuano: hitman

(soccer) A goalscorer; someone who scores goals.


main

→? English: main

→⇒ German: Lamäng

Haitian Creole: men

Louisiana Creole: men

⇒ Mauritian Creole: lame

Inherited from Middle French main, Old French main, mein, man, from Latin manus (“hand”), from Proto-Italic *manus, perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *méh₂-r̥ ~ *mh₂-én-, derived from Proto-Indo-European *(s)meh₂- (“to beckon”), or perhaps from a Proto-Indo-European *mon-u- (see the Proto-Italic entry). Compare Spanish mano.


double

PIE word
 *dwóh₁
From Middle English double, from Old French doble, double, from Latin duplus (“twofold”). Doublet of doppio and duple.

(soccer) Two competitions, usually one league and one cup, won by the same team in a single season.


poker

→ Armenian: պոկեր (poker)

→ Catalan: pòquer

→ Chinese: 撲克 /扑克 (pūkè; pok³ hak¹)

→ Czech: poker

→ Danish: poker

→ Dutch: poker

→ Esperanto: pokero

→ Finnish: pokeri

→ French: poker

→ Georgian: პოკერი (ṗoḳeri)

→ German: Poker
→ Estonian: pokker

→ Greek: πόκερ (póker)

→ Hungarian: póker

→ Icelandic: póker

→ Italian: poker

→ Japanese: ポーカー (pokā)

→ Korean: 포커 (pokeo)

→ Luxembourgish: Poker

→ Macedonian: покер (poker)

→ Polish: poker

→ Portuguese: pôquer, póquer (Portugal)

→ Russian: покер (poker)

→ Serbo-Croatian: poker / покер

→ Slovene: poker

→ Spanish: póquer

→ Swedish: poker

→ Turkish: poker

American English, perhaps from first element of German Pochspiel, from German pochen, perhaps from French poque. First appeared in the 19th century.

2021 September 20, Ratul Ghosh, "THE BEST MOMENTS FROM JIMMY GREAVES' LEGENDARY FOOTBALLING CAREER FootTheBall
Greaves hit three hat-tricks, two pokers and five goals against West Brom on his way to a record-setting 41 league goals.

2022 April 17, Dylan Butler, "Recap: NYCFC 6, Real Salt Lake 0" MLS.com
Poker Face: Taty Castellanos strikes FOUR times for NYCFC vs. RSL

Ibra has scored a "poker" on four separate occasions during his career: twice with Paris Saint-Germain and twice for Sweden. The most famed example must surely be his single-handed crushing of England in a friendly back in 2012, when the striker rounded off a 4-2 victory for the Swedes with a truly immense long-range overhead kick in the final minute.

2023 January 24, Chris Wright, "Mbappe scored career-high five goals in one game. What about Messi, Ronaldo and world's other top strikers?" Toe Poke (ESPN)

The only player who scored a poker at Nou Camp is Milinko Pantić. Curiously, despite his 4 goals, his team (Atlético Madrid) lost the game.

2023 April 6, "THE 11TH HAT TRICK SCORER AT NOU CAMP" International Federation of Football History and Statistics

2023 April 30, "Europa League's fastest goals and quickest hat-tricks" UEFA
Daka also became only the fifth player to score four or more in a Europa League match, and the second fastest after Willian José, whose 'poker' came in the space of 26 minutes for Real Sociedad at Vardar in 2017.

(soccer, rare) [a player's] scoring four goals in one match


glut

Inherited from Middle English glotien /glotten, probably derived from Old French gloter /glotir /glotoiier (“to eat greedily”) [compare French engloutir (“to devour”), French glouton (“glutton”)], derived from Latin gluttiō, gluttīre (“to swallow”). Compare Russian глота́ть (glotátʹ, “to swallow”).

cog

Four goals scored by a single player in a match can be described as a 'haul', while five goals is unofficially a 'glut'.

2020 October 23, “What is a brace in soccer?”, in Goal:

(British, soccer) Five goals scored by one player in a game.


lagarto

lagartos (plural)
largato (alternative pronunciation-spelling)

Guinea-Bissau Creole: lagártu

→ Hunsrik: Lagart

From Old Galician-Portuguese lagarto, from Vulgar Latin *lacartum, from Latin lacertus, of uncertain origin.

(Portugal, soccer, derogatory) a supporter, player or coach of Sporting Clube de Portugal


cup

→ Farefare: kɔpɩ

→ Hebrew: קאפ (kap)

→ Japanese: カップ (kappu)

desc

→ Kashubian: kopsa (Canada, United States)

→ Korean: 컵 (keop)

→ Maori: kapu

Inherited from Middle English cuppe, coppe, from the merger of Old English cuppe (“cup”) and Old English copp (“cup, vessel”).
Old English cuppe is a borrowing from Late Latin cuppa, itself of obscure origin, but probably from earlier Latin cūpa (“tub, cask”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewp- (“a hollow”). Old English copp, however, is from Proto-West Germanic *kopp (“round object, bowl, vessel, knoll, summit, crown of the head”), from Proto-Germanic *kuppaz, from Proto-Indo-European *gew- (“to bend, curve, arch”) (whence also obsolete English cop (“top, summit, crown of the head”), German Kopf (“top, head”)).
The Middle English word was further reinforced by Anglo-Norman cupe and Old French cope, coupe, from Latin cuppa. Compare also Saterland Frisian Kop (“cup”), West Frisian kop (“cup”), Dutch kop (“cup”), German Low German Koppke, Köppke (“cup”), Danish kop (“cup”), Swedish kopp (“cup”). Doublet of coupe, hive, and keeve.

unk

obscure

cog

that and a dollar will get you a cup of coffee

that and a nickel will buy you a cup of coffee

that and twenty-five cents will get you a cup of coffee

there's many a slip between the cup and the lip

there's many a slip twixt the cup and the lip

Until it was disbanded in 1999, the European Cup-Winners Cup was contested annually by the winners of Europe's national cups.

2002, Rob Dimery, Peter Watts, Guinness world records, Gullane Children's Books, →ISBN:

Wallace had the unique distinction of being the only player ever to play in the English, Welsh and Scottish Cups in the same season.

2011, Michael Grant, Rob Robertson, The Management: Scotland's Great Football Bosses, Birlinn, →ISBN:

One week earlier, they had lost 5-2 to Borussia Dortmund in the DFB-Pokal [the German cup] final in Berlin.

2014, Martí Perarnau, Pep Confidential: Inside Pep Guardiola's First Season at Bayern Munich, Birlinn, →ISBN:

(soccer) The main knockout tournament in a country, organised alongside the league.


toss

From Middle English tossen (“to buffet about, agitate, toss; to sift or winnow”), of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Old Norse (compare dialectal Norwegian tossa, dialectal Swedish tossa (“to strew, spread”)), or perhaps from an alteration of Middle English tosen (“to tease, pull apart, shred; to wound, injure”). Compare also Dutch tassen (“to pile or heap up, stack”).
The Welsh tos (“a quick jerk”) and tosio (“to jerk, toss”) are probably borrowed from the English.

cog

(cricket, soccer) The coin toss before a cricket match in order to decide who bats first, or before a football match in order to decide the direction of play.


spot

→ Catalan: espot

From Middle English spot, spotte, partially from Middle Dutch spotte (“spot, speck”), and partially merging with Middle English splot, from Old English splott (“spot, plot of land”), from Proto-West Germanic *splott, from Proto-Germanic *spluttaz (“segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *splt-no- (“an off-split, segment”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)pel- (“to split”). Cognate with North Frisian spot (“speck, piece of ground”), Low German spot (“speck”), Old Norse spotti (“small piece”). See also splot, splotch.

cog

The Gunners dominated for long periods but, against the run of play, Denilson fouled Max Gradel and Robert Snodgrass put Leeds ahead from the spot.

2011 January 8, Chris Bevan, “Arsenal 1 - 1 Leeds”, in BBC:


advantage

en-noun

advantage (countable and uncountable, plural advantages)

advantages (plural)
advauntage (alternative obsolete)

/əɖˈvaːɳˌʈeːd͡ʒ/

From Middle English avantage, avauntage, from Old French avantage, from avant (“before”), from Late Latin ab ante. The spelling with d was a mistake, a- being supposed to be from Latin ad (see advance). For sense development, compare foredeal.

Webb played an advantage that enabled Cazorla to supply a low cross from the left for Giroud to sweep home first time, despite Gallas and Vertonghen being in close attendance.

2012 November 17, “Arsenal 5-2 Tottenham”, in BBC Sport:

(soccer) The continuation of the game after a foul against the attacking team, because the attacking team are in an advantageous position.


layoff

(British, soccer) A short pass that has been rolled in front of another player for them to kick.


treble

PIE word
 *tréyes
From Middle English treble, from Old French treble, from Latin triplus. Doublet of triple.

(sports) Three goals, victories, awards etc. in a given match or season.

(soccer) A win in the top league, top national cup and top continental cup in the same season.


manager

→ Albanian: menaxher

→ Burmese: မန်နေဂျာ (mannegya)

→ Catalan: mànager

→ Cebuano: manedyer

→ Dutch: manager

→ French: manager
→ Turkish: menajer

→ German: Manager

→ Greek: μάνατζερ (mánatzer)

→ Hungarian: menedzser

→ Italian: manager

→ Japanese: マネージャー (manējā)

→ Korean: 매니저 (maenijeo)

→ Polish: menedżer

→ Romanian: manager

→ Russian: ме́неджер (ménedžer)

→ Scottish Gaelic: manaidsear

→ Spanish: mánager

→ Swahili: meneja

→ Tagalog: manedyer

→ Ukrainian: ме́неджер (ménedžer)


лисица

лѝсица (canonical feminine)
lìsica (romanization)
лисица (nominative singular)
лисице (nominative plural)
лисице (genitive singular)
лисица (genitive plural)
лисици (dative singular)
лисицама (dative plural)
лисицу (accusative singular)
лисице (accusative plural)
лисице (singular vocative)
лисице (plural vocative)
лисици (locative singular)
лисицама (locative plural)
лисицом (instrumental singular)
лисицама (instrumental plural)

(soccer, chiefly in plural) Leicester City player


AFC

Asian Football Confederation
w:Asian Football Confederation

(soccer) Initialism of Asian Football Confederation.

Arsenal Football Club
w:Arsenal Football Club

(soccer) Initialism of Arsenal Football Club.


AFC

AFC (countable and uncountable, plural AFCs)

Association Football Club
w:Association Football Club

(soccer) Initialism of Association Football Club.


Celtic

en-proper noun

Celtic (countable and uncountable, plural Celtics)

Celtics (plural)
Keltic (alternative rare)

Borrowed from French celtique or Latin celticus. First attested in the 17th century.

(soccer) Celtic F.C., a football club from Glasgow, Scotland.


muuri

muuri (nominative singular)
muurit (nominative plural)
muuri (accusative nominative singular)
muurit (accusative nominative plural)
muurin (accusative genitive singular)
muurit (accusative genitive plural)
muurin (genitive singular)
muurien (genitive plural)
muuria (partitive singular)
muureja (partitive plural)
muurissa (inessive singular)
muureissa (inessive plural)
muurista (elative singular)
muureista (elative plural)
muuriin (illative singular)
muureihin (illative plural)
muurilla (adessive singular)
muureilla (adessive plural)
muurilta (ablative singular)
muureilta (ablative plural)
muurille (allative singular)
muureille (allative plural)
muurina (essive singular)
muureina (essive plural)
muuriksi (singular translative)
muureiksi (plural translative)
muuritta (abessive singular)
muureitta (abessive plural)
muurein (instructive plural)
See the possessive forms below. (comitative)
muurini (nominative singular)
muurini (nominative plural)
muurini (accusative nominative singular)
muurini (accusative nominative plural)
muurini (accusative genitive singular)
muurini (accusative genitive plural)
muurini (genitive singular)
muurieni (genitive plural)
muuriani (partitive singular)
muurejani (partitive plural)
muurissani (inessive singular)
muureissani (inessive plural)
muuristani (elative singular)
muureistani (elative plural)
muuriini (illative singular)
muureihini (illative plural)
muurillani (adessive singular)
muureillani (adessive plural)
muuriltani (ablative singular)
muureiltani (ablative plural)
muurilleni (allative singular)
muureilleni (allative plural)
muurinani (essive singular)
muureinani (essive plural)
muurikseni (singular translative)
muureikseni (plural translative)
muurittani (abessive singular)
muureittani (abessive plural)
muureineni (comitative plural)
muurisi (nominative singular)
muurisi (nominative plural)
muurisi (accusative nominative singular)
muurisi (accusative nominative plural)
muurisi (accusative genitive singular)
muurisi (accusative genitive plural)
muurisi (genitive singular)
muuriesi (genitive plural)
muuriasi (partitive singular)
muurejasi (partitive plural)
muurissasi (inessive singular)
muureissasi (inessive plural)
muuristasi (elative singular)
muureistasi (elative plural)
muuriisi (illative singular)
muureihisi (illative plural)
muurillasi (adessive singular)
muureillasi (adessive plural)
muuriltasi (ablative singular)
muureiltasi (ablative plural)
muurillesi (allative singular)
muureillesi (allative plural)
muurinasi (essive singular)
muureinasi (essive plural)
muuriksesi (singular translative)
muureiksesi (plural translative)
muurittasi (abessive singular)
muureittasi (abessive plural)
muureinesi (comitative plural)
muurimme (nominative singular)
muurimme (nominative plural)
muurimme (accusative nominative singular)
muurimme (accusative nominative plural)
muurimme (accusative genitive singular)
muurimme (accusative genitive plural)
muurimme (genitive singular)
muuriemme (genitive plural)
muuriamme (partitive singular)
muurejamme (partitive plural)
muurissamme (inessive singular)
muureissamme (inessive plural)
muuristamme (elative singular)
muureistamme (elative plural)
muuriimme (illative singular)
muureihimme (illative plural)
muurillamme (adessive singular)
muureillamme (adessive plural)
muuriltamme (ablative singular)
muureiltamme (ablative plural)
muurillemme (allative singular)
muureillemme (allative plural)
muurinamme (essive singular)
muureinamme (essive plural)
muuriksemme (singular translative)
muureiksemme (plural translative)
muurittamme (abessive singular)
muureittamme (abessive plural)
muureinemme (comitative plural)
muurinne (nominative singular)
muurinne (nominative plural)
muurinne (accusative nominative singular)
muurinne (accusative nominative plural)
muurinne (accusative genitive singular)
muurinne (accusative genitive plural)
muurinne (genitive singular)
muurienne (genitive plural)
muurianne (partitive singular)
muurejanne (partitive plural)
muurissanne (inessive singular)
muureissanne (inessive plural)
muuristanne (elative singular)
muureistanne (elative plural)
muuriinne (illative singular)
muureihinne (illative plural)
muurillanne (adessive singular)
muureillanne (adessive plural)
muuriltanne (ablative singular)
muureiltanne (ablative plural)
muurillenne (allative singular)
muureillenne (allative plural)
muurinanne (essive singular)
muureinanne (essive plural)
muuriksenne (singular translative)
muureiksenne (plural translative)
muurittanne (abessive singular)
muureittanne (abessive plural)
muureinenne (comitative plural)
muurinsa (nominative singular)
muurinsa (nominative plural)
muurinsa (accusative nominative singular)
muurinsa (accusative nominative plural)
muurinsa (accusative genitive singular)
muurinsa (accusative genitive plural)
muurinsa (genitive singular)
muuriensa (genitive plural)
muuriaan (partitive singular)
muuriansa (partitive singular)
muurejaan (partitive plural)
muurejansa (partitive plural)
muurissaan (inessive singular)
muurissansa (inessive singular)
muureissaan (inessive plural)
muureissansa (inessive plural)
muuristaan (elative singular)
muuristansa (elative singular)
muureistaan (elative plural)
muureistansa (elative plural)
muuriinsa (illative singular)
muureihinsa (illative plural)
muurillaan (adessive singular)
muurillansa (adessive singular)
muureillaan (adessive plural)
muureillansa (adessive plural)
muuriltaan (ablative singular)
muuriltansa (ablative singular)
muureiltaan (ablative plural)
muureiltansa (ablative plural)
muurilleen (allative singular)
muurillensa (allative singular)
muureilleen (allative plural)
muureillensa (allative plural)
muurinaan (essive singular)
muurinansa (essive singular)
muureinaan (essive plural)
muureinansa (essive plural)
muurikseen (singular translative)
muuriksensa (singular translative)
muureikseen (plural translative)
muureiksensa (plural translative)
muurittaan (abessive singular)
muurittansa (abessive singular)
muureittaan (abessive plural)
muureittansa (abessive plural)
muureineen (comitative plural)
muureinensa (comitative plural)

Borrowed from Swedish mur (compare German Mauer), ultimately from Latin murus.


panna

nl-noun

panna m (plural panna's, diminutive pannaatje n)

panna's (plural)
pannaatje (diminutive neuter)

Unknown. Sometimes said to be from a Sranan Tongo word meaning “little gate”, though this does not seem recorded in any dictionaries of Sranan Tongo and the Sranan Tongo standard spelling of the term is never given.

(soccer) a nutmeg, a tunnel (act of passing a ball between an opponent's legs while retaining control)


centre

From Old French centre (13th c.), a borrowing from Latin centrum, from Ancient Greek κέντρον (kéntron, “sharp point”).

der

(soccer) cross, specifically one directed into the penalty area


arqueiro

pt-noun

arqueiro m (plural arqueiros, feminine arqueira, feminine plural arqueiras)

arqueiros (plural)
arqueira (feminine)
arqueiras (feminine plural)

From Old Galician-Portuguese arqueiro, from Vulgar Latin *arcārius, alteration of arcuārius (“of bows”), from Latin arcus (“bow”). By surface analysis, arco + -eiro.

(Brazil, soccer) goalkeeper (player who guards the goal)


che

Onomatopoeic, or perhaps borrowed from Venetan ciò, Catalan xe, or Mapudungun che (literally “person”).

(Spain, soccer) a person connected with Valencia Club de Fútbol, as a player, fan, coach, etc.


frango

From earlier frângão, of unknown origin.

unk

unknown

(soccer) a goal resulting from a shameful mistake by the goalkeeper

(Brazil) the goalkeeper who makes this mistake


sub

en-verb

sub (third-person singular simple present subs, present participle subbing, simple past and past participle subbed)

subs (present singular third-person)
subbing (participle present)
subbed (participle past)
subbed (past)

* Shortened form of any of various words beginning with sub-.

switch

one who is willing to take either a sadistic or a masochistic role

He never really made a contribution to the match, so it was no surprise when he was subbed at half time.

(British, informal, soccer) To replace (a player) with a substitute.

He was subbed on half way through the second half, and scored within minutes.

(British, informal, soccer, less common, often as "sub on") To bring on (a player) as a substitute.


cage

Inherited from Old French cage, from Latin cavea. This form did not undergo the palatalization of c before a.


Pfund

de-noun

Pfund n (strong, genitive Pfundes or Pfunds, plural Pfunde, diminutive Pfündchen n)

Pfundes (genitive)
Pfunds (genitive)
Pfunde (plural)
Pfündchen (diminutive neuter)
Pfund (nominative singular)
Pfunde (definite nominative plural)
Pfundes (genitive singular)
Pfunds (genitive singular)
Pfunde (definite genitive plural)
Pfund (dative singular)
Pfunde (dative singular)
Pfunden (dative definite plural)
Pfund (accusative singular)
Pfunde (accusative definite plural)

→ Romanian: pfund

→ Russian: фунт (funt) (see there for further descendants)

From Middle High German pfunt, phunt, from Old High German pfunt, phunt, from Proto-West Germanic *pund, from Proto-Germanic *pundą, a borrowing from Latin pondō (“by weight”, adverb) or Latin pondus (“weight”, noun).

(colloquial, soccer) a hard shot at the goal


les

lesek (plural)
les (nominative singular)
lesek (nominative plural)
lest (accusative singular)
leseket (accusative plural)
lesnek (dative singular)
leseknek (dative plural)
lessel (instrumental singular)
lesekkel (instrumental plural)
lesért (causal-final singular)
lesekért (causal-final plural)
lessé (singular translative)
lesekké (plural translative)
lesig (singular terminative)
lesekig (plural terminative)
lesként (essive-formal singular)
lesekként (essive-formal plural)
lesben (inessive singular)
lesekben (inessive plural)
lesen (singular superessive)
leseken (plural superessive)
lesnél (adessive singular)
leseknél (adessive plural)
lesbe (illative singular)
lesekbe (illative plural)
lesre (singular sublative)
lesekre (plural sublative)
leshez (allative singular)
lesekhez (allative plural)
lesből (elative singular)
lesekből (elative plural)
lesről (delative singular)
lesekről (delative plural)
lestől (ablative singular)
lesektől (ablative plural)
lesé (singular)
leseké (plural)
leséi (singular)
lesekéi (plural)
lesem (first-person possessed-single possessive singular)
leseim (first-person possessed-many possessive singular)
lesed (possessed-single possessive second-person singular)
leseid (possessed-many possessive second-person singular)
lese (possessed-single possessive singular third-person)
lesei (possessed-many possessive singular third-person)
lesünk (first-person plural possessed-single possessive)
leseink (first-person plural possessed-many possessive)
lesetek (plural possessed-single possessive second-person)
leseitek (plural possessed-many possessive second-person)
lesük (plural possessed-single possessive third-person)
leseik (plural possessed-many possessive third-person)

Inherited from Proto-Ugric *läćɜ (“hiding place; lurk”). Cognates include Southern Mansi [script needed] (lǟš-), Northern Mansi [script needed] (lāś-).


porta

From Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”).


porta

porti (plural)
purta (alternative)
potta (alternative)
puaitta (alternative)
puajtta (alternative)

From Latin porta, from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (“to pass through”). Compare, for more, Galician, Portuguese, Italian, Corsican, and Neapolitan porta, Asturian and Spanish puerta.


professor

pt-noun

professor m (plural professores, feminine professora, feminine plural professoras)

professores (plural)
professora (feminine)
professoras (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: profesor

desc

from <i class="Latn mention" lang="pt">professora</i>

Macanese: (from professora) sora

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Etymology tree
Proto-Indo-European *per-
Proto-Indo-European *pró
Proto-Indo-European *pro-
Proto-Italic *pro-
Latin pro-
Proto-Indo-European *bʰeh₂-der.
Proto-Italic *fatēōr
Latin fateor
Latin profiteor
Latin professus
Proto-Indo-European *-tōrder.
Latin -tor
Latin professorlbor.
Old Galician-Portuguese professor
Portuguese professor
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese professor, borrowed from Latin professor.


χέρι

chéri (romanization)
χέρια (plural)
χέρι (nominative singular)
χέρια (nominative plural)
χεριού (genitive singular)
χεριών (genitive plural)
χέρι (accusative singular)
χέρια (accusative plural)
χέρι (singular vocative)
χέρια (plural vocative)
χειρ (alternative)
χείρ (alternative)

Inherited from Byzantine Greek χέριν (khérin), from Koine Greek χέριον (khérion), diminutive of Ancient Greek χείρ (kheír), from Proto-Hellenic *kʰéhər, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰésōr (“hand”). Doublet of χειρ (cheir).

βάζω στο χέρι

to take control, to cheat; to take in hand

βάζω το χέρι μου στη φωτιά

to swear to something, to swear that something is true; to put one's hand in the fire

βάζω το χέρι μου στο ευαγγέλιο

to swear to something, to swear that something is true; to put one's hand on the Gospel

βάζω χέρι

to grope sexually, to chastise, to take something; to put a hand

γειά στα χέρια σου

well done (for something done by hand ie cooking etc); health to your hands

δεν μου κοβόταν καλύτερα το χέρι

it would have been better if I hadn't done that; would that my hand were cut off

κάθομαι με σταυρωμένα χέρια

to sit on one's hands; to sit with crossed arms

kállio pénte kai sto chéri pará déka kai kartérei

a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush; better five in the hand than waiting for ten

κάλλιο πέντε και στο χέρι παρά δέκα και καρτέρει

μακρύ χέρι

long arms, Roman hands and Russian fingers; long arm

μετρούνται στα δάχτυλα του ενός χεριού

metroúntai sta dáchtyla tou enós cherioú

πέφτω στα χέρια

fall into one's lap; fall into one's hands

πιάνομαι στα χέρια

to come to blows; to get caught up in hands

σηκώνω τα χέρια

to give up, to surrender; to raise the hands

Ο διαιτητής σφύριξε το χέρι.

The referee blew the whistle for handball.

(soccer, figuratively) handball (offence of touching the ball with the hands)


forward

forwards (plural)
foreward (alternative)
forrard (alternative)
forrad (alternative)
forred (alternative)

From Middle English foreward, from Old English foreweard (“forward, inclined to the front, fore, early, former”), from Proto-Germanic *fura- (“fore-”), *warþaz (“turned”), equivalent to fore + -ward. Cognate with Dutch voorwaarts (“forward”), German vorwärts (“forward”).

der

(soccer) A player on a team in football (soccer) in the row nearest to the opposing team's goal, who are therefore principally responsible for scoring goals.

rojník

players nearest to the opposing rugby team

مُهَاجِم

player nearest to the opposing soccer team


forward

forward (nominative singular)
forwardi (nominative plural)
forwarda (genitive singular)
forwardů (genitive plural)
forwardovi (dative singular)
forwardu (dative singular)
forwardům (dative plural)
forwarda (accusative singular)
forwardy (accusative plural)
forwarde (singular vocative)
forwardi (plural vocative)
forwardovi (locative singular)
forwardu (locative singular)
forwardech (locative plural)
forwardem (instrumental singular)
forwardy (instrumental plural)
forvard (alternative)

Gabonský forward byl nejnebezpečnějším hráčem v černožlutém dresu.

2015 September 27, “Borussia Dortmund - SV Darmstadt 2:2”, in eurofotbal.cz:

The Gabonese forward was the best player in the black and yellow shirt.


forward

forward (nominative singular)
forwardy (nominative plural)
forwardu (genitive singular)
forwardů (genitive plural)
forwardu (dative singular)
forwardům (dative plural)
forward (accusative singular)
forwardy (accusative plural)
forwarde (singular vocative)
forwardy (plural vocative)
forwardu (locative singular)
forwardech (locative plural)
forwardem (instrumental singular)
forwardy (instrumental plural)
forvard (alternative)

V tenise hrál ve finále „Pardubické juniorky", v basketbale byl jedním z nejlepších tvořivých hráčů Jičína a ve fotbale hrál ve forwardu mnohdy lépe než útočníci jeho milované Sparty.

2012 July 5, “Vědě, Alma mater, Jičínu”, in Jičínský deník.cz, page ...:

In tennis he played the final of "Pardubická juniorka" tournament, in basketball he was one of the most creative players of Jičín and in football he played in the forward line often better than attackers of his beloved Sparta.


forward

forward (indefinite nominative singular)
forwards (genitive indefinite singular)
forwarden (definite nominative singular)
forwardens (definite genitive singular)
forwardar (indefinite nominative plural)
forwardars (genitive indefinite plural)
forwardarna (definite nominative plural)
forwardarnas (definite genitive plural)

Borrowed from English forward. First attested in 1891.

(soccer) forward (player whose usual task is to attack or score goals)


Olyroos

(soccer) The Australian Olympic soccer team.


loba

ro-verb

a loba (third-person singular present lobează, past participle lobat) 1st conjugation

a loba 1st conjugation (canonical)
lobează (present singular third-person)
lobat (participle past)
a loba (infinitive)
lobând (gerund)
lobat (participle past)
lobez (first-person indicative present singular)
lobezi (indicative present second-person singular)
lobează (indicative present singular third-person)
lobăm (first-person indicative plural present)
lobați (indicative plural present second-person)
lobează (indicative plural present third-person)
lobam (first-person imperfect indicative singular)
lobai (imperfect indicative second-person singular)
loba (imperfect indicative singular third-person)
lobam (first-person imperfect indicative plural)
lobați (imperfect indicative plural second-person)
lobau (imperfect indicative plural third-person)
lobai (first-person indicative perfect singular)
lobași (indicative perfect second-person singular)
lobă (indicative perfect singular third-person)
lobarăm (first-person indicative perfect plural)
lobarăți (indicative perfect plural second-person)
lobară (indicative perfect plural third-person)
lobasem (first-person indicative pluperfect singular)
lobaseși (indicative pluperfect second-person singular)
lobase (indicative pluperfect singular third-person)
lobaserăm (first-person indicative pluperfect plural)
lobaserăți (indicative pluperfect plural second-person)
lobaseră (indicative pluperfect plural third-person)
să lobez (first-person present singular subjunctive)
să lobezi (present second-person singular subjunctive)
să lobeze (present singular subjunctive third-person)
să lobăm (first-person plural present subjunctive)
să lobați (plural present second-person subjunctive)
să lobeze (plural present subjunctive third-person)
lobează (imperative second-person singular)
lobați (imperative plural second-person)
nu loba (imperative negative second-person singular)
nu lobați (imperative negative plural second-person)


porco

pt-noun

porco m (plural porcos, feminine porca, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)

porcos (plural)
porca (feminine)
porcas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese porco, from Latin porcus, from Proto-Italic *porkos, from Proto-Indo-European *pórḱos (“young swine, young pig”). Compare Galician porco.

inh

(Brazil, soccer, usually derogatory) supporter of Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras


porco

pt-adj

porco (feminine porca, masculine plural porcos, feminine plural porcas, metaphonic)

porca (feminine)
porcos (masculine plural)
porcas (feminine plural)
metaphonic (feminine plural)

Kabuverdianu: porku

Macanese: porco

Papiamentu: porko

→ Guaraní: poryko

→ Kaingang: porko

(Brazil, soccer, relational) pertaining to, or related to Sociedade Esportiva Palmeiras


blast

en-verb

blast (third-person singular simple present blasts, present participle blasting, simple past and past participle blasted)

blasts (present singular third-person)
blasting (participle present)
blasted (participle past)
blasted (past)

⇒ Italian: blastare

From Middle English blasten, blesten, from Old English blǣstan (“to blow, blast”), from Proto-West Germanic *blēstijan, from Proto-Germanic *blēstijaną. Possibly related to Middle High German blesten (“to stand out, plop, splash”).

noncog

A Ricketts and Stuart Holden one-two around the box then created a decent chance for an almost instant equaliser - but Welsh full-back Ricketts blasted over when a calmer finish could have been rewarded.

(soccer) To shoot; kick the ball in hope of scoring a goal.


through

From Middle English thrugh, thruch, thruh, metathetic variants of thurgh, thurh, from Old English þurh, from Proto-Germanic *þurhw (“through”), from Proto-Indo-European *tr̥h₂kʷe, suffixed zero-grade from *terh₂- (“to pass through”) + *-kʷe (“and”). Cognate with Scots throch (“through”), West Frisian troch (“through”), German durch (“through”), Dutch door (“through”), Gothic 𐌸𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌷 (þairh, “through”), Latin trans (“across, over, through”), Albanian tërthor (“through, around”), Welsh tra (“through”). See also thorough.

thoo (alternative pronunciation-spelling)
thorough (alternative)
thorow (alternative obsolete)
thorugh (alternative common)
thro' (alternative archaic poetic)
throughe (alternative obsolete)
thru (alternative US informal)
thrue (alternative obsolete)

With the Swifts calling for offside the striker was through and only a great save from McIlravey prevented the opener.

2015, Steve Grossi, SWFL1: Missed Chances See Swifts Relinquish Top Spot:

(soccer) In possession of the ball beyond the last line of defence but not necessarily the goalkeeper; through on goal.


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[…] got in on the act himself, firing in an unstoppable shot that arced into the postage stamp top corner of Andy Goram's goal.

2011, Alistair Aird, Ally McCoist - Rangers Legend:

(soccer, slang) The upper left- or right-hand corner of the goal.


roll

en-verb

roll (third-person singular simple present rolls, present participle rolling, simple past and past participle rolled)

rolls (present singular third-person)
rolling (participle present)
rolled (participle past)
rolled (past)

From Middle English rollen, partly from Old French roller, roler, röeler, röoler, from Medieval Latin rotulāre (“to roll; to revolve”), from Latin rotula (“a little wheel”), diminutive of rota (“a wheel”); partly from Anglo-Latin rollāre, from the same ultimate source.

rol

to move, or cause to be moved, upon rollers or small wheels

So it was against the run of play that their London rivals took the lead two minutes before the interval through Drogba. He rolled William Gallas inside the area before flashing a stunning finish high past keeper Carlo Cudicini.

2012 April 15, Phil McNulty, “Tottenham 1-5 Chelsea”, in BBC:

Rolled far too easily by Marc-Antoine Fortuné, Demichelis compounded his error by standing on the striker's foot. In the absence of the injured Watson, Gómez converted the penalty.

2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian:

(transitive, soccer) To slip past (a defender) with the ball.


Tim

(slang, soccer) A supporter of the Scottish football team Celtic F.C..