"footballer" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈfʊtbɔːlə/ [UK], /ˈfʊtbɔːləɹ/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-footballer.wav [Southern-England] Forms: footballers [plural]
Etymology: football + -er Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|football|er|id2=occupation}} football + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} footballer (plural footballers)
  1. (soccer, UK) One who plays association football. Tags: UK Categories (topical): Football (soccer), Athletes Synonyms (one who plays football): football player, soccer player [Canada, US] Translations (one who plays football): futbolista [feminine, masculine] (Aragonese), ֆուտբոլիստ (futbolist) (Armenian), futbolista [feminine, masculine] (Asturian), futbolçu (Azerbaijani), futbolari (Basque), футбалі́ст (futbalíst) [masculine] (Belarusian), футболи́ст (futbolíst) [masculine] (Bulgarian), ဘောလုံးသမား (bhau:lum:sa.ma:) (Burmese), фотбалі́ста (fotbalísta) [masculine] (Carpathian Rusyn), фотбалі́стка (fotbalístka) [feminine] (Carpathian Rusyn), futbolista [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 足球員 (Chinese Mandarin), 足球员 (zúqiúyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), 足球選手 (Chinese Mandarin), 足球选手 (zúqiú xuǎnshǒu) (Chinese Mandarin), 足球運動員 (Chinese Mandarin), 足球运动员 (zúqiú yùndòngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), fotbalista [masculine] (Czech), fotbalistka [feminine] (Czech), fodboldspiller [common-gender] (Danish), voetballer [masculine] (Dutch), voetbalster [feminine] (Dutch), voetbalspeler [masculine] (Dutch), voetbalspeelster [feminine] (Dutch), jalgpallur (Estonian), fótbóltsspælari [masculine] (Faroese), jalkapalloilija (Finnish), footballeur [masculine] (French), footballeuse [feminine] (French), futbolista [feminine, masculine] (Galician), ფეხბურთელი (pexburteli) (Georgian), Fußballer [masculine] (German), Fußballerin [feminine] (German), Fußballspieler [masculine] (German), Fußballspielerin [feminine] (German), futballista (Hungarian), labdarúgó (Hungarian), futballjátékos (Hungarian), focista [informal] (Hungarian), knattspyrnumaður [masculine] (Icelandic), fótboltamaður [masculine] (Icelandic), peileadóir [masculine] (Irish), calciatore [masculine] (Italian), calciatrice [feminine] (Italian), サッカー選手 (sakkā senshu) (Japanese), 축구선수 (chukguseonsu) (alt: 蹴球選手) (Korean), буттопчу (buttopcu) (Kyrgyz), futbolists [masculine] (Latvian), futboliste [feminine] (Latvian), фудбалер (fudbaler) [masculine] (Macedonian), фудбалерка (fudbalerka) [feminine] (Macedonian), fotballspiller [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fotballspeller [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), fotballspelar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), fotbolaire [masculine] (Occitan), فوتبالیست (futbâlist) (Persian), piłkarz [masculine] (Polish), piłkarz nożny [masculine] (Polish), piłkarka nożna [feminine] (Polish), futebolista [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), jogador de futebol [masculine] (Portuguese), jogadora de futebol [feminine] (Portuguese), fotbalist [masculine] (Romanian), fotbalistă [feminine] (Romanian), футболи́ст (futbolíst) [masculine] (Russian), футболи́стка (futbolístka) [feminine] (Russian), ногометаш [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ногометашица [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), nogometaš [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), nogometašica [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), futbolista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), mwanasoka (Swahili), fotbollsspelare [common-gender] (Swedish), futbolcu (Turkish), футболі́ст (futbolíst) [masculine] (Ukrainian), fotbalisse [feminine, masculine] (Walloon), fotbaleu [masculine] (Walloon), pêl-droediwr [masculine] (Welsh), pêl-droedwraig [feminine] (Welsh), פֿוסבאָליסט (fusbolist) [masculine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-footballer-en-noun-Rs25BH-p Disambiguation of Athletes: 85 15 Categories (other): British English, English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -er (occupation) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 68 32 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (occupation): 66 34 Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports Disambiguation of 'one who plays football': 92 8 Disambiguation of 'one who plays football': 92 8
  2. (Australia) Any fish in the kyphosid subfamily Microcanthinae, so named for the resemblance of their stripes to football uniforms. Tags: Australia Categories (lifeform): Kyphosid fish
    Sense id: en-footballer-en-noun-HBmk5xXH Disambiguation of Kyphosid fish: 28 72 Categories (other): Australian English

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      "tags": [
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      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "word": "足球員"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "足球员"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "축구선수"
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      "word": "буттопчу"
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      "tags": [
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "futbolíst",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "футболи́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "futbolístka",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "футболи́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ногометаш"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ногометашица"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nogometaš"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "nogometašica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "futbolista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "word": "mwanasoka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "fotbollsspelare"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "word": "futbolcu"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "futbolíst",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "футболі́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fotbalisse"
    },
    {
      "code": "wa",
      "lang": "Walloon",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "fotbaleu"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pêl-droediwr"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "pêl-droedwraig"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "fusbolist",
      "sense": "one who plays football",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "פֿוסבאָליסט"
    }
  ],
  "word": "footballer"
}

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