"golf" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ɡɒlf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑlf/ [General-American], /ɡɔlf/ [General-American], /ɡɒf/ [New-England] Audio: en-us-golf.ogg [US]
Rhymes: -ɒlf Etymology: The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|borrowing}} borrowing, {{bor|en|sco-smi|golf}} Middle Scots golf, {{m|sco-smi|gouff}} gouff, {{der|en|dum|colve}} Middle Dutch colve, {{m|dum|colf||club}} colf (“club”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kulbaz||club}} Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), {{cog|de|Kolben||piston, rod}} German Kolben (“piston, rod”), {{cog|sv|kolv||piston, rod}} Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), {{cog|ang|clopp||rock; cliff}} Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} golf (uncountable)
  1. (sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Sports, Golf Translations (ball game): gholf (Afrikaans), golf [masculine] (Albanian), ጎልፍ [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Amharic), جُولْف [masculine] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Arabic), جُولْف (gulf) [masculine] (Arabic), غُولْف [masculine] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Arabic), غُولْف (gulf) [masculine] (Arabic), غُولْف (ḡūlf) [masculine] (Arabic), գոլֆ [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Armenian), golf [masculine] (Asturian), qolf (Azerbaijani), golf (Basque), гольф (holʹf) [masculine] (Belarusian), গল্ফ [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Bengali), голф [masculine] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Bulgarian), ဂေါက် (gauk) (Burmese), ဂေါက်သီး (gauksi:) (Burmese), golf [masculine] (Catalan), 山球 (zh-min-nan) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 高爾夫球 [Hokkien] (Chinese), 高尔夫球 (ko-ní-hu-kiû) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 戛仔球 (khat-á-kiû) [Hokkien] (Chinese), 哥爾夫球 (Chinese Cantonese), 哥尔夫球 (go¹ ji⁵ fu¹ kau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 高爾夫球 (Chinese Cantonese), 高尔夫球 (gou¹ ji⁵ fu¹ kau⁴) (Chinese Cantonese), 高爾夫球 (Chinese Mandarin), 高尔夫球 (gāo'ěrfū qiú) (Chinese Mandarin), golf [masculine] (Czech), golf [common-gender] (Danish), golf [neuter] (Dutch), golfo (Esperanto), golf (Estonian), golf [neuter] (Faroese), golf (Finnish), kolopallo (Finnish), golf [masculine] (French), golf [masculine] (Galician), გოლფი (golpi) (Georgian), Golf [neuter] (German), γκολφ (gkolf) (Greek), gòf (Haitian Creole), גּוֹלְף [masculine] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Hebrew), गोल्फ़ [masculine] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Hindi), गोल्फ (golph) [masculine] (Hindi), golf (Hungarian), golf [neuter] (Icelandic), golfo (Ido), golf (Indonesian), galf [masculine] (Irish), golf [masculine] (Italian), ゴルフ (gorufu) (Japanese), ಗಾಲ್ಫ್ (gālph) (Kannada), гольф [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Kazakh), ហ្គោល (gool) (Khmer), 골프 (golpeu) (Korean), гольф [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Kyrgyz), ກອຟ (kǭp) (Lao), pilamalleus [New-Latin, masculine] (Latin), golfs [masculine] (Latvian), golfas [masculine] (Lithuanian), golf (Luxembourgish), голф [masculine] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Macedonian), golf (Malay), ഗോൾഫ് (gōḷphŭ) (Malayalam), hahaupōro (Maori), korowha (Maori), गोल्फ (golpha) [masculine] (Marathi), гольф (golʹf) (Mongolian), jooł yázhí náás yikalí (Navajo), nʼdilkal (Navajo), golf [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), golf [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), gòlf [masculine] (Occitan), گلف [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Persian), golf (Polish), golfe [masculine] (Portuguese), golf [neuter] (Romanian), гольф (golʹf) [masculine] (Russian), gowf (Scots), goilf [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), голф [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), golf [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), ගොල්ෆ් [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Sinhalese), golf [masculine] (Slovak), golf [masculine] (Slovene), golf [masculine] (Spanish), gofu (Swahili), golf [common-gender] (Swedish), golp (Tagalog), голф [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Tajik), கோல்ஃப் (kōlf) (Tamil), గోల్ఫ్ (gōlph) (Telugu), กอล์ฟ (gɔ́ɔp) (Thai), golf (Turkish), golf (Turkmen), гольф (holʹf) [masculine] (Ukrainian), گولف [masculine] [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Urdu), گولف توپى (english: golf topi) (Uyghur), golf (Uzbek), golf (Vietnamese), gôn (Vietnamese), golff [masculine] (Welsh), גאָלף [golf, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (Yiddish), igalofu [class-5] (Zulu)
    Sense id: en-golf-en-noun-TJzHz0iL Disambiguation of Golf: 52 23 15 10 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 11 31 32 Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports Disambiguation of 'ball game': 93 7
  2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet. Tags: alt-of, uncountable Alternative form of: Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet
    Sense id: en-golf-en-noun-7GGcISpu Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 11 31 32
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated

Verb

IPA: /ɡɒlf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɒf/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ɡɑlf/ [General-American], /ɡɔlf/ [General-American], /ɡɒf/ [New-England] Audio: en-us-golf.ogg [US] Forms: golfs [present, singular, third-person], golfing [participle, present], golfed [participle, past], golfed [past]
Rhymes: -ɒlf Etymology: The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|borrowing}} borrowing, {{bor|en|sco-smi|golf}} Middle Scots golf, {{m|sco-smi|gouff}} gouff, {{der|en|dum|colve}} Middle Dutch colve, {{m|dum|colf||club}} colf (“club”), {{der|en|gem-pro|*kulbaz||club}} Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), {{cog|de|Kolben||piston, rod}} German Kolben (“piston, rod”), {{cog|sv|kolv||piston, rod}} Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), {{cog|ang|clopp||rock; cliff}} Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} golf (third-person singular simple present golfs, present participle golfing, simple past and past participle golfed)
  1. (intransitive) To play the game of golf. Tags: intransitive Translations (play golf): গল্ফ খেলা (golpho khela) (Bengali), играя голф (english: igraja golf) (Bulgarian), golfen (Dutch), golfata (Finnish), golfer (French), golfen (German), golfozik (Hungarian), golf-ludar (Ido)
    Sense id: en-golf-en-verb-KXs79s~Y Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 11 31 32 Disambiguation of 'play golf': 96 4
  2. (computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf) Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-golf-en-verb-ZV4TjLmA Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 11 31 32 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 19 22 40 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences

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          "ref": "1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work/An Error in the Fourth Dimension",
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        }
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          "word": "গল্ফ খেলা"
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          "sense": "play golf",
          "word": "играя голф"
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          "word": "golfen"
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "_dis1": "96 4",
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          "word": "golfozik"
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          "regex golf"
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        "(computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)"
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "word": "army golf"
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      "word": "barnyard golf"
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      "word": "clock golf"
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      "word": "code golf"
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      "word": "golf ball"
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      "word": "golf buggy"
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      "word": "golf caddie"
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    {
      "word": "golf caddy"
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    {
      "word": "golf car"
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    {
      "word": "golf cart"
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      "word": "golf clap"
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      "word": "golf club"
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      "word": "golf-club"
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      "word": "golf course"
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      "word": "golf croquet"
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    {
      "word": "golf hole"
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    {
      "word": "golf pencil"
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    {
      "word": "golf pro"
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    {
      "word": "golf shirt"
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    {
      "word": "golf shoe"
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    {
      "word": "golf towel"
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    {
      "word": "golf umbrella"
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      "word": "golf widow"
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    {
      "word": "hickory golf"
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      "word": "midget golf"
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    {
      "word": "miniature golf"
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      "word": "peewee golf"
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      "word": "pub golf"
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      "word": "regex golf"
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      "word": "snow golf"
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      "word": "Tom Thumb golf"
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      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "gholf"
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      "code": "sq",
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        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "word": "ጎልፍ"
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      "code": "ar",
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        "masculine"
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        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
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      "word": "golf"
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      "code": "da",
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      "code": "nl",
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "word": "golf"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "kolopallo"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "ball game",
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      "word": "golf"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "გოლფი"
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      "code": "de",
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      "code": "he",
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      "code": "hi",
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      "sense": "ball game",
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      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "ball game",
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      "code": "is",
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      "sense": "ball game",
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      "word": "golf"
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      "code": "io",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "ball game",
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      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "ball game",
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      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
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      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "ゴルフ"
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      "code": "kn",
      "lang": "Kannada",
      "roman": "gālph",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "ಗಾಲ್ಫ್"
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    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "sense": "ball game",
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        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
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      "code": "km",
      "lang": "Khmer",
      "roman": "gool",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "ហ្គោល"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "golpeu",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "골프"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "гольф"
    },
    {
      "code": "lo",
      "lang": "Lao",
      "roman": "kǭp",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "ກອຟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "New-Latin",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "pilamalleus"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfs"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golfas"
    },
    {
      "code": "lb",
      "lang": "Luxembourgish",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
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        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "gōḷphŭ",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "ഗോൾഫ്"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "hahaupōro"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "korowha"
    },
    {
      "code": "mr",
      "lang": "Marathi",
      "roman": "golpha",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "गोल्फ"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "golʹf",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "гольф"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "jooł yázhí náás yikalí"
    },
    {
      "code": "nv",
      "lang": "Navajo",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "nʼdilkal"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "golf"
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      "code": "nn",
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    },
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      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "gòlf"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "sense": "ball game",
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        "golf",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "گلف"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golf"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "golfe"
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      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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      "word": "golf"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "golʹf",
      "sense": "ball game",
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      "code": "sco",
      "lang": "Scots",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "gowf"
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      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "goilf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "голф"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "ගොල්ෆ්"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
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      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "sw",
      "lang": "Swahili",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "gofu"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tl",
      "lang": "Tagalog",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golp"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "kōlf",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "கோல்ஃப்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "gōlph",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "గోల్ఫ్"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "gɔ́ɔp",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "กอล์ฟ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "tk",
      "lang": "Turkmen",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golf"
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    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "holʹf",
      "sense": "ball game",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гольф"
    },
    {
      "code": "ur",
      "lang": "Urdu",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "گولف"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "english": "golf topi",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "گولف توپى"
    },
    {
      "code": "uz",
      "lang": "Uzbek",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "golf"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "word": "gôn"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "golff"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "topics": [
        "golf",
        "sports",
        "hobbies",
        "lifestyle"
      ],
      "word": "גאָלף"
    },
    {
      "code": "zu",
      "lang": "Zulu",
      "sense": "ball game",
      "tags": [
        "class-5"
      ],
      "word": "igalofu"
    }
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  "wikipedia": [
    "golf"
  ],
  "word": "golf"
}

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      "ipa": "/ɡɔlf/",
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      "roman": "golpho khela",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "গল্ফ খেলা"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "играя голф"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "golfen"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "golfata"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "golfer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "golfen"
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    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "golfozik"
    },
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      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "play golf",
      "word": "golf-ludar"
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}

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