"softball" meaning in French

See softball in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

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  1. (sports) softball (“sport”): a variant of baseball Tags: countable, masculine, uncountable Hypernyms (sport): sport
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  2. (sports) softball (“ball”): a ball used in the sport of softball Tags: countable, masculine, uncountable Synonyms (ball): balle de balle de molle [feminine], balle de balle-molle [feminine], balle de soft-ball [feminine] Hypernyms (ball): balle
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: balle de molle [feminine], balle molle [feminine]

Alternative forms

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