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golf
English
Etymology
The word is first known in English from the 15th century from Scots. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbô (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??lf/
- (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /??f/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??lf/, /??lf/
- Rhymes: -?lf
Noun
golf (uncountable)
- (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.
- Golf, the letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Derived terms
Translations
References
- Michael Quinion (2004) , “Golf”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, ?ISBN
Verb
golf (third-person singular simple present golfs, present participle golfing, simple past and past participle golfed)
- (intransitive) To play the game of golf.
- 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work/An Error in the Fourth Dimension
- Last mystery of all, he learned to golf.
- 1894, Rudyard Kipling, The Day's Work/An Error in the Fourth Dimension
- (computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)
Translations
Anagrams
- GLOF, flog
Asturian
Noun
golf m (uncountable)
- (sports) golf
Catalan
Etymology 1
From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kólpos).
Noun
golf m (plural golfs)
- gulf
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English golf.
Noun
golf m (uncountable)
- golf
Derived terms
- golfista
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English golf.
Noun
golf m
- golf (a ball game)
Declension
Derived terms
- golfový
- golfista
Etymology 2
Borrowed from German Golf.
Noun
golf m
- bay, gulf
Declension
Further reading
- golf in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
- golf in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989
References
Dutch
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch gelve, from Proto-Germanic *gelban?,Influenced by Late Latin colfus, from Ancient Greek ?????? (kólpos).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
- Hyphenation: golf
- Rhymes: -?lf
Noun
golf f (plural golven, diminutive golfje n)
- wave
- (physics) wave
- (geography) gulf
Synonyms
- (wave): waag
Derived terms
- arrestatiegolf
- geluidsgolf
- lichtgolf
- microgolf
- radiogolf
- vloedgolf
- zwaartekrachtsgolf
Verb
golf
- first-person singular present indicative of golven
- imperative of golven
Etymology 2
Borrowed from English golf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/, /??lf/
- Hyphenation: golf
- Rhymes: -?lf
Noun
golf n (uncountable)
- golf
Verb
golf
- first-person singular present indicative of golfen
- imperative of golfen
Faroese
Etymology
From English golf, from Scots.
Noun
golf n (genitive singular golfs, uncountable)
- golf
Declension
Derived terms
- golfbóltur m
- golfbreyt f
- golfleikari m
- golfvøllur m
Finnish
(index g)
Etymology
From English golf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??olf/, [??o?lf]
- Rhymes: -olf
- Syllabification: golf
Noun
golf
- golf
Declension
Synonyms
- kolopallo
Derived terms
- verbs: golfata
Compounds
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
- Homophone: golfe
Noun
golf m (plural golf)
- golf
Further reading
- “golf” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Galician
Noun
golf m (uncountable)
- golf
German
Verb
golf
- singular imperative of golfen
- (colloquial) first-person singular present of golfen
Hungarian
Etymology
From English golf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [??olf]
- Hyphenation: golf
- Rhymes: -olf
Noun
golf (plural golfok)
- golf
Declension
Derived terms
- golfoz
- golfozik
(Compound words):
- golfklub
- golfnadrág
- golfpálya
References
Icelandic
Etymology
From English golf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?k?lv/
- Rhymes: -?lv
Noun
golf n (genitive singular golfs, no plural)
- golf
Declension
Derived terms
- golfari m (“golfer”)
- golfbíll m (“golf cart”)
- golfvöllur m (“golf course”)
Italian
Noun
golf m (invariable)
- golf
- jumper, cardigan
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From English golf
Noun
golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)
- golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Italian golfo and French golfe
Noun
golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfer, definite plural golfene)
- a gulf (large bay)
Derived terms
- Golfstrømmen
- Mexicogolfen
References
- “golf” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology 1
From English golf
Noun
golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)
- golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms
- golfbane
- golfklubb
- golfkølle
Etymology 2
From Italian golfo and French golfe
Noun
golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfar, definite plural golfane)
- a gulf (large bay)
Derived terms
- Mexicogolfen
References
- “golf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From English golf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??lf/
Noun
golf m inan
- golf
- turtleneck, polo-neck
Declension
Noun
golf m anim
- Volkswagen Golf car
Declension
Portuguese
Noun
golf m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of golfe
Romanian
Etymology 1
From French golfe.
Noun
golf n (plural golfuri)
- gulf
Declension
Etymology 2
From English golf.
Noun
golf n (uncountable)
- golf
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Noun
golf m (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- golf
Declension
Derived terms
- golfaš
- golfer
Slovak
Noun
golf m (genitive singular golfu, nominative plural golfy, genitive plural golfov, declension pattern of dub)
- golf
- (geography) bay, gulf
Declension
Derived terms
- golfový
- golfský
Further reading
- golf in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk
Spanish
Etymology
From English golf.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??olf/, [??olf]
Noun
golf m (uncountable)
- golf
Derived terms
Swedish
Noun
golf c
- gulf, bay
- golf; a sport
- Obsolete spelling of golv
Declension
Related terms
- golfa
- golfare
- golfbana
- golfklubb
- golfklubba
- Mexikanska golfen
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [?on??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?o???]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?o???]
- Phonetic: gôn
Noun
golf
- golf
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch golf.
Noun
golf c (plural golven, diminutive golfke)
- wave (motion in a liquid)
- Synonym: weach
- wave, gush
- wave (in any other medium or field)
- Synonym: weach
- (in the diminutive) tilde
Further reading
- “golf (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
golf From the web:
antigolf
English
Etymology
anti- +? golf
Adjective
antigolf (comparative more antigolf, superlative most antigolf)
- Opposing the sport of golf.
- 1995, Peter James, I. J. Thorpe, Ancient inventions
- The reason for this antigolf legislation was that it was interfering with the regular archery practice needed for civil defense.
- 1995, Peter James, I. J. Thorpe, Ancient inventions
Anagrams
- floating
antigolf From the web:
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