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hockey
English
Etymology 1
Unknown origin, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.
Pronunciation
- enPR: h?k'i, IPA(key): /?h?ki/
- Rhymes: -?ki
Noun
hockey (uncountable)
- (Canada, US) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
- (Britain) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
- A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.
Synonyms
- ice hockey
- field hockey
- (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
Noun
hockey (uncountable)
- (US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
- 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:
- “I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”
- 2014, Gwen Hunter, Bloodstone:
- My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.
- 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:
Etymology 3
See oche.
Noun
hockey (plural hockeys)
- (darts, dated) Alternative form of oche.
References
- “hockey” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.
Anagrams
- chokey
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English hockey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /???.ki/
- Hyphenation: hoc?key
- Rhymes: -?ki
Noun
hockey n (uncountable)
- hockey, usually field hockey
Derived terms
- hockeybal
- hockeyen
- hockeymasker
- hockeystick
- hockeyveld
- ijshockey
- unihockey
- zaalhockey
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hok?ei?/, [?ho?k?e?i?]
Noun
hockey
- hockey
Declension
French
Etymology
From English hockey
Pronunciation
- (aspirated h) IPA(key): /?.k?/
- Rhymes: -?
- Homophones: hoquet, hoquets
Noun
hockey m (uncountable)
- hockey
- (Canada) ice hockey
Synonyms
- (ice hockey): hockey sur glace
Derived terms
- hockeyeur
- hockeyeuse
- hockey sur gazon
- hockey sur glace
- hockey sur luge
- hockey sur table
Further reading
- “hockey” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Etymology
From English hockey.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /??.kej/, /??.kej/
Noun
hockey m (uncountable)
- hockey
Derived terms
- hockey su ghiaccio
- hockey su pista/hockey a rotelle
- hockey su prato
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From English hockey
Noun
hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)
- (sports) hockey
Derived terms
- hockeykølle
- ishockey
References
- “hockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From English hockey
Noun
hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)
- (sports) hockey
Derived terms
- hockeykølle
- ishockey
References
- “hockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English hockey.
Alternative forms
jóquey (rare)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?xokei/, [?xo.kei?]
Noun
hockey m (plural hockey)
- hockey
Derived terms
- hockey sobre hielo
- hockey sobre césped, hockey sobre hierba, hockey sobre pasto
Swedish
Etymology
From English hockey
Noun
hockey c (definite singular hockeyn)
- (sports) hockey
Derived terms
- hockeybild c
- hockeyklubba c
- hockeyspelare c
- ishockey c
- landhockey c
hockey From the web:
- what hockey games are on today
- what hockey team should i root for
- what hockey cards are worth money
- what hockey teams are allowing fans
lacrosse
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Canadian French la crosse (“the stick”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /l??k??s/
- (General American) IPA(key): /l??k??s/
- (cot–caught merger, Canada) IPA(key): /l??k??s/
Noun
lacrosse (uncountable)
- (sports) A sport played on a field between two opposing teams using sticks (crosses) and a ball, whereby one team defeats the other by achieving a higher score by scoring goals within the allotted time.
Derived terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Alcosers, escolars, solacers
Catalan
Etymology
From French.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central) IPA(key): /l??k??s/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /la?k??s/
Noun
lacrosse m (uncountable)
- (sports) lacrosse
References
- lacrosse on the Catalan Wikipedia.Wikipedia ca
Danish
Etymology
From French.
Noun
lacrosse
- (sports) lacrosse
References
- lacrosse on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
From French la crosse (“the stick”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: la?cros?se
Noun
lacrosse n (uncountable)
- (sports) lacrosse
French
Etymology
la +? crosse
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la.k??s/
Noun
lacrosse m (uncountable)
- (sports) lacrosse; Synonym of crosse (“f”)
Synonyms
- crosse f
Italian
Etymology
From English lacrosse from Canadian French crosse.
Noun
lacrosse m (uncountable)
- (sports) lacrosse
Further reading
- lacrosse in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
- lacrosse on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Anagrams
- classerò, sclerosa
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From French la crosse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /l??kr?s/
- Rhymes: -?s
Noun
lacrosse m
- (sports) lacrosse
References
- lacrosse on the Norwegian Wikipedia.Wikipedia no
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From French la crosse.
Noun
lacrosse m
- (sports) lacrosse
Polish
Etymology
From French lacrosse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la?kr?s/
Noun
lacrosse n (indeclinable)
- (sports) lacrosse
Further reading
- lacrosse in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Etymology
From French.
Noun
lacrosse m (uncountable)
- (sports) lacrosse
References
- lacrosse on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Scottish Gaelic
Etymology
Borrowed from French lacrosse.
Noun
lacrosse ?
- lacrosse
References
- lacrosse on the Scottish Gaelic Wikipedia.Wikipedia gd
Spanish
Etymology
From French lacrosse.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la?k?os/, [la?k?os]
Noun
lacrosse m (uncountable)
- (sports) lacrosse
References
- lacrosse on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
Swedish
Etymology
From French.
Noun
lacrosse c
- (sports) lacrosse
Declension
References
- lacrosse on the Swedish Wikipedia.Wikipedia sv
lacrosse From the web:
- what lacrosse stick should i get
- what lacrosse position should i play
- what lacrosse mesh should i get
- what lacrosse cleats should i get
- why is lacrosse called lacrosse
- what are some lacrosse terms
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