different between wiffleball vs baseball
wiffleball
English
Alternative forms
- wiffle-ball
- wiffle ball
- whiffleball
- whiffle-ball
- whiffle ball
Etymology
From (onomatopoeia) whiff (“to strike, to strikeout”) + ball.
Not derived from whiffle, though both derive from same onomatopoeic sources, namely a sound of wind.
Noun
wiffleball (countable and uncountable, plural wiffleballs)
- (US, uncountable) A game similar to baseball, played with a lightweight bat and ball and suitable for children to play in confined areas.
- (US, countable) The ball used in that game.
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baseball
English
Alternative forms
- base ball (obsolete) [1800s]
- base-ball (dated)
Etymology
base +? ball
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?be?s.b??l/
- (US) IPA(key): /?be?s.b?l/, /?be?s.b?l/
Noun
baseball (plural baseballs)
- A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
- 1797-1798, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
- It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.
- 1797-1798, Jane Austen, Northanger Abbey
- The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
- A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Usage notes
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:baseball.
Derived terms
Translations
See also
- rounders
- softball
- wiffleball
- Appendix:Glossary of baseball
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Noun
baseball m
- baseball
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?bei?sbo?l/, [?be?i?s?bo??l]
- Syllabification: base?ball
Noun
baseball
- baseball
Declension
Synonyms
- amerikkalainen pesäpallo (archaic)
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?z.b?l/
Noun
baseball m (uncountable)
- Alternative spelling of base-ball
Hungarian
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?be?zbo?l]
- Hyphenation: base?ball
- Rhymes: -o?l
Noun
baseball
- (sports) baseball
Declension
Derived terms
References
Further reading
- baseball in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (’A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2021)
Italian
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Noun
baseball m (invariable)
- baseball
- Synonym: (rare) pallabase
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From American English baseball
Noun
baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)
- baseball (ball game)
References
- “baseball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
- “baseball” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From American English baseball
Noun
baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)
- baseball (ball game)
References
- “baseball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Alternative forms
- bejsbol
Etymology
Borrowed from English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?j.zb?l/
Noun
baseball m inan
- baseball
Declension
Derived terms
- baseballista
- baseballowy
- baseballówka
Further reading
- baseball in Polish dictionaries at PWN
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