fotboll

Swedish

Etymology

From fot (“foot”) +‎ boll (“ball”), a calque of English football.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (articulated) /²fuːtˌbɔl/, (in daily speech) [²fuːˌβ̞ɔl]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: fot‧boll

Noun

fotboll c

1. (uncountable) soccer (US), football (UK); a team sport
2. (countable) football; the ball used in any game called football/soccer; if not clarified, usually the ball in association football.

Declension

Declension of fotboll
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	fotboll	fotbollen	fotbollar	fotbollarna
Genitive	fotbolls	fotbollens	fotbollars	fotbollarnas

Further reading

• fotboll in Svensk ordbok.