baseball

See also: Baseball, base ball, and base-ball

baseball - English

Alternative forms

base ball (obsolete)
base-ball (dated)

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA: /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
(US) IPA: /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/

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.
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 baseball.

Derived terms

Translations

Afrikaans: bofbal (af)
Albanian: bejsbol m
Arabic: بَيْسْبُول‎ m (baysbūl)
Armenian: բեյսբոլ (hy) (beysbol)
Asturian: béisbol m
Azerbaijani: beysbol
Belarusian: бейсбо́л m (bjejsból)
Bengali: বেসবল (besbol)
Bulgarian: бейзбол m (bejzbol)
Burmese: ဗေ့စဘော (be.ca.bhau:), ဘေ့စ်ဘော (bhec.bhau:)
Catalan: beisbol (ca) m
Cherokee: ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎶᏗ (alasgalodi)
Chinese:
- Hakka: 野球 (hak) (yâ-khiù)
- Mandarin: 棒球 (zh) (bàngqiú)
- Min Nan: 野球 (zh-min-nan) (iá-kiû)
Czech: baseball (cs) m
Danish: baseball c
Dutch: honkbal (nl) n
Esperanto: basbalo, bazopilkado
Estonian: pesapall (et)
Finnish: baseball (fi), pesäpallo (fi) (Finnish variety of the game), amerikkalainen pesäpallo (rare)
French: baseball (fr) m, base-ball (fr) m
Galician: béisbol (gl) m
Georgian: ბეისბოლი (beisboli)
German: Baseball (de) m
Greek: μπέιζμπολ (el) n (béizmpol)
Hebrew: כדור-בסיס‎ (kadur-basys), בֵּיסבּוֹל / בייסבול‎ m (beysbol)
Hindi: बेसबॉल m (besbŏl)
Hungarian: baseball (hu)
Icelandic: hafnabolti (is) m, hornabolti m
Indonesian: bisbol (id)
Irish: daorchluiche m
Italian: baseball (it) m
Japanese: 野球 (ja) (やきゅう, yakyū)
Kazakh: бейсбол (beisbol)
Khmer: បេស្បល (beesbɑɑl)
Korean: 야구(野球) (ko) (yagu)
Kyrgyz: бейсбол (beysbol)
Lao: ເບດບອນ (bēt bǭn)
Latin: ludus pilae et basium m, basipila f
Latvian: beisbols m
Lithuanian: beisbolas m
Luxembourgish: Baseball
Macedonian: безбол m (bezbol), бејзбол m (bejzbol)
Malay: besbol
Maltese: bejżbol
Maori: poipapa
Mongolian: бэйсбол (bejsbol)
Navajo: jooł daakalígíí, jooł yikalí
Norwegian:
- Bokmål: baseball m
- Nynorsk: baseball m
Occitan: beisbòl m
Ojibwe: bakitejii'igem
Persian: بیسبال‎ (beysbâl)
Plautdietsch: Beebaul m
Polish: baseball (pl) m
Portuguese: beisebol (pt) m (Brazil), basebol (pt) m (Portugal)
Romanian: baseball (ro) n
Russian: бейсбо́л (ru) m (bejsból)
Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: бѐјзбо̄л m
- Roman: bèjzbōl (sh) m
Sinhalese: බේස්බෝල් (bēsbōl)
Slovak: bejzbal m
Slovene: baseball m
Spanish: béisbol (es) m
Swahili: besiboli
Swedish: baseboll (sv) c
Tagalog: beysbol
Tajik: бейсбол (tg) (beysbol)
Thai: เบสบอล (bées-bɔn)
Turkish: beyzbol (tr)
Turkmen: beýzbol, beýsbol
Ukrainian: бейсбо́л (uk) m (bejsból)
Urdu: بیس بال‎
Uzbek: beysbol
Vietnamese: bóng chày (vi)
West Frisian: basebal
Yiddish: בײסבאָל‎ (beysbol)

Afrikaans: bofbal (af)
Cherokee: ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎶᏗ (alasgalodi)
Dutch: honkbal (nl) m
Finnish: baseball-pallo
French: balle de baseball f
Hungarian: baseball-labda
Icelandic: hafnabolti (is) m, hornabolti m
Maltese: ballun tal-bejżbol
Navajo: jooł
Plautdietsch: Beebaul m
Portuguese: bola de beisebol f (Brazil)
Swedish: baseboll (sv) c
Turkish: beyzbol topu

baseball - Czech

Noun

baseball m inan

baseball

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

baseball - Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈbei̯sboːl/, [ˈbe̞i̯s̠bo̞ːl]
Syllabification: base‧ball

Noun

baseball

baseball

Declension

Inflection of baseball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		baseball	baseballit
genitive		baseballin	baseballien
partitive		baseballia	baseballeja
illative		baseballiin	baseballeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		baseball	baseballit
accusative	nom.	baseball	baseballit
accusative	gen.	baseballin	baseballit
genitive		baseballin	baseballien
partitive		baseballia	baseballeja
inessive		baseballissa	baseballeissa
elative		baseballista	baseballeista
illative		baseballiin	baseballeihin
adessive		baseballilla	baseballeilla
ablative		baseballilta	baseballeilta
allative		baseballille	baseballeille
essive		baseballina	baseballeina
translative		baseballiksi	baseballeiksi
instructive		—	baseballein
abessive		baseballitta	baseballeitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of baseball (type risti)

first-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		baseballini	baseballini
accusative	nom.	baseballini	baseballini
accusative	gen.	baseballini	baseballini
genitive		baseballini	baseballieni
partitive		baseballiani	baseballejani
inessive		baseballissani	baseballeissani
elative		baseballistani	baseballeistani
illative		baseballiini	baseballeihini
adessive		baseballillani	baseballeillani
ablative		baseballiltani	baseballeiltani
allative		baseballilleni	baseballeilleni
essive		baseballinani	baseballeinani
translative		baseballikseni	baseballeikseni
instructive		—	—
abessive		baseballittani	baseballeittani
comitative		—	baseballeineni

second-person singular possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		baseballisi	baseballisi
accusative	nom.	baseballisi	baseballisi
accusative	gen.	baseballisi	baseballisi
genitive		baseballisi	baseballiesi
partitive		baseballiasi	baseballejasi
inessive		baseballissasi	baseballeissasi
elative		baseballistasi	baseballeistasi
illative		baseballiisi	baseballeihisi
adessive		baseballillasi	baseballeillasi
ablative		baseballiltasi	baseballeiltasi
allative		baseballillesi	baseballeillesi
essive		baseballinasi	baseballeinasi
translative		baseballiksesi	baseballeiksesi
instructive		—	—
abessive		baseballittasi	baseballeittasi
comitative		—	baseballeinesi

first-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		baseballimme	baseballimme
accusative	nom.	baseballimme	baseballimme
accusative	gen.	baseballimme	baseballimme
genitive		baseballimme	baseballiemme
partitive		baseballiamme	baseballejamme
inessive		baseballissamme	baseballeissamme
elative		baseballistamme	baseballeistamme
illative		baseballiimme	baseballeihimme
adessive		baseballillamme	baseballeillamme
ablative		baseballiltamme	baseballeiltamme
allative		baseballillemme	baseballeillemme
essive		baseballinamme	baseballeinamme
translative		baseballiksemme	baseballeiksemme
instructive		—	—
abessive		baseballittamme	baseballeittamme
comitative		—	baseballeinemme

second-person plural possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		baseballinne	baseballinne
accusative	nom.	baseballinne	baseballinne
accusative	gen.	baseballinne	baseballinne
genitive		baseballinne	baseballienne
partitive		baseballianne	baseballejanne
inessive		baseballissanne	baseballeissanne
elative		baseballistanne	baseballeistanne
illative		baseballiinne	baseballeihinne
adessive		baseballillanne	baseballeillanne
ablative		baseballiltanne	baseballeiltanne
allative		baseballillenne	baseballeillenne
essive		baseballinanne	baseballeinanne
translative		baseballiksenne	baseballeiksenne
instructive		—	—
abessive		baseballittanne	baseballeittanne
comitative		—	baseballeinenne

third-person possessor
		singular	plural
nominative		baseballinsa	baseballinsa
accusative	nom.	baseballinsa	baseballinsa
accusative	gen.	baseballinsa	baseballinsa
genitive		baseballinsa	baseballiensa
partitive		baseballiaan baseballiansa	baseballejaan baseballejansa
inessive		baseballissaan baseballissansa	baseballeissaan baseballeissansa
elative		baseballistaan baseballistansa	baseballeistaan baseballeistansa
illative		baseballiinsa	baseballeihinsa
adessive		baseballillaan baseballillansa	baseballeillaan baseballeillansa
ablative		baseballiltaan baseballiltansa	baseballeiltaan baseballeiltansa
allative		baseballilleen baseballillensa	baseballeilleen baseballeillensa
essive		baseballinaan baseballinansa	baseballeinaan baseballeinansa
translative		baseballikseen baseballiksensa	baseballeikseen baseballeiksensa
instructive		—	—
abessive		baseballittaan baseballittansa	baseballeittaan baseballeittansa
comitative		—	baseballeineen baseballeinensa

Synonyms

amerikkalainen pesäpallo (archaic)

baseball - French

Pronunciation

IPA: /bɛz.bɔl/

Noun

baseball m (uncountable)

post-1990 spelling of base-ball

baseball - Hungarian

Pronunciation

IPA: [ˈbeːzboːl]
Hyphenation: base‧ball

Noun

baseball (usually uncountable, plural baseballok)

(sports) baseball

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	baseball	baseballok
accusative	baseballt	baseballokat
dative	baseballnak	baseballoknak
instrumental	baseballal	baseballokkal
causal-final	baseballért	baseballokért
translative	baseballá	baseballokká
terminative	baseballig	baseballokig
essive-formal	baseballként	baseballokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	baseballban	baseballokban
superessive	baseballon	baseballokon
adessive	baseballnál	baseballoknál
illative	baseballba	baseballokba
sublative	baseballra	baseballokra
allative	baseballhoz	baseballokhoz
elative	baseballból	baseballokból
delative	baseballról	baseballokról
ablative	baseballtól	baseballoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	baseballé	baseballoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	baseballéi	baseballokéi

Possessive forms of baseball
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	baseballom	baseballjaim
2nd person sing.	baseballod	baseballjaid
3rd person sing.	baseballja	baseballjai
1st person plural	baseballunk	baseballjaink
2nd person plural	baseballotok	baseballjaitok
3rd person plural	baseballjuk	baseballjaik

Derived terms

Compound words

baseballsapka

baseball - Italian

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈbɛ.zbol/

Noun

baseball m (invariable)

baseball
- Synonym: (rare) pallabase

baseball - Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

baseball (ball game)

baseball - Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

baseball (ball game)

baseball - Polish

Alternative forms

bejsbol

Pronunciation

IPA: /ˈbɛj.zbɔl/
Syllabification: base‧ball

Noun

baseball m inan

baseball

Declension

	singular
nominative	baseball
genitive	baseballu
dative	baseballowi
accusative	baseball
instrumental	baseballem
locative	baseballu
vocative	baseballu

Derived terms

baseball - Romanian

Noun

baseball n (uncountable)

baseball

Declension

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) baseball	baseballul
genitive/dative	(unui) baseball	baseballului
vocative	baseballule

baseball - Swedish

Noun

baseball c

Alternative form of baseboll

Declension

Declension of baseball
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	baseball	baseballen	baseballar	baseballarna
Genitive	baseballs	baseballens	baseballars	baseballarnas