volleyball
Part of speech: noun
Morphological type: derivation
Etymology: From volley + ball.
In 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball")
Base: volley
Inflected forms:
form: volleyballs
pos: noun
tags: plural
form: volley-ball
pos: noun
tags: alternative
form: bolleyball
pos: noun
tags: alternative
humorous
Senses:
gloss: A game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net.
pos: noun
tags: uncountable
gloss: The inflated ball used in such a game.
pos: noun
tags: countable
Derived words: beach volleyball
indoor volleyball
kick volleyball
rebound volleyball
sand volleyball
sitting volleyball
volleyballene
volleyballer
volleyball player
wallyball
Translations:
lang: Afrikaans
word: vlugbal
lang: Albanian
word: volejboll
lang: Arabic
word: الكُرَةُ اَلْطَّائِرَة
roman: kurat aṭ-ṭāʔira
lang: Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
word: ܐܸܣܦܹܝܪ ܛܵܘܣܵܐ
roman: ispēyr ṭāwsā
lang: Armenian
word: վոլեյբոլ
roman: voleybol
lang: Azerbaijani
word: voleybol
lang: Basque
word: boleibol
lang: Belarusian
word: валейбо́л
roman: valjejból
lang: Bengali
word: ভলিবল
roman: bholibol
lang: Bulgarian
word: во́лейбол
roman: vólejbol
lang: Burmese
word: ဘော်လီဘော
roman: bhaulibhau:
lang: Catalan
word: voleibol
lang: Catalan
word: vòlei
lang: Chinese Cantonese
word: 排球
roman: paai⁴ kau⁴
lang: Chinese Mandarin
word: 排球
roman: páiqiú
lang: Czech
word: volejbal
lang: Czech
word: odbíjená
lang: Danish
word: volleyball
lang: Central Dusun
word: buul tapap
lang: Dutch
word: volleybal
lang: Esperanto
word: flugpilkado
lang: Esperanto
word: retpilko
lang: Esperanto
word: volejbalo
lang: Esperanto
word: flugpilko
lang: Estonian
word: võrkpall
lang: Finnish
word: lentopallo
lang: French
word: volley-ball
lang: Galician
word: voleibol
lang: Galician
word: balonvolea
lang: Georgian
word: ფრენბურთი
roman: prenburti
lang: German
word: Volleyball
lang: Greek
word: πετοσφαίριση
roman: petosfaírisi
lang: Greek
word: βόλλεϋ
roman: vólleÿ
lang: Greek
word: βόλεϊ
roman: vóleï
lang: Gujarati
word: મારદડો
roman: māradḍo
lang: Hebrew
word: כַּדוּרעָף
roman: kadur'áf
lang: Hindi
word: वॉलीबाल
roman: vŏlībāl
lang: Hindi
word: वॉलीबॉल
roman: vŏlībŏl
lang: Hungarian
word: röplabda
lang: Icelandic
word: blak
lang: Indonesian
word: bola voli
lang: Irish
word: eitpheil
lang: Italian
word: pallavolo
lang: Italian
word: palla a volo
lang: Italian
word: volley
lang: Japanese
word: バレーボール
roman: barēbōru
lang: Japanese
word: 排球
roman: haikyū
lang: Kazakh
word: волейбол
roman: voleibol
lang: Khmer
word: បាល់ទះ
roman: bal teah
lang: Khmer
word: កីឡាបាល់ទះ
roman: kəylaa bal teah
lang: Korean
word: 배구
roman: baegu
lang: Korean
word: 발리볼
roman: ballibol
lang: Northern Kurdish
word: voleybol
lang: Kyrgyz
word: волейбол
roman: voleybol
lang: Lao
word: ບານສົ່ງ
roman: bān song
lang: Latin
word: follis volitatis
lang: Latvian
word: volejbols
lang: Lithuanian
word: tinklinis
lang: Macedonian
word: одбојка
roman: odbojka
lang: Malay
word: bola tampar
lang: Māori
word: poirewa
lang: Marshallese
word: baļebo̧o̧ļ
lang: Mingrelian
word: ფურინბურთი
roman: purinburti
lang: Mongolian
word: волейбол
roman: volejbol
lang: Mongolian
word: гар бөмбөг
roman: gar bömbög
lang: Muna
word: foli
lang: Navajo
word: jooł nabízníkaadí
lang: Navajo
word: jooł ałnáábízníltsʼííh
lang: Norwegian Bokmål
word: volleyball
lang: Norwegian Nynorsk
word: volleyball
lang: Persian
word: والیبال
roman: vâlibâl
lang: Polish
word: siatkówka
lang: Polish
word: piłka siatkowa
lang: Polish
word: siatka
lang: Polish
word: siata
lang: Portuguese
word: voleibol
lang: Portuguese
word: vólei
lang: Portuguese
word: vôlei
lang: Romanian
word: volei
lang: Russian
word: волейбо́л
roman: volejból
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: одбојка
lang: Serbo-Croatian
word: odbojka
lang: Sinhalese
word: වොලිබෝල්
roman: wolibōl
lang: Slovak
word: volejbal
lang: Slovene
word: odbojka
lang: Spanish
word: voleibol
lang: Spanish
word: balonvolea
lang: Spanish
word: vóleibol
lang: Spanish
word: vóley
lang: Swahili
word: voliboli
lang: Swedish
word: volleyboll
lang: Tagalog
word: volleyball
lang: Tagalog
word: balibol
lang: Tajik
word: волейбол
roman: voleybol
lang: Thai
word: วอลเลย์บอล
roman: wɔn-lêe-bɔn
lang: Turkish
word: voleybol
lang: Turkmen
word: woleýbol
lang: Ukrainian
word: волейбо́л
roman: volejból
lang: Ukrainian
word: відби́ванка
roman: vidbývanka
lang: Urdu
word: والی بال
roman: vālī bāl
lang: Uzbek
word: voleybol
lang: Vietnamese
word: bóng chuyền
lang: Welsh
word: pêl-foli