football

ƙwallon ƙafa

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈfʊtbɔl/
  • IPA: [ˈfʊʔtbɔɫ] or [ˈfʊʔt̚bɔɫ]
• IPA: /ˈfʊtbɔːl/
  • IPA: [ˈfʊʔt̚bɔːl] or [ˈfʊʔtʰbɔːl] or [ˈfʊʔbɔːl]
• IPA: /ˈfʊtbɑl/
  • IPA: [fʷʊʔt̚bɑɫ]

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Noun

Singular football

Plural footballs

1. (uncountable) Football refers to a number of team sports in which players kick a ball including association football (soccer), American football (wasan NFL a Amurka), Canadian football, Australian rules football, and rugby football. <> ƙwallon ƙafa.
   
   
   1. IN Spain a referee interrupts a football match.
      A ƘASAR Spain wani alƙalin wasa ya dakatar da wasan ƙwallon da ake yi.
      
      
   2. Professor Michael Goulder, for example, was a parish priest in Manchester, England, at the time of the 1958 Munich air disaster in which many of the Manchester United football team were killed.
      Alal misali, Farfesa Michael Goulder, firist ne a Manchester, Ingila, a lokacin wani haɗarin jirgin sama a shekara ta 1958 a Jamus da ’yan wasan ƙwallon ƙafa na Manchester United suka mutu. [1]
      
      
2. (countable) A football is the ball used in such games. <> ƙwallon ƙafa.
   

• 
  Girls playing football (soccer)
• 
  A football (soccer ball)
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  American football
• 
  An American football

Related words

• American football
• footballer

See also

• soccer