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association football

association football noun: a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

Noun

association football (uncountable)

  1. A ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.

association football meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

association football in Hindi

association football, soccer
सॉकर sŏkar

association football in Tamil

காற்பந்தாட்டம்

association football in Urdu

soccer
ایسوسی ایشن فٹ بال

association football in Bengali

association football, soccer
ফুটবল phuṭbol
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association football in Kannada
ಅಸ್ಸೋಸಿಯೆಷನ್ ಫುಟ್‌ಬಾಲ್ assōsiyeṣan phuṭbāl
association football in Gujarati
ફૂટબોલ phūṭbol
association football in Nepali
फुटबल phuṭabal
association football in Indonesian
sepak bola
association football in Vietnamese
bóng đá

Synonyms of association football

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Origin of association football

From it being the form of football codified and promoted by the The Football Association.

Words formed from association football

Questions about association football

What does association football mean?
Association football means a ball game played between two teams of eleven players, each attempting to win by scoring more goals than their opponent.
What is association football in Hindi?
Association football in Hindi is सॉकर (sŏkar). See Association football meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is association football?
Association football is a noun.

Words near association football in the dictionary

  1. association
  2. association copies
  3. association copy
  4. association fallacies
  5. association fallacy
  6. association football
  7. association footballer
  8. association link
  9. association links
  10. association list
  11. association lists

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: association football (page history and authors); सॉकर (Hindi) (page history and authors); association football (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ফুটবল (Bengali) (page history and authors); ಅಸ್ಸೋಸಿಯೆಷನ್ ಫುಟ್‌ಬಾಲ್ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ફૂટબોલ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); फुटबल (Nepali) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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