volleyball
/ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/
volleyball noun: 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.
Noun
volleyball (countable and uncountable, plural volleyballs)
volleyball meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
volleyball in Hindi
- game
- वॉलीबाल vŏlībāl, वॉलीबॉल vŏlībŏl
volleyball in Tamil
- கையுந்துபந்து, வாலிபால்
volleyball in Marathi
- व्हॉलीबॉल, वॉलीबॉल
volleyball in Urdu
- game
- والی بال vālī bāl
More languagesFewer languages
- volleyball in Bengali
- ভলিবল bholibol
- volleyball in Telugu
- వాలీబాల్, వాలిబాల్, వాలీబాలు
- volleyball in Malayalam
- വോളിബോൾ, വോളിയബോൾ
- volleyball in Kannada
- ಕೈಚೆಂಡು, ಕೈಚೆಂಡಿನ ಆಟ, ಕೈಚೆಂಡಿನಾಟ
- volleyball in Punjabi
- ਵਾਲੀਬਾਲ
- volleyball in Gujarati
- મારદડો māradḍo
- volleyball in Odia
- ଭଲିବଲ୍, ଭଲିବଲ, ଭଲିମ୍ବଲ୍
- volleyball in Sanskrit
- जालकन्दुकक्रीडा jālakandukakrīḍā, करकन्दुकक्रीडा karakandukakrīḍā, जालकन्दुक jālakanduka
- volleyball in Sinhala
- වොලිබෝල් wolibōl
- volleyball in Nepali
- भलिबल
- volleyball in Tagalog
- volleyball, balibol
- volleyball in Arabic
- الكُرَةُ اَلْطَّائِرَة kurat aṭ-ṭāʔira
- volleyball in Malay
- bola tampar
- volleyball in Indonesian
- bola voli
- volleyball in Persian
- والیبال vâlibâl
- volleyball in Thai
- วอลเลย์บอล wɔn-lêe-bɔn
- volleyball in Vietnamese
- bóng chuyền
- volleyball in Myanmar
- ဘော်လီဘော bhaulibhau:
Examples of volleyball in a sentence
- My passion for football has worn off –I'm into into women's volleyball now.
- His serves did not clear the volleyball net.
- Helena, his Swedish mother, was an international heptathlete and volleyball player.
Forms of volleyball
| plural | volleyballs |
|---|---|
| alternative form | volley-ball |
| alternative form (humorous) | bolleyball |
Origin of volleyball
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")
Words formed from volleyball
Phrases with volleyball
Questions about volleyball
- What does volleyball mean?
- Volleyball means 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.
- What is volleyball in Hindi?
- Volleyball in Hindi is वॉलीबाल (vŏlībāl), वॉलीबॉल (vŏlībŏl). See Volleyball meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is volleyball?
- Volleyball is a noun.
- How do you pronounce volleyball?
- Volleyball is pronounced /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/.
- What is the plural of volleyball?
- The plural of volleyball is volleyballs.
Words near volleyball in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: volleyball (page history and authors); volleyball (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volleyball (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volleyball (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volleyball (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volleyball (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); volleyball (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volleyball (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volleyball (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). 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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