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Gaelic football
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2023 March 17
Etymology
vertical Francis McEldowney & David Walsh - USFC 08(cropped).jpg David Walsh of the Donegal county football team (left) being tackled by Francis McEldowney of the Derry county football team during the 2008 Ulster Senior Football Championship, a Gaelic football tournament. Children playing Gaelic football Ajax Ontario.jpg Children playing a game of Gaelic football.
From en Gaelic adjective football 1 endocentric.
Pronunciation
en /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔːl/ /ˌɡæ-/ [-ˈfʊʔ-] RP
en /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔl/ [-ˈfʊʔ-] GA
en En-us-Gaelic football.oga GA
en Gael ic foot ball
Noun
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An Irish form of football played by two teams of 15 players each, who score by kicking or punching a ball into the opposing team's goal or over a crossbar and between two upright posts above the goal.
en Brian Cosgrove Sport, Politics and the ‘Other Side’ The Yew Tree at the Head of the Strand Liverpool w:Liverpool University Press 2001 143–144 https://books.google.com/books?id=etTS-AjV2RkC&pg=PA144 978-0-85323-737-2 Armagh (and it is one of the most memorable chapters in the history of Gaelic football) were fated to fall at the last hurdle when they were beaten by Kerry in the All-Ireland decider.
Hypernyms
en Gaelic games
Coordinate terms
en camogie
en Gaelic handball
en hurling
en rounders
Translations
Irish form of football
Armenian: hy կելտական ֆուտբոլ
Basque: eu futbol gaeliko
Breton: br mell-droad ouezelek
Catalan: ca futbol gaèlic
Chinese:
Mandarin: cmn 蓋爾式足球 gài'ěrshìzúqiú
Danish: da Gælisk fodbold c
Esperanto: eo pejlo
Finnish: fi Gaelilainen jalkapallo, fi kelttiläinen jalkapallo
French: fr football gaelique m
Galician: gl fútbol gaélico m
Georgian: ka გელური ფეხბურთი
Greek: el γαελικό ποδόσφαιρο n
Irish: ga peil Ghaelach f, ga caid f, ga peil f
Italian: it calcio gaelico m, it football gaelico m
Japanese: ja ゲーリックフットボール Gērikku futtobōru
Korean: ko 게일릭 풋볼
Lithuanian: lt Gėlų futbolas
Macedonian: mk ге́лски фу́дбал m
Manx: gv bluckan coshey Gaeglagh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: nb Gælisk fotball m
Polish: pl futbol gaelicki m
Portuguese: pt futebol gaélico m
Romanian: ro fotbal galic n
Russian: ru гэ́льский футбо́л m
Scots: sco Gaelic fitbaa
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: sh Гелски фу̏дба̄л m
Slovak: sk Írske ragby
Spanish: es fútbol gaélico m
Swedish: sv Gaelisk fotboll c
Turkish: tr Gal futbolu
Ukrainian: uk ге́льський футбо́л m
Welsh: cy Pêl-droed Wyddelig m
Further reading
n 3370392 Gaelic adj. and n 75988 December 2022
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en compound nouns
en Gaelic football