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FIFA
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Translingual
Etymology
mul :bor fr:FIFA 1
From mul fr Fédération Internationale de Football Association International Federation of Association Football.
Pronunciation
en /ˈfiːfə/
Proper noun
mul football The FIFA International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of the sport of association football.
Translations
the International Federation of Association Football
Arabic: ar فِيفَا
Armenian: hy ՖԻՖԱ
Chinese:
Cantonese: yue 國際足協 Hong Kong
Mandarin: cmn 國際足聯 Mainland China, cmn 國際足總 Taiwan, cmn 國際足協 Hong Kong
English: en FIFA, en International Federation of Association Football
French: fr FIFA, fr Fédération Internationale de Football Association
Greek: el ΦΙΦΑ
Japanese: ja FIFA Fīfa, ja フィファ Fifa, ja 国際サッカー連盟 Kokusai Sakkā Renmei
Korean: ko ^피파, ko ^국제 축구 연맹, ko ^국제 축구 련맹 North Korea
Macedonian: mk ФИФА, mk Меѓународна фудбалска федерација
Persian:
Iranian Persian: fa-ira فیفا
Polish: pl FIFA f
Russian: ru ФИФА́
Spanish: es FIFA f
Swahili: sw Shirikisho la Soka Duniani, sw Shirikisho la Mpira Duniani
Tajik: tg ФИФА
Ukrainian: uk ФІФА́
mul acronyms
mul Organizations
English
Etymology
en :obor fr:FIFA + 1
Pronunciation
en /ˈfiːfə/
en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-FIFA.wav Southern England
en iːfə 2
Proper noun
mul FIFA International Federation of Association Football
en 2012 John Nauright; Charles Parrish Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice 127 In terms of viewing audience and revenue, the FIFA World Cup is the largest sport megaevent of its kind
en Thomas Schlachter There must be ‘significant consequences’ for clubs failing to deal with racism in stadiums, says player and union official w:CNN https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/22/sport/pfa-chair-omar-beckles-racism-in-football-kasey-palmer-spt-intl/index.html 2024-01-22 After FIFA President Gianni Infantino called for automatic forfeits for teams whose fans have racially abused players and caused matches to be abandoned, the English Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chair says fellow players don’t believe enough is being done to punish racism at soccer matches. https://web.archive.org/web/20240328151545/https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/22/sport/pfa-chair-omar-beckles-racism-in-football-kasey-palmer-spt-intl/index.html
en video gaming trademark A series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label.
en metonymy Canada United States The FIFA World Cup.
en 2025 Andrea Charron North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) Modernization Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on National Defence For example, we are going to be hosting FIFA, one of the largest international events in the world. 19 https://www.ourcommons.ca/Content/Committee/451/NDDN/Evidence/EV13723629/NDDNEV11-E.PDF
en 2026-06-19 SlavBritt 2067966784964022739 Many apologies to all the FIFA visitors in town who may or may not have just gotten washed away in this morning’s torrential downpour after potentially dying to heatstroke yesterday...
Further reading
Anagrams
en affi FaiF FAIF AIFF
en Organizations Football (soccer)
en acronyms
Catalan
ca:
Etymology
ca :obor fr:FIFA + 1
Proper noun
f
FIFA International Federation of Association Football
ca Organizations
French
fr :from fédération internationale football association
Pronunciation
fr LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-FIFA.wav <<France>> (<<Lyon>>)
Proper noun
f
FIFA International Federation of Association Football
Further reading
Fédération internationale de football association fr
fr Organizations Football (soccer)
fr acronyms
Japanese
Etymology
ja :bor fr:FIFA 1
From ja fr FIFA ふぃいふぁ.
Proper noun
proper フィーファ
ja 国際サッカー連盟 Kokusai Sakkā Renmei International Federation of Association Football; FIFA
ja Organizations Football (soccer) ふぃいふぁ
Polish
pl:
Etymology
pl :obor fr:FIFA + 1
Pronunciation
LL-Q809 (pol)-Olaf-FIFA.wav
Proper noun
f 1
pl soccer en FIFA
Further reading
pl initialisms
pl Organizations
Spanish
es:
Etymology
es :obor fr:FIFA + 1
Pronunciation
Proper noun
f
es soccer FIFA International Federation of Association Football
Derived terms
es parón FIFA virus FIFA
Proper noun
m
es video game trademark en FIFA
es 2021-10-18 Marca Víctor Romero Adiós a 'el FIFA', hola a 'los FIFAs': la institución anuncia que EA Sports ya no tendrá su exclusividad https://www.marca.com/videojuegos/playstation/2021/10/18/616da748e2704e6a778b45e6.html https://web.archive.org/web/20230921185941/https://www.marca.com/videojuegos/playstation/2021/10/18/616da748e2704e6a778b45e6.html 21 September 2023
es Organizations Football (soccer)
es acronyms