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Dutch
Etymology
From honk + bal, calque of English baseball.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɦɔŋk.bɑl/
- Hyphenation: honk‧bal
Noun
honkbal n (uncountable)
- baseball (sport)
2009, Wilna Groenenboom, Document Bonaire, page 91:Waar toeristen Bonaire vooral bezoeken om er te duiken, zijn de eilanders zelf grote liefhebbers van honkbal en voetbal.- Whereas tourists primarily visit Bonaire in order to dive, the islanders themselves are avid fans of baseball and football.
Derived terms
Noun
honkbal m (plural honkballen, diminutive honkballetje n)
- baseball (ball)
1996, Henri A. V. M. Stekelenburg, Hier is alles vooruitgang. Landverhuizing van Noord-Brabant naar Noord-Amerika, 1880-1940, Stichting Zuidelijk Historisch Contact, page 155:Terwijl de kolonisten in Chinook Onafhankelijkheidsdag vierden, kwam een enorme hagelbui met hagelstenen zo groot als honkballen de gehele oogst vernietigen.- While the colonists in Chinook were celebrating Independence Day, an enormous hailstorm with hailstones as large as baseballs arrived and destroyed the entire harvest.