softball
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A softball. 
A softball game.
English
Etymology
1926: soft + ball. Compare hardball.
Pronunciation
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
softball (countable and uncountable, plural softballs)
- (sports) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
- (sports) The ball used to play the sport.
- (by analogy) A question designed to be easy to answer.
Synonyms
Hypernyms
ball
sport
Coordinate terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: softball
- French: → softball, → balle molle (calque)
- → Portuguese: softball
- → Spanish: softball
Translations
game
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ball
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Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation
Noun
softball
Declension
| Inflection of softball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | softball | softballit | ||
| genitive | softballin | softballien | ||
| partitive | softballia | softballeja | ||
| illative | softballiin | softballeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | softball | softballit | ||
| accusative | nom. | softball | softballit | |
| gen. | softballin | |||
| genitive | softballin | softballien | ||
| partitive | softballia | softballeja | ||
| inessive | softballissa | softballeissa | ||
| elative | softballista | softballeista | ||
| illative | softballiin | softballeihin | ||
| adessive | softballilla | softballeilla | ||
| ablative | softballilta | softballeilta | ||
| allative | softballille | softballeille | ||
| essive | softballina | softballeina | ||
| translative | softballiksi | softballeiksi | ||
| abessive | softballitta | softballeitta | ||
| instructive | — | softballein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Borrowed from English softball.
Noun
softball m (countable and uncountable, plural softballs)
- (sports) softball (“sport”): a variant of baseball
- (sports) softball (“ball”): a ball used in the sport of softball
Synonyms
ball
Hypernyms
sport
ball
Polish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation
Noun
softball m inan (related adjective softballowy)
- softball (game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand)
Declension
Declension of softball
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | softball |
| genitive | softballa/softballu |
| dative | softballowi |
| accusative | softballa/softballu |
| instrumental | softballem |
| locative | softballu |
| vocative | softballu |
Derived terms
nouns
Further reading
- softball in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Noun
softball m (uncountable)
- softball (a sport similar to baseball)
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English softball.
Pronunciation
Noun
softball m (uncountable)
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.