soccer

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

Association football.

Verb

To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

Sinonieme

football

🏈

association football

football

🏈

Association football

net

footballing

footer

soccer ball

Australian rules football

rugby league

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈsɒk.ə/

Etimologie (Engels)

Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888.
Compare contemporary rugger, from Rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

Sinne

He now plays beach soccer .

This win influenced girls to want to play soccer on a team .