goal

Senso (English)

1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.
2. In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
3. The act of placing the object into the goal.
4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
5. A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

aim

purpose

terminal point

final state

end objective

final intention

six points

comber board

Frequenza

Pronunciato come (IPA)

/ɡəʊl/

Inherited from inglese medio

Inherited from inglese antico

Cognate with inglese antico

Cognate with lituano

Cognate with lettone

Cognate with prussiano

Cognate with albanese

In summary

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English *gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).

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