pallavolo

Meaning

volleyball (a game played on a rectangular court between two teams of two to six players which involves striking a ball back and forth over a net)

Concepts

volleyball

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held ball

net

volley-ball

volleyball game

volleyball

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Synonyms

palla a volo

volley

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volleyball

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palla volo

volley-ball

basket

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campo (da tennis

Translations

Volleyball

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voleibol

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volley-ball

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volleybal

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voleibol

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voleybol

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voleibol

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πετοσφαίριση

balonvolea

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vóleibol

كرة طائرة

βόλεϋ

volley

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Hyphenated as

pal‧la‧vó‧lo

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌpal.laˈvo.lo/

Etymology

Univerbation of palla + a + volo, literally “ball on flight”.
The pronunciation with -vv-, though usually proscribed, is very common, as it respects the syntactic gemination of a.