basketball

/bas.kɛt.bol/

le noun A1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: core. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Meaning

  1. basketball

    • Il joue au basketball avec ses amis.

      He plays basketball with his friends.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual
Meaning fingerprint: Category: thing. Concreteness: concrete. Animacy: inanimate. Countability: countable. Scope: individual.

Similar words

Similar in other languages

German

Basketball

Basketball is the German word for the same thing — both mean "basketball."

Spanish

baloncesto

baloncesto is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "basketball."

Portuguese

basquete

basquete is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "basketball."

Practice

1 What does basketball mean?

2 Fill the gap: Il joue au ___ avec ses amis.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches basketball?

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