ποδόσφαιρο

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Greek

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Etymology

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Calque of English football with ποδο- (podo-, from Ancient Greek πούς, ποδός) +‎ -σφαιρο (-sfairo, from σφαῖρᾰ (sphaîra)). First attested 1895.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /poˈðosfero/
  • Hyphenation: πο‧δό‧σφαι‧ρο

Noun

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ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairon (plural ποδόσφαιρα)

  1. (soccer) football, soccer, association football

Declension

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singular plural
nominative ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo) ποδόσφαιρα (podósfaira)
genitive ποδοσφαίρου (podosfaírou)
ποδόσφαιρου (podósfairou)
ποδοσφαίρων (podosfaíron)
ποδόσφαιρων (podósfairon)
accusative ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo) ποδόσφαιρα (podósfaira)
vocative ποδόσφαιρο (podósfairo) ποδόσφαιρα (podósfaira)

Note: Genitive plural is rare and not easily used.

Derived terms

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ ποδόσφαιρο - Babiniotis, Georgios (2002) Λεξικό της νέας ελληνικής γλώσσας: [] [Dictionary of Modern Greek (language)] (in Greek), 2nd edition, Athens: Kentro Lexikologias [Lexicology Centre], 1st edition 1998, →ISBN.

Further reading

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