FIFA

See also: fifa, Fifa, fífa, Fífa, fi fa, and fi. fa.

Translingual

Etymology

From French Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“International Federation of Association Football”).

Pronunciation

• English: IPA^(key): /ˈfiːfə/

Proper noun

FIFA

1. (soccer) The International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of the sport of association football.

Translations

the International Federation of Association Football

• Arabic: فِيفَا (fīfā)
• Armenian: ՖԻՖԱ (hy) (FIFA)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 國際足聯 / 国际足联 (zh) (Guójì Zúlián) (Mainland China), 國際足總 / 国际足总 (Guójì Zúzǒng) (Taiwan), 國際足協 / 国际足协 (Guójì Zúxié) (Hong Kong)

• English: FIFA, International Federation of Association Football
• French: FIFA (fr), Fédération Internationale de Football Association
• Greek: ΦΙΦΑ (el) (FIFA)
• Macedonian: ФИФА (FIFA), Меѓународна фудбалска федерација (Meǵunarodna fudbalska federacija)
• Persian: فیفا (fa)
• Polish: FIFA (pl) f
• Russian: ФИФА́ (ru) (FIFÁ)
• Spanish: FIFA f
• Swahili: Shirikisho la Soka Duniani, Shirikisho la Mpira Duniani

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfiːfə/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːfə

Proper noun

FIFA

1. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)
   • 2012, John Nauright, Charles Parrish, Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice, page 127:

     In terms of viewing audience and revenue, the FIFA World Cup is the largest sport megaevent of its kind […]

   • 2024 January 22, Thomas Schlachter, “There must be ‘significant consequences’ for clubs failing to deal with racism in stadiums, says player and union official”, in CNN‎^[1]:

     After FIFA President Gianni Infantino called for automatic forfeits for teams whose fans have racially abused players and caused matches to be abandoned, the English Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chair says fellow players don’t believe enough is being done to punish racism at soccer matches.

2. (video games, trademark) A series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label.

Further reading

• FIFA on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• FaiF, FAIF, AIFF

Catalan

Proper noun

FIFA f

1. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.fa/

• Audio:

  (file)

Proper noun

FIFA f

1. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)

Further reading

• Fédération internationale de football association on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^fr

Japanese

Etymology

From French FIFA.

Proper noun

FIFA(フィーファ) • (Fīfa) 

1. Synonym of 国際サッカー連盟 (Kokusai Sakkā Renmei, “International Federation of Association Football”); FIFA

Polish

Etymology

Orthographic borrowing from French FIFA.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfi.fa/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ifa
• Syllabification: FI‧FA

Proper noun

FIFA f (indeclinable)

1. (soccer) FIFA

Further reading

• FIFA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• FIFA in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Spanish

Proper noun

FIFA f

1. FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)

Derived terms

• parón FIFA
• virus FIFA

Proper noun

FIFA m

1. (video games, trademark) FIFA
   • 2021 October 18, Víctor Romero, “Adiós a 'el FIFA', hola a 'los FIFAs': la institución anuncia que EA Sports ya no tendrá su exclusividad”, in Marca‎^[2]: