American football

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American football

noun American footballs

  1. uncountable A team sport similar to rugby football, played by two teams of eleven players on a rectangular field with goalposts at each end. Chain mail, or an American football suit—that's what you'll want.
  2. countable The ball used to play the sport of American football.

    Similar: American handegg, feetsball, handegg, NFL

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noun American football

Españolfútbol americano, futbol estadounidense
한국어미식축구 misikchukgu, 아메리칸 풋볼 amerikan putbol
日本語アメリカンフットボール Amerikan futtobōru, 鎧球 gaikyū, フットボール futtobōru, アメフト amefuto
中文美式橄欖球 /美式橄榄球 měishìgǎnlǎnqiú
हिन्दीअमेरिकी फ़ुटबॉल amerikī fuṭbŏl
Portuguêsfutebol americano
Françaisfootball américain, football
DeutschFootball, American Football
Italianofootball americano, football statunitense, calcio americano, calcio statunitense
Ελληνικάαμερικανικό ποδόσφαιρο amerikanikó podósfairo
Românăfotbal american
Русскийамерика́нский футбо́л amerikánskij futból
Tiếng Việtbóng bầu dục
العربيةكُرَة الْقَدَم الْأَمْرِيكِيَّة kurat al-qadam al-ʔamrīkiyya, الكُرة الأَمْرِيكِيّة al-kura l-ʔamrīkiyya, الأَمِرِيكَان فُوتْبُول al-ʔamirīkān futbōl
עבריתפוטבול אמריקאי futbol amerikai

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@misc{american_football_2026,
  title = {American football},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/american%20football},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}