volleyball
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volleyball
- /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/
Where it comes from
From volley + ball. In 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball")
noun volleyballs · volley-ball · bolleyball
- 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.
- The inflated ball used in such a game.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: volleyball game, handball, tennis, football, weightlifting, volley, platoon, airliner, aircraft, jet, emission, discharge, plane, row, mine, discharged
Translations
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noun game
| Español | voleibol, balonvolea, vóleibol, vóley |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배구 baegu, 발리볼 ballibol |
| 日本語 | バレーボール barēbōru, 排球 haikyū |
| 中文 | 排球 páiqiú |
| हिन्दी | वॉलीबाल vŏlībāl, वॉलीबॉल vŏlībŏl |
| Kiswahili | voliboli |
| Português | voleibol, vólei, vôlei |
| Français | volley-ball |
| Deutsch | Volleyball |
| Italiano | pallavolo, palla a volo, volley |
| Ελληνικά | πετοσφαίριση petosfaírisi, βόλλεϋ vólleÿ, βόλεϊ vóleï |
| Română | volei |
| Русский | волейбо́л volejból |
| Tiếng Việt | bóng chuyền |
| العربية | الْكُرَة الطَّائِرَة al-kura ṭ-ṭāʔira |
| עברית | כַּדוּרעָף kadur'áf |
noun ball used to play the game
| Español | balón voleibolista, pelota de vóleibol, bola de balonvolea |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 배구공 baegugong |
| 日本語 | バレーボールボール barēbōrubōru |
| 中文 | 排球 páiqiú |
| Kiswahili | voliboli |
| Português | bola de vôlei/vólei |
| Français | balle de volley |
| Deutsch | Volleyball |
| Ελληνικά | πετόσφαιρα petósfaira |
| Русский | волейбо́льный мяч volejbólʹnyj mjač |
Talk about this word "volleyball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/volleyball. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. volleyball. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/volleyball "volleyball." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/volleyball.Cite this
@misc{volleyball_2026,
title = {volleyball},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/volleyball},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
