kick-off

See also: kickoff and kick off

English

Alternative forms

kickoff

Etymology

kick + off

Noun

kick-off (plural kick-offs)

(soccer, American football) the opening kick of each half of a game of football.
- 2011 January 11, Jonathan Stevenson, “West Ham 2 - 1 Birmingham”, in BBC‎:
  The atmosphere at Upton Park before kick-off reflected the palpable tension surrounding the club right now
(by extension) the opening sequence of any event

Translations

opening kick in football

Arabic: اَلْبِدَايَة‎ f (al-bidāya)
Catalan: servei inicial (ca) m, servei de centre (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 開球 (zh), 开球 (zh) (kāiqiú)
Czech: výkop (cs) m
Dutch: aftrap (nl) m
Estonian: avalöök
Finnish: avauspotku
French: coup d'envoi (fr) m

German: Anstoß (de)
Italian: calcio d'inizio m
Japanese: キックオフ (ja) (kikku-offu), 先蹴 (せんしゅう, senshū)
Norwegian: avspark n
Polish: rozpoczęcie meczu n, rozpoczęcie spotkania n
Portuguese: pontapé inicial m
Russian: введе́ние мяча́ в игру́ n (vvedénije mjačá v igrú), кик-о́фф m (kik-óff)
Spanish: saque inicial m
Swedish: avspark (sv) c

opening sequence of an event

Catalan: seqüència d'obertura d'un esdeveniment m
Finnish: alkupotku, aloitus (fi), avaus (fi)
French: lancement (fr) m
German: Auftakt (de) m

Portuguese: tiro de partida, pontapé inicial m
Russian: старт (ru) m (start), нача́ло (ru) n (načálo)
Spanish: secuencia de apertura de un evento m

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