volleyball

See also: Volleyball and volley-ball

English

Alternative forms

volley-ball
bolleyball (humorous)

Etymology

volley +‎ ball

Pronunciation

Audio (US) (file)
IPA^(key): /ˈvɒlɪbɔ(ː)l/

Noun

volleyball (countable and uncountable, plural volleyballs)

(uncountable) 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.
(countable) The inflated ball used in such a game.

Derived terms

sitting volleyball
volleyballene
volleyballer
wallyball

Translations

game

Afrikaans: vlugbal
Albanian: volejboll (sq) m
Arabic: كُرَة اَلْيَد‎ f (kurat al-yad)
Armenian: վոլեյբոլ (hy) (voleybol)
Azerbaijani: voleybol (az)
Basque: boleibol
Belarusian: валейбо́л m (valjejból)
Bengali: ভলিবল (bhôlibôl)
Bulgarian: волейбо́л (bg) m (volejból)
Burmese: ဘော်လီဘော (my) (bhaulibhau:)
Catalan: voleibol (ca) m, vòlei (ca) m
Central Dusun: buul tapap
Chinese:
Cantonese: 排球 (paai⁴ kau⁴)

Mandarin: 排球 (zh) (páiqiú)
Czech: volejbal m, odbíjená (cs) f
Danish: volleyball (da) c
Dutch: volleybal (nl) n
Esperanto: flugpilkado
Estonian: võrkpall
Finnish: lentopallo (fi)
French: volley-ball (fr)
Galician: voleibol (gl) m, balonvolea (gl) m
Georgian: ფრენბურთი (prenburti)
German: Volleyball (de)
Greek: πετοσφαίριση (el) f (petosfaírisi), βόλλεϋ n (vólleÿ), βόλεϊ (el) n (vóleï)
Gujarati: મારદડો (māradḍo)
Hebrew: כַּדוּרעָף‎ (he) m (kadur'áf)
Hindi: वॉलीबाल (vŏlībāl), वॉलीबॉल (vŏlībŏl)
Hungarian: röplabda (hu)
Icelandic: blak (is) n
Ido: volebalo
Indonesian: bola voli
Irish: eitpheil m
Italian: pallavolo (it) f, palla a volo f, volley m
Japanese: バレーボール (ja) (barēbōru), 排球 (ja) (はいきゅう, haikyū)
Kazakh: волейбол (voleybol)
Khmer: បាល់ទះ (bal teah), កីឡាបាល់ទះ (kəylaa bal teah)

Korean: 배구 (ko) (baegu) (排球 (ko)), 발리볼 (ballibol)
Kyrgyz: волейбол (ky) (voleybol)
Lao: ບານສົ່ງ (lo) (bān song)
Latin: follis volitatis m
Latvian: volejbols m
Lithuanian: tinklinis m
Macedonian: одбојка f (odbojka)
Malay: bola tampar
Maori: poirewa
Mongolian: волейбол (mn) (volejbol), гар бөмбөг (gar bömbög)
Navajo: jooł nabízníkaadí, jooł ałnáábízníltsʼííh
Norwegian:
Bokmål: volleyball (no) m

Nynorsk: volleyball m
Persian: والیبال‎ (fa) (vâlibâl)
Polish: siatkówka (pl) f
Portuguese: voleibol (pt) m, vólei (pt) m (Portugal), vôlei (pt) m (Brazil)
Romanian: volei (ro) m
Russian: волейбо́л (ru) m (volejból)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: одбојка f

Roman: odbojka (sh) f
Sinhalese: වොලිබෝල් (si) (volibōl)
Slovak: volejbal m
Slovene: odbojka (sl) f
Spanish: voleibol (es) m, voley m, balonvolea (es) m
Swahili: voliboli (sw)
Swedish: volleyboll (sv) c
Tagalog: volleyball, balibol
Tajik: волейбол (tg) (voleybol)
Thai: วอลเลย์บอล (wɔn-lêe-bɔn)
Turkish: voleybol (tr)
Turkmen: woleýbol
Ukrainian: волейбо́л m (volejból), відби́ванка f (vidbývanka)
Urdu: والی بال‎ (vālī bāl)
Uzbek: voleybol (uz)
Vietnamese: bóng chuyền
Welsh: pêl-foli

ball used to play the game

Afrikaans: vlugbal
Czech: volejbalový míč m
Dutch: volleybal (nl) m
Esperanto: flugpilko
Finnish: lentopallo (fi)
Galician: pelota de voleibol f, balón de voleibol m
Greek: πετόσφαιρα (el) f (petósfaira)
Hungarian: röplabda (hu)

Icelandic: blakbolti m
Navajo: jooł
Portuguese: bola de vôlei/vólei f
Russian: волейбо́льный мяч m (volejbólʹnyj mjač)
Swahili: voliboli (sw)
Swedish: volleyboll (sv) c
Turkish: voleybol topu
Ukrainian: волейбо́льний м’яч m (volejbólʹnyj mʺjač), м’яч до відби́ванки m (mʺjač do vidbývanky)

French

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɛ.bol/
Audio (file)

Noun

volleyball m (uncountable)

Alternative spelling of volley-ball

Derived terms

volleyball de plage

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English volleyball

Noun

volleyball m (definite singular volleyballen, uncountable)

volleyball (ball game)

References

“volleyball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
“volleyball” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English volleyball

Noun

volleyball m (definite singular volleyballen, uncountable)

volleyball (ball game)

References

“volleyball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

volleyball m (uncountable)

Dated form of voleibol.

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