baseball definition

English baseball definition

Alternative forms

• base ball (obsolete) [1800s]
• base-ball (dated)

Etymology

base +‎ ball

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈbeɪs.bɔl/, /ˈbeɪs.bɑl/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

baseball (plural baseballs)

1. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, resulting in the scoring of a run. The team with the most runs after termination of play, usually nine innings, wins.
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     It was not very wonderful that Catherine, who had nothing heroic about her, should prefer cricket, base-ball, riding on horseback, and running about the country at the age of fourteen, to books.

2. The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
3. A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

Usage notes

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:baseball.

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• rounders
• softball
• wiffleball
• Appendix:Glossary of baseball

Czech baseball definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English baseball.

Noun

baseball m inan

1. baseball

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Finnish baseball definition

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbei̯sboːl/, [ˈbe̞i̯s̠bo̞ːl]
• Syllabification^(key): base‧ball

Noun

baseball

1. baseball

Declension

Inflection of baseball (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		baseball	baseballit
genitive		baseballin	baseballien
partitive		baseballia	baseballeja
illative		baseballiin	baseballeihin
		singular	plural
nominative		baseball	baseballit
accusative	nom.	baseball	baseballit
	gen.	baseballin
genitive		baseballin	baseballien
partitive		baseballia	baseballeja
inessive		baseballissa	baseballeissa
elative		baseballista	baseballeista
illative		baseballiin	baseballeihin
adessive		baseballilla	baseballeilla
ablative		baseballilta	baseballeilta
allative		baseballille	baseballeille
essive		baseballina	baseballeina
translative		baseballiksi	baseballeiksi
abessive		baseballitta	baseballeitta
instructive		—	baseballein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of baseball (type risti)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative baseballini baseballini accusative nom. baseballini baseballini gen. baseballini genitive baseballini baseballieni partitive baseballiani baseballejani inessive baseballissani baseballeissani elative baseballistani baseballeistani illative baseballiini baseballeihini adessive baseballillani baseballeillani ablative baseballiltani baseballeiltani allative baseballilleni baseballeilleni essive baseballinani baseballeinani translative baseballikseni baseballeikseni abessive baseballittani baseballeittani instructive — — comitative — baseballeineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative baseballisi baseballisi accusative nom. baseballisi baseballisi gen. baseballisi genitive baseballisi baseballiesi partitive baseballiasi baseballejasi inessive baseballissasi baseballeissasi elative baseballistasi baseballeistasi illative baseballiisi baseballeihisi adessive baseballillasi baseballeillasi ablative baseballiltasi baseballeiltasi allative baseballillesi baseballeillesi essive baseballinasi baseballeinasi translative baseballiksesi baseballeiksesi abessive baseballittasi baseballeittasi instructive — — comitative — baseballeinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative baseballimme baseballimme accusative nom. baseballimme baseballimme gen. baseballimme genitive baseballimme baseballiemme partitive baseballiamme baseballejamme inessive baseballissamme baseballeissamme elative baseballistamme baseballeistamme illative baseballiimme baseballeihimme adessive baseballillamme baseballeillamme ablative baseballiltamme baseballeiltamme allative baseballillemme baseballeillemme essive baseballinamme baseballeinamme translative baseballiksemme baseballeiksemme abessive baseballittamme baseballeittamme instructive — — comitative — baseballeinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative baseballinne baseballinne accusative nom. baseballinne baseballinne gen. baseballinne genitive baseballinne baseballienne partitive baseballianne baseballejanne inessive baseballissanne baseballeissanne elative baseballistanne baseballeistanne illative baseballiinne baseballeihinne adessive baseballillanne baseballeillanne ablative baseballiltanne baseballeiltanne allative baseballillenne baseballeillenne essive baseballinanne baseballeinanne translative baseballiksenne baseballeiksenne abessive baseballittanne baseballeittanne instructive — — comitative — baseballeinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative baseballinsa baseballinsa accusative nom. baseballinsa baseballinsa gen. baseballinsa genitive baseballinsa baseballiensa partitive baseballiaan baseballiansa baseballejaan baseballejansa inessive baseballissaan baseballissansa baseballeissaan baseballeissansa elative baseballistaan baseballistansa baseballeistaan baseballeistansa illative baseballiinsa baseballeihinsa adessive baseballillaan baseballillansa baseballeillaan baseballeillansa ablative baseballiltaan baseballiltansa baseballeiltaan baseballeiltansa allative baseballilleen baseballillensa baseballeilleen baseballeillensa essive baseballinaan baseballinansa baseballeinaan baseballeinansa translative baseballikseen baseballiksensa baseballeikseen baseballeiksensa abessive baseballittaan baseballittansa baseballeittaan baseballeittansa instructive — — comitative — baseballeineen baseballeinensa

Synonyms

• amerikkalainen pesäpallo (archaic)

Further reading

• "baseball" in Kielitoimiston sanakirja (Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish).

French baseball definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛz.bɔl/

• Audio

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Noun

baseball m (uncountable)

1. post-1990 spelling of base-ball

Hungarian baseball definition

Etymology

Borrowed from English baseball.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈbeːzboːl]
• Hyphenation: base‧ball
• Rhymes: -oːl

Noun

baseball (usually uncountable, plural baseballok)

1. (sports) baseball

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	baseball	baseballok
accusative	baseballt	baseballokat
dative	baseballnak	baseballoknak
instrumental	baseballal	baseballokkal
causal-final	baseballért	baseballokért
translative	baseballá	baseballokká
terminative	baseballig	baseballokig
essive-formal	baseballként	baseballokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	baseballban	baseballokban
superessive	baseballon	baseballokon
adessive	baseballnál	baseballoknál
illative	baseballba	baseballokba
sublative	baseballra	baseballokra
allative	baseballhoz	baseballokhoz
elative	baseballból	baseballokból
delative	baseballról	baseballokról
ablative	baseballtól	baseballoktól
non-attributive possessive - singular	baseballé	baseballoké
non-attributive possessive - plural	baseballéi	baseballokéi

Possessive forms of baseball
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	baseballom	baseballjaim
2nd person sing.	baseballod	baseballjaid
3rd person sing.	baseballja	baseballjai
1st person plural	baseballunk	baseballjaink
2nd person plural	baseballotok	baseballjaitok
3rd person plural	baseballjuk	baseballjaik

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• baseball in Ittzés, Nóra (ed.). A magyar nyelv nagyszótára (‘A Comprehensive Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 2006–2031 (work in progress; published A–ez as of 2023)

Italian baseball definition

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛ.zbol/
• Rhymes: -ɛzbol

Noun

baseball m (invariable)

1. baseball

   Synonym: (rare) pallabase

Norwegian Bokmål baseball definition

Etymology

From American English baseball.

Noun

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

1. baseball (ball game)

References

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

Norwegian Nynorsk baseball definition

Etymology

From American English baseball.

Noun

baseball m (definite singular baseballen, uncountable)

1. baseball (ball game)

References

• “baseball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish baseball definition

Alternative forms

• bejsbol

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛjz.bɔl/

• Audio

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• Rhymes: -ɛjzbɔl
• Syllabification: base‧ball

Noun

baseball m inan

1. (sports, uncountable) baseball (ball game)
2. (countable) baseball bat

   Synonym: bejsbolówka

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

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

Romanian baseball definition

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English baseball.

Noun

baseball n (uncountable)

1. baseball

Declension

Swedish baseball definition

Noun

baseball c

1. Alternative form of baseboll

Declension

Declension of baseball
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	baseball	baseballen	baseballar	baseballarna
Genitive	baseballs	baseballens	baseballars	baseballarnas

References

• baseball in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• baseball in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)