noun · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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UK:/ˈbeɪs.bɔːl/
US:/ˈbeɪs.bɔl/
US:/ˈbeɪs.bɑl/
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CMU ARPABET:B EY1 S B AO1 L
Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
1
noun
Meaning 1
A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and East Asia, in which the objective 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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
2
noun
Meaning 2
The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
3
noun
Meaning 3
A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
4
noun
Meaning 4
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
he played baseball in high school
there was a baseball game on every empty lot
there was a desire for National League ball in the area
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ball, baseball equipment
History
Etymology
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwem- Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *gwémtis Proto-Hellenic *gwə́tis Ancient Greek βᾰ́σῐς (bắsĭs)bor. Latin basis Old French basebor. Middle English base English base Proto-Indo-European *bhel-der. Proto-Germanic *balluz Old English *beall Middle English bal English ball English baseball From base + ball.
Across languages
Translations
120 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Afrikaans:
bofbal
— ball game
Albanian:
bejsboll
— ball game
Arabic:
بَيْسْبُول
(baysbūl)
— ball game
Armenian:
բեյսբոլ
(beysbol)
— ball game
Asturian:
béisbol
— ball game
Azerbaijani:
beysbol
— ball game
Belarusian:
бейсбо́л
(bjejsból)
— ball game
Bengali:
বেসবল
(besbol)
— ball game
Bulgarian:
бейзбол
(bejzbol)
— ball game
Burmese:
ဗေ့စဘော
(be.ca.bhau:)
— ball game
Burmese:
ဘေ့စ်ဘော
(bhec.bhau:)
— ball game
Catalan:
beisbol
— ball game
Cherokee:
ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎶᏗ
(alasgalodi)
— ball game
Hakka Chinese:
野球
(yâ-khiù)
— ball game
Chinese:
野球
(zh-min-nan)
— ball game
Chinese Mandarin:
棒球
(bàngqiú)
— ball game
Czech:
baseball
— ball game
Danish:
baseball
— ball game
Dutch:
honkbal
— ball game
Esperanto:
basbalo
— ball game
Esperanto:
bazopilkado
— ball game
Estonian:
pesapall
— ball game
Finnish:
baseball
— ball game
Finnish:
pesäpallo
— ball game
Finnish:
amerikkalainen pesäpallo
— ball game
French:
baseball
— ball game
French:
base-ball
— ball game
West-Frisian:
basebal
— ball game
Galician:
béisbol
— ball game
Georgian:
ბეისბოლი
(beisboli)
— ball game
German:
Baseball
— ball game
Greek:
μπέιζμπολ
(béizmpol)
— ball game
Hebrew:
כדור־בסיס
(kadur-basys)
— ball game
Hebrew:
בֵּיסבּוֹל
— ball game
Hebrew:
בייסבול
(beysbol)
— ball game
Hindi:
बेसबॉल
(besbŏl)
— ball game
Hungarian:
baseball
— ball game
Icelandic:
hafnabolti
— ball game
Icelandic:
hornabolti
— ball game
Indonesian:
bisbol
— ball game
Irish:
daorchluiche
— ball game
Italian:
baseball
— ball game
Italian:
pallabase
— ball game
Italian:
batti e corri
— ball game
Japanese:
野球
(yakyū)
— ball game
Japanese:
ベースボール
(bēsubōru)
— ball game
Kazakh:
бейсбол
(beisbol)
— ball game
Khmer:
បេស្បល
(beesbɑɑl)
— ball game
Korean:
야구
(yagu)
— ball game
Korean:
베이스볼
(beiseubol)
— ball game
Kyrgyz:
бейсбол
(beysbol)
— ball game
Lao:
ເບດບອນ
(bēt bǭn)
— ball game
Latin:
ludus pilae et basium
— ball game
Latin:
basipila
— ball game
Latvian:
beisbols
— ball game
Lithuanian:
beisbolas
— ball game
Luxembourgish:
Baseball
— ball game
Macedonian:
безбол
(bezbol)
— ball game
Macedonian:
бејзбол
(bejzbol)
— ball game
Malay:
besbol
— ball game
Maltese:
bejżbol
— ball game
Māori:
poipapa
— ball game
Mongolian:
бэйсбол
(bejsbol)
— ball game
Navajo:
jooł daakalígíí
— ball game
Navajo:
jooł yikalí
— ball game
Norwegian Bokmål:
baseball
— ball game
Norwegian Nynorsk:
baseball
— ball game
Occitan:
beisbòl
— ball game
Ojibwe:
bakitejii'igem
— ball game
Persian:
بیسبال
(beysbâl)
— ball game
Plautdietsch:
Beebaul
— ball game
Polish:
baseball
— ball game
Polish:
bejsbol
— ball game
Portuguese:
beisebol
— ball game
Portuguese:
basebol
— ball game
Romanian:
baseball
— ball game
Romansh:
baseball
— ball game
Russian:
бейсбо́л
(bejsból)
— ball game
Serbo-Croatian:
бѐјзбо̄л
— ball game
Serbo-Croatian:
bèjzbōl
— ball game
Sinhalese:
බේස්බෝල්
(bēsbōl)
— ball game
Slovak:
bejzbal
— ball game
Slovene:
baseball
— ball game
Spanish:
béisbol
— ball game
Spanish:
beisbol
— ball game
Swahili:
besiboli
— ball game
Swedish:
baseboll
— ball game
Tagalog:
beysbol
— ball game
Tajik:
бейсбол
(beysbol)
— ball game
Thai:
เบสบอล
(bées-bɔn)
— ball game
Turkish:
beyzbol
— ball game
Turkmen:
beýzbol
— ball game
Turkmen:
beýsbol
— ball game
Ukrainian:
бейсбо́л
(bejsból)
— ball game
Urdu:
بیس بال
(bes bāl)
— ball game
Uzbek:
beysbol
— ball game
Vietnamese:
bóng chày
— ball game
Yiddish:
בײסבאָל
(beysbol)
— ball game
Afrikaans:
bofbal
— ball used in baseball-game
Bulgarian:
бейзболна топка
(bejzbolna topka)
— ball used in baseball-game
Cherokee:
ᎠᎳᏍᎦᎶᏗ
(alasgalodi)
— ball used in baseball-game
Chinese Mandarin:
棒球
(bàngqiú)
— ball used in baseball-game
Dutch:
honkbal
— ball used in baseball-game
Finnish:
baseball-pallo
— ball used in baseball-game
French:
balle de baseball
— ball used in baseball-game
Hungarian:
baseball-labda
— ball used in baseball-game
Icelandic:
hafnabolti
— ball used in baseball-game
Icelandic:
hornabolti
— ball used in baseball-game
Japanese:
野球ボール
(yakyūbōru)
— ball used in baseball-game
Korean:
야구공
(yagugong)
— ball used in baseball-game
Maltese:
ballun tal-bejżbol
— ball used in baseball-game
Navajo:
jooł
— ball used in baseball-game
Plautdietsch:
Beebaul
— ball used in baseball-game
Portuguese:
bola de beisebol
— ball used in baseball-game
Spanish:
pelota beisbolera
— ball used in baseball-game
Spanish:
bola beisbolística
— ball used in baseball-game
Swedish:
baseboll
— ball used in baseball-game
Turkish:
beyzbol topu
— ball used in baseball-game