Phrase guide

basketball court

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An outdoor or indoor area on which the game of basketball is played.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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2

noun

Meaning 2

the court on which basketball is played

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Broader terms: court

Narrower terms: home court

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Across languages

Translations

13 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 籃球場 /篮球场 (lánqiúchǎng) — area
  • Finnish: koripallokenttä — area
  • French: terrain de basketball — area
  • Hungarian: kosárlabdapálya — area
  • Indonesian: lapangan basket — area
  • Japanese: バスケットボールコート (basukettobōru kōto) — area
  • Japanese: バスケットボール場 (basukettobōrujō) — area
  • Korean: 농구 코트 (nonggu koteu) — area
  • Korean: 농구장 (nonggujang) — area
  • Portuguese: quadra de basquetebol — area
  • Tagalog: basketbulan — area
  • Tagalog: basketbol kort — area
  • Vietnamese: sân bóng rổ — area