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Canadian football

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A game similar to American football played on a field of 110 yards long and 65 yards wide (with two 20 yard-long endzones) in which two teams of 12 players attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

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31 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կանադական ֆուտբոլ (kanadakan futbol) — sport
  • Bulgarian: канадски футбол (kanadski futbol) — sport
  • Chinese Cantonese: 加拿大式足球 (gaa1 naa4 daai6 sik1 zuk1 kau4) — sport
  • Chinese Mandarin: 加拿大式足球 (Jiānádà-shì zúqiú) — sport
  • Esperanto: kanada futbalo — sport
  • Esperanto: kanada piedpilko — sport
  • Faroese: kanadiskur fótbóltur — sport
  • Finnish: kanadalainen jalkapallo — sport
  • French: football — sport
  • French: football canadien — sport
  • West-Frisian: Kanadeesk rugby — sport
  • Georgian: კანადური ფეხბურთი (ḳanaduri pexburti) — sport
  • German: Canadian Football — sport
  • German: kanadischer Fußball — sport
  • Italian: football canadese — sport
  • Italian: calcio canadese — sport
  • Japanese: カナディアンフットボール (Kanadian futtobōru) — sport
  • Korean: 캐나디안 풋볼 (kaenadian putbol) — sport
  • Latvian: kanādiešu futbols — sport
  • Macedonian: канадски фудбал (kanadski fudbal) — sport
  • Maltese: futbol Kanadiż — sport
  • Ojibwe: obasikawaadaanaawaa chi-bikwaakwad — sport
  • Polish: futbol kanadyjski — sport
  • Portuguese: futebol canadense — sport
  • Russian: кана́дский футбо́л (kanádskij futból) — sport
  • Sicilian: futtibboll canadisi — sport
  • Slovak: kanadský futbal — sport
  • Spanish: fútbol canadiense — sport
  • Swedish: kanadensisk fotboll — sport
  • Ukrainian: кана́дський футбо́л (kanádsʹkyj futból) — sport
  • Ukrainian: канаді́йський футбо́л (kanadíjsʹkyj futból) — sport