Phrase guide

Gaelic football

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

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔːl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˌɡæ-/
  • Received-Pronunciation: [-ˈfʊʔ-]
  • General-American: /ˌɡeɪlɪk ˈfʊtbɔl/
  • General-American: [-ˈfʊʔ-]
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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noun

Meaning 1

An Irish form of football played by two teams of 15 players each, who score by kicking or punching a ball into the opposing team's goal or over a crossbar and between two upright posts above the goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From Gaelic (adjective) + football.

Across languages

Translations

36 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: կելտական ֆուտբոլ (keltakan futbol) — Irish form of football
  • Basque: futbol gaeliko — Irish form of football
  • Breton: mell-droad ouezelek — Irish form of football
  • Catalan: futbol gaèlic — Irish form of football
  • Chinese Mandarin: 蓋爾式足球 /盖尔式足球 (gài'ěrshìzúqiú) — Irish form of football
  • Danish: Gælisk fodbold — Irish form of football
  • Esperanto: pejlo — Irish form of football
  • Finnish: Gaelilainen jalkapallo — Irish form of football
  • Finnish: kelttiläinen jalkapallo — Irish form of football
  • French: football gaelique — Irish form of football
  • Galician: fútbol gaélico — Irish form of football
  • Georgian: გელური ფეხბურთი (geluri pexburti) — Irish form of football
  • Greek: γαελικό ποδόσφαιρο (gaelikó podósfairo) — Irish form of football
  • Irish: peil Ghaelach — Irish form of football
  • Irish: caid — Irish form of football
  • Irish: peil — Irish form of football
  • Italian: calcio gaelico — Irish form of football
  • Italian: football gaelico — Irish form of football
  • Japanese: ゲーリックフットボール (Gērikku futtobōru) — Irish form of football
  • Korean: 게일릭 풋볼 (geillik putbol) — Irish form of football
  • Lithuanian: Gėlų futbolas — Irish form of football
  • Macedonian: ге́лски фу́дбал (gélski fúdbal) — Irish form of football
  • Manx: bluckan coshey Gaeglagh — Irish form of football
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Gælisk fotball — Irish form of football
  • Polish: futbol gaelicki — Irish form of football
  • Portuguese: futebol gaélico — Irish form of football
  • Romanian: fotbal galic — Irish form of football
  • Russian: гэ́льский футбо́л (gɛ́lʹskij futból) — Irish form of football
  • Scots: Gaelic fitbaa — Irish form of football
  • Serbo-Croatian: Гелски фу̏дба̄л — Irish form of football
  • Slovak: Írske ragby — Irish form of football
  • Spanish: fútbol gaélico — Irish form of football
  • Swedish: Gaelisk fotboll — Irish form of football
  • Turkish: Gal futbolu — Irish form of football
  • Ukrainian: ге́льський футбо́л (hélʹsʹkyj futból) — Irish form of football
  • Welsh: Pêl-droed Wyddelig — Irish form of football