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goalscorer

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who scores a goal, or scores goals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

Examples

  • the top goalscorer

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English goal Proto-Indo-European *(s)ker- Proto-Germanic *skurō Old Norse skorder. Old English scoru Middle English score English score Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English scorer English goalscorer From goal + scorer.

Across languages

Translations

21 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: هَدَّاف (haddāf) — person who scores a goal
  • Catalan: golejador — person who scores a goal
  • Catalan: golejadora — person who scores a goal
  • Danish: målscorer — person who scores a goal
  • Danish: målskytte — person who scores a goal
  • Dutch: doelpuntenmaker — person who scores a goal
  • Faroese: málskorari — person who scores a goal
  • Faroese: málskjútti — person who scores a goal
  • Finnish: maalintekijä — person who scores a goal
  • French: buteur — person who scores a goal
  • German: Torschütze — person who scores a goal
  • German: Torschützin — person who scores a goal
  • Greenlandic: målertoq — person who scores a goal
  • Hungarian: góllövő — person who scores a goal
  • Hungarian: gólszerző — person who scores a goal
  • Italian: marcatore — person who scores a goal
  • Spanish: goleador — person who scores a goal
  • Spanish: pichichi — person who scores a goal
  • Swedish: målskytt — person who scores a goal
  • Swedish: målgörare — person who scores a goal
  • Turkish: golcü — person who scores a goal
Real reading context

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