Phrase guide

golf course

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The land where one plays golf, with tees, fairways, greens and flags in holes.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: golf, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

course consisting of a large landscaped area for playing golf

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: links course

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: course

Narrower terms: links, golf links

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: игри́ще за голф (igríšte za golf) — the land where one plays golf
  • Burmese: ဂေါက်ကွင်း (gaukkwang:) — the land where one plays golf
  • Catalan: camp de golf — the land where one plays golf
  • Chinese Mandarin: 高爾夫球場 /高尔夫球场 (gāo'ěrfū qiúchǎng) — the land where one plays golf
  • Czech: golfové hřiště — the land where one plays golf
  • Danish: golfbane — the land where one plays golf
  • Dutch: golfterrein — the land where one plays golf
  • Dutch: golfbaan — the land where one plays golf
  • Esperanto: golfejo — the land where one plays golf
  • Faroese: golfvøllur — the land where one plays golf
  • Finnish: golfkenttä — the land where one plays golf
  • French: terrain de golf — the land where one plays golf
  • German: Golfplatz — the land where one plays golf
  • Greek: γήπεδο γκόλφ (gípedo gkólf) — the land where one plays golf
  • Hungarian: golfpálya — the land where one plays golf
  • Icelandic: golfvöllur — the land where one plays golf
  • Ido: golfeyo — the land where one plays golf
  • Irish: machaire gailf — the land where one plays golf
  • Italian: campo da golf — the land where one plays golf
  • Japanese: ゴルフ場 (gorufujō) — the land where one plays golf
  • Korean: 골프장 (golpeujang) — the land where one plays golf
  • Māori: papa purei korowha — the land where one plays golf
  • Māori: papa hahaupōro — the land where one plays golf
  • Norwegian Bokmål: golfbane — the land where one plays golf
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: golfbane — the land where one plays golf
  • Occitan: camp de gòlf — the land where one plays golf
  • Polish: pole golfowe — the land where one plays golf
  • Portuguese: campo de golfe — the land where one plays golf
  • Russian: по́ле — the land where one plays golf
  • Serbo-Croatian: golfski teren — the land where one plays golf
  • Slovak: golfové ihrisko — the land where one plays golf
  • Upper Sorbian: golfowe hrajnišćo — the land where one plays golf
  • Upper Sorbian: golfownišćo — the land where one plays golf
  • Spanish: campo de golf — the land where one plays golf
  • Spanish: cancha de golf — the land where one plays golf
  • Swedish: golfbana — the land where one plays golf
  • Thai: สนามกอล์ฟ — the land where one plays golf