Phrase guide

handball player

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A person who plays handball, especially professionally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Across languages

Translations

75 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hendbollist — person who plays handball
  • Armenian: ձեռնագնդորդ (jeṙnagndord) — person who plays handball
  • Armenian: հանդբոլիստ (handbolist) — person who plays handball
  • Azerbaijani: həndbolçu — person who plays handball
  • Bashkir: гандболсы (gandbolsı) — person who plays handball
  • Belarusian: гандбалі́ст (handbalíst) — person who plays handball
  • Belarusian: гандбалі́стка (handbalístka) — person who plays handball
  • Bulgarian: хандбали́ст (handbalíst) — person who plays handball
  • Bulgarian: хандбали́стка (handbalístka) — person who plays handball
  • Catalan: jugador d'handbol — person who plays handball
  • Chinese Mandarin: 手球運動員 /手球运动员 (shǒuqiú yùndòngyuán) — person who plays handball
  • Czech: házenkář — person who plays handball
  • Czech: házenkářka — person who plays handball
  • Danish: håndboldspiller — person who plays handball
  • Dutch: handballer — person who plays handball
  • Dutch: handbalster — person who plays handball
  • Dutch: handbalspeler — person who plays handball
  • Dutch: handbalspeelster — person who plays handball
  • Esperanto: handbalisto — person who plays handball
  • Esperanto: manpilkisto — person who plays handball
  • Finnish: käsipalloilija — person who plays handball
  • French: handballeur — person who plays handball
  • French: handballeuse — person who plays handball
  • Galician: balonmanista — person who plays handball
  • Galician: xogador de balonmán — person who plays handball
  • Galician: xogadora de balonmán — person who plays handball
  • Georgian: ხელბურთელი (xelburteli) — person who plays handball
  • German: Handballspieler — person who plays handball
  • German: Handballspielerin — person who plays handball
  • German: Handballer — person who plays handball
  • German: Handballerin — person who plays handball
  • Hungarian: kézilabdázó — person who plays handball
  • Italian: giocatore di pallamano — person who plays handball
  • Italian: giocatrice di pallamano — person who plays handball
  • Italian: pallamanista — person who plays handball
  • Japanese: ハンドボール選手 (handobōru senshu) — person who plays handball
  • Kazakh: гандболшы (gandbolşy) — person who plays handball
  • Korean: 핸드볼 선수 (haendeubol seonsu) — person who plays handball
  • Latvian: handbolists — person who plays handball
  • Latvian: handboliste — person who plays handball
  • Latvian: rokasbumbists — person who plays handball
  • Latvian: rokasbumbiste — person who plays handball
  • Lithuanian: rañkininkas — person who plays handball
  • Lithuanian: rañkininkė — person who plays handball
  • Macedonian: ракометар (rakometar) — person who plays handball
  • Macedonian: ракометарка (rakometarka) — person who plays handball
  • Norwegian Bokmål: håndballspiller — person who plays handball
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: handballspelar — person who plays handball
  • Polish: piłkarz ręczny — person who plays handball
  • Polish: szczypiornista — person who plays handball
  • Portuguese: andebolista — person who plays handball
  • Portuguese: handebolista — person who plays handball
  • Romanian: handbalist — person who plays handball
  • Romanian: handbalistă — person who plays handball
  • Russian: гандболи́ст (gandbolíst) — person who plays handball
  • Russian: гандболи́стка (gandbolístka) — person who plays handball
  • Serbo-Croatian: рукомѐта̄ш — person who plays handball
  • Serbo-Croatian: рукомета̀шица — person who plays handball
  • Serbo-Croatian: rukomètāš — person who plays handball
  • Serbo-Croatian: rukometàšica — person who plays handball
  • Slovak: hádzanár — person who plays handball
  • Slovak: hádzanárka — person who plays handball
  • Slovene: rokometáš — person who plays handball
  • Slovene: rokometášica — person who plays handball
  • Spanish: balonmanista — person who plays handball
  • Spanish: jugador de balonmano — person who plays handball
  • Spanish: jugadora de balonmano — person who plays handball
  • Swedish: handbollsspelare — person who plays handball
  • Tajik: гандболбоз (gandbolboz) — person who plays handball
  • Tatar: гандболчы (ğandbolçı) — person who plays handball
  • Turkish: hentbolcu — person who plays handball
  • Turkmen: gandbolçy — person who plays handball
  • Ukrainian: гандболі́ст (handbolíst) — person who plays handball
  • Ukrainian: гандболі́стка (handbolístka) — person who plays handball
  • Uzbek: gandbolchi — person who plays handball