Phrase guide

ice hockey

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

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noun

Meaning 1

A form of hockey played on an ice rink with a puck, rather than a ball.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: hockey, hockey game

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: contact sport, athletic game

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

55 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Afrikaans: yshokkie — hockey
  • Arabic: هُوكِي اَلْجَلِيد (hūkī l-jalīd) — hockey
  • Armenian: հոկեյ (hokey) — hockey
  • Azerbaijani: buzüstü hokkey — hockey
  • Catalan: hoquei sobre gel — hockey
  • Chinese Cantonese: 冰球 (bing1 kau4) — hockey
  • Chinese Mandarin: 冰球 (bīngqiú) — hockey
  • Czech: hokej — hockey
  • Czech: lední hokej — hockey
  • Danish: ishockey — hockey
  • Dutch: ijshockey — hockey
  • Estonian: jäähoki — hockey
  • Finnish: jääkiekko — hockey
  • Finnish: kiekko — hockey
  • Finnish: lätkä — hockey
  • French: hockey sur glace — hockey
  • French: hockey — hockey
  • Georgian: ყინულის ჰოკეი (q̇inulis hoḳei) — hockey
  • German: Eishockey — hockey
  • Hungarian: jégkorong — hockey
  • Hungarian: jéghoki — hockey
  • Icelandic: íshokkí — hockey
  • Inuktitut: haaki — hockey
  • Inuktitut: Hᐋᑭ (Haaki) — hockey
  • Italian: hockey su ghiaccio — hockey
  • Italian: disco su ghiaccio — hockey
  • Japanese: アイスホッケー (aisu hokkē) — hockey
  • Kazakh: шайбалы хоккей (şaibaly xokkei) — hockey
  • Korean: 아이스하키 (aiseuhaki) — hockey
  • Korean: 빙상호케이 (bingsanghokei) — hockey
  • Latin: alsulegia glacialis — hockey
  • Latvian: hokejs — hockey
  • Lithuanian: ledo ritulys — hockey
  • Māori: hōkī hukapapa — hockey
  • Mongolian: мөсөн хоккей (mösön xokkej) — hockey
  • Norwegian Bokmål: ishockey — hockey
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: ishockey — hockey
  • Polish: hokej na lodzie — hockey
  • Portuguese: hóquei no gelo — hockey
  • Russian: хокке́й с ша́йбой (xokkéj s šájboj) — hockey
  • Russian: хокке́й на льду́ (xokkéj na lʹdú) — hockey
  • Russian: хокке́й (xokkéj) — hockey
  • Scottish Gaelic: hocaidh-deighe — hockey
  • Slovene: hokej na ledu — hockey
  • Spanish: hockey sobre hielo — hockey
  • Swedish: ishockey — hockey
  • Turkish: buz hokeyi — hockey
  • Ukrainian: хоке́й (xokéj) — hockey
  • Ukrainian: гоке́й (hokéj) — hockey
  • Ukrainian: гакі́вка (hakívka) — hockey
  • Ukrainian: хоке́й із ша́йбою (xokéj iz šájboju) — hockey
  • Ukrainian: кана́дський хоке́й (kanádsʹkyj xokéj) — hockey
  • Volapük: gladahokiy — hockey
  • Yiddish: אײַזהאָקי (ayzhoki) — hockey
  • Yiddish: אײַזהאָקיי (ayzhokey) — hockey