Phrase guide

own goal

noun · 3 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.

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  • /ˈoʊn.ɡoʊl/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

A goal that results from a player putting the ball or puck into the goal of their own team; the resulting goal being scored for the opposition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: self goal, autogoal

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A blunder that damages one’s own prospects.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

(soccer) a goal that results when a player inadvertently knocks the ball into the goal he is defending

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • the own goal cost them the game

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: goal

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

51 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: autogol — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Arabic: هدف ذاتي (hadaf dhāty) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Arabic: هدف عكسي (hadaf 3aksiy) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Arabic: هدف في مرماه (hadaf fi marmāh) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Breton: embal — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Bulgarian: автого́л (avtogól) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Catalan: autogol — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Chinese Mandarin: 烏龍球 /乌龙球 (wūlóngqiú) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Czech: vlastní gól — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Czech: vlastní branka — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Czech: vlastňák — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Danish: selvmål — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Dutch: eigen doelpunt — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Finnish: oma maali — goal scored by player against their own team
  • French: but contre son camp — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Galician: autogol — goal scored by player against their own team
  • German: Eigentor — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Hungarian: öngól — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Icelandic: sjálfsmark — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Indonesian: gol bunuh diri — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Italian: autorete — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Italian: autogoal — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Japanese: オウンゴール (oun gōru) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Japanese: 自殺点 (jisatsuten) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Korean: 자책골 (jachaekgol) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Korean: 자살골 (jasalgol) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Macedonian: автогол (avtogol) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Malay: gol sendiri — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvmål — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjølvmål — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Polish: gol samobójczy — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Polish: samobój — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Polish: bramka samobójcza — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Portuguese: autogolo — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Portuguese: gol contra — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Romanian: autogol — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Russian: гол в свои́ воро́та (gol v svoí voróta) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Russian: автого́л (avtogól) — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Spanish: autogol — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Spanish: gol en contra — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Spanish: gol en propia meta / puerta / portería — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Swedish: självmål — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Turkish: kendi kalesine gol — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Vietnamese: bàn thắng phản lưới nhà — goal scored by player against their own team
  • Chinese Mandarin: 自毀 /自毁 — blunder that damages one's own prospects
  • Danish: selvmål — blunder that damages one's own prospects
  • Finnish: oma maali — blunder that damages one's own prospects
  • German: Eigentor — blunder that damages one's own prospects
  • Hungarian: öngól — blunder that damages one's own prospects
  • Norwegian Bokmål: selvmål — blunder that damages one's own prospects
  • Polish: samobój — blunder that damages one's own prospects