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quaffle

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

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  • rhymes with -ɒfəl
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noun

Meaning 1

A ball used in the sports of Quidditch and Muggle Quidditch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كْوَافْل (kwāfl) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Armenian: քվոֆլ (kʻvofl) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Azerbaijani: Qafıl — ball used in Quidditch
  • Bengali: কোয়াফল (kōẇaphol) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Bulgarian: куо́фъл (kuófǎl) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鬼飛球 /鬼飞球 (guǐfēiqiú) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Czech: camrál — ball used in Quidditch
  • Danish: Tromler — ball used in Quidditch
  • Dutch: Slurk — ball used in Quidditch
  • Estonian: pomma — ball used in Quidditch
  • Finnish: kaato — ball used in Quidditch
  • French: souafle — ball used in Quidditch
  • Georgian: ქუაფილი (kuapili) — ball used in Quidditch
  • German: Quaffel — ball used in Quidditch
  • Greek: κόκκινη (kókkini) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Hebrew: קְוָאפְל (kváfl) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Hindi: तूफान (tūphān) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Hungarian: kvaff — ball used in Quidditch
  • Icelandic: tromla — ball used in Quidditch
  • Italian: Pluffa — ball used in Quidditch
  • Italian: pluffa — ball used in Quidditch
  • Japanese: クアッフル (kuaffuru) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Korean: 퀘이플 (kweipeul) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Latvian: sviedenis — ball used in Quidditch
  • Lithuanian: kritlis — ball used in Quidditch
  • Norwegian: sluff — ball used in Quidditch
  • Polish: kafel — ball used in Quidditch
  • Portuguese: quaffle — ball used in Quidditch
  • Portuguese: goles — ball used in Quidditch
  • Russian: квоффл (kvoffl) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Samogitian: krėtle — ball used in Quidditch
  • Serbo-Croatian: ба̀лӯн — ball used in Quidditch
  • Serbo-Croatian: квафл — ball used in Quidditch
  • Serbo-Croatian: bàlūn — ball used in Quidditch
  • Serbo-Croatian: kvafl — ball used in Quidditch
  • Slovak: prehadzovačka — ball used in Quidditch
  • Slovene: lokl — ball used in Quidditch
  • Swedish: klonken — ball used in Quidditch
  • Thai: ควัฟเฟิล (kwáf-fəəl) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Ukrainian: ква́фел (kváfel) — ball used in Quidditch
  • Urdu: کوافل (kvāfl) — ball used in Quidditch