Phrase guide

volleyball player

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A person who plays volleyball, especially professionally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: volleyballer

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who plays the game of volleyball

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: player, participant

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

64 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: volejbollist — volleyball player
  • Armenian: վոլեյբոլիստ (voleybolist) — volleyball player
  • Azerbaijani: voleybolçu — volleyball player
  • Bashkir: волейболсы (voleybolsı) — volleyball player
  • Belarusian: валейбалі́ст (valjejbalíst) — volleyball player
  • Belarusian: валейбалі́стка (valjejbalístka) — volleyball player
  • Bulgarian: волейболи́ст (volejbolíst) — volleyball player
  • Bulgarian: волейболи́стка (volejbolístka) — volleyball player
  • Catalan: jugador de voleibol — volleyball player
  • Chinese Mandarin: 排球運動員 /排球运动员 (páiqiú yùndòngyuán) — volleyball player
  • Czech: volejbalista — volleyball player
  • Czech: volejbalistka — volleyball player
  • Danish: volleyballspiller — volleyball player
  • Dutch: volleyballer — volleyball player
  • Dutch: volleybalster — volleyball player
  • Dutch: volleybalspeler — volleyball player
  • Estonian: võrkpallur — volleyball player
  • Finnish: lentopalloilija — volleyball player
  • French: volleyeur — volleyball player
  • Galician: voleibolista — volleyball player
  • Georgian: ფრენბურთელი (prenburteli) — volleyball player
  • German: Volleyballer — volleyball player
  • German: Volleyballerin — volleyball player
  • German: Volleyballspieler — volleyball player
  • German: Volleyballspielerin — volleyball player
  • Greek: πετοσφαιριστής (petosfairistís) — volleyball player
  • Greek: πετοσφαιρίστρια (petosfairístria) — volleyball player
  • Hungarian: röplabdázó — volleyball player
  • Italian: pallavolista — volleyball player
  • Japanese: バレーボール選手 (barēbōru senshu) — volleyball player
  • Kazakh: волейболшы (voleibolşy) — volleyball player
  • Korean: 배구 선수 (baegu seonsu) — volleyball player
  • Kyrgyz: волейболчу (voleybolcu) — volleyball player
  • Latvian: volejbolists — volleyball player
  • Latvian: volejboliste — volleyball player
  • Lithuanian: tiñklininkas — volleyball player
  • Lithuanian: tiñklininkė — volleyball player
  • Macedonian: одбојкар (odbojkar) — volleyball player
  • Macedonian: одбојкарка (odbojkarka) — volleyball player
  • Pannonian Rusyn: одбойкаш (odbojkaš) — volleyball player
  • Pannonian Rusyn: одбойкашка (odbojkaška) — volleyball player
  • Persian: والیبالیست (vâlibâlist) — volleyball player
  • Polish: siatkarz — volleyball player
  • Polish: siatkarka — volleyball player
  • Portuguese: voleibolista — volleyball player
  • Romanian: voleibalist — volleyball player
  • Romanian: voleibalistă — volleyball player
  • Russian: волейболи́ст (volejbolíst) — volleyball player
  • Russian: волейболи́стка (volejbolístka) — volleyball player
  • Serbo-Croatian: одбо̀јка̄ш — volleyball player
  • Serbo-Croatian: одбојка̀шица — volleyball player
  • Serbo-Croatian: odbojkaš — volleyball player
  • Serbo-Croatian: odbojkàšica — volleyball player
  • Slovak: volejbalista — volleyball player
  • Slovak: volejbalistka — volleyball player
  • Slovene: odbójkar — volleyball player
  • Slovene: odbójkarica — volleyball player
  • Spanish: voleibolista — volleyball player
  • Tatar: волейболчы (woleybolçı) — volleyball player
  • Turkish: voleybolcu — volleyball player
  • Turkmen: woleýbolçy — volleyball player
  • Ukrainian: волейболі́ст (volejbolíst) — volleyball player
  • Ukrainian: волейболі́стка (volejbolístka) — volleyball player
  • Uzbek: voleybolchi — volleyball player