golf

See also: Golf and gólf

English

Etymology

The word is first known in English from the 15th century from Scots. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbô (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɡɒlf/
    • (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /ɡɒf/
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɒlf

Noun

golf (uncountable)

  1. (sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
  2. The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.

Derived terms

Translations

References

Verb

golf (third-person singular simple present golfs, present participle golfing, simple past and past participle golfed)

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of golf.

Translations

Anagrams

Asturian

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) golf

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

Noun

golf m (plural golfs)

  1. gulf

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf
Derived terms

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔlf/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English golf.[1]

Noun

golf m

  1. golf (a ball game)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Golf.[2]

Noun

golf m

  1. bay, gulf
Declension

Further reading

  • golf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • golf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

References

  1. ↑ golf¹ in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007
  2. ↑ golf² in Jiří Rejzek, Český etymologický slovník, electronic version, Leda, 2007

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɔlf/
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Etymology 1

From Middle Dutch gelve, from Proto-Germanic *gelbaną, Influenced by Late Latin colfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

Noun

golf f (plural golven, diminutive golfje n)

  1. wave
  2. (physics) wave
  3. (geography) gulf
Synonyms
Derived terms

Verb

golf

  1. first-person singular present indicative of golven
  2. imperative of golven

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

golf n (uncountable)

  1. golf

Verb

golf

  1. first-person singular present indicative of golfen
  2. imperative of golfen

Faroese

Etymology

From English golf, from Scots.

Noun

golf n (genitive singular golfs, uncountable)

  1. golf

Declension

Declension of golf (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative golf golfið
accusative golf golfið
dative golfi golfinum
genitive golfs golfsins

Derived terms

  • golfbóltur m
  • golfbreyt f
  • golfleikari m
  • golfvøllur m

Finnish

(index g)

Etymology

From English golf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡolf/
  • Hyphenation: golf

Noun

golf

  1. golf

Declension

Inflection of golf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative golf golfit
genitive golfin golfien
partitive golfia golfeja
illative golfiin golfeihin
singular plural
nominative golf golfit
accusative nom. golf golfit
gen. golfin
genitive golfin golfien
partitive golfia golfeja
inessive golfissa golfeissa
elative golfista golfeista
illative golfiin golfeihin
adessive golfilla golfeilla
ablative golfilta golfeilta
allative golfille golfeille
essive golfina golfeina
translative golfiksi golfeiksi
instructive — golfein
abessive golfitta golfeitta
comitative — golfeineen

Derived terms

French

Noun

golf m (plural golf)

  1. golf

Further reading

Galician

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf

German

Verb

golf

  1. Imperative singular of golfen.
  2. (colloquial) First-person singular present of golfen.

Hungarian

Etymology

From English golf.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡolf]
  • Hyphenation: golf

Noun

golf (plural golfok)

  1. golf

Declension

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative golf golfok
accusative golfot golfokat
dative golfnak golfoknak
instrumental golffal golfokkal
causal-final golfért golfokért
translative golffá golfokká
terminative golfig golfokig
essive-formal golfként golfokként
essive-modal — —
inessive golfban golfokban
superessive golfon golfokon
adessive golfnál golfoknál
illative golfba golfokba
sublative golfra golfokra
allative golfhoz golfokhoz
elative golfból golfokból
delative golfról golfokról
ablative golftól golfoktól
Possessive forms of golf
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. golfom golfjaim
2nd person sing. golfod golfjaid
3rd person sing. golfja golfjai
1st person plural golfunk golfjaink
2nd person plural golfotok golfjaitok
3rd person plural golfjuk golfjaik

Derived terms

(Compound words):

References

Italian

Noun

golf m (invariable)

  1. golf
  2. jumper, cardigan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English golf

Noun

golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

  1. golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Italian golfo and French golfe

Noun

golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfer, definite plural golfene)

  1. a gulf (large bay)
Derived terms

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English golf

Noun

golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

  1. golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Italian golfo and French golfe

Noun

golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfar, definite plural golfane)

  1. a gulf (large bay)

References

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔlf/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

golf m inan

  1. golf
  2. turtleneck, polo-neck

Declension

Noun

golf m anim

  1. Volkswagen Golf car

Declension

Portuguese

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of golfe

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

golf m (Cyrillic spelling голф)

  1. golf

Declension

Derived terms

Slovak

Noun

golf m (genitive singular golfu, nominative plural golfy, genitive plural golfov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. golf
  2. (geography) bay, gulf

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • golf in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Spanish

Etymology

From English golf.

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf

Derived terms

Swedish

Noun

golf c

  1. gulf, bay
  2. golf; a sport
  3. Obsolete spelling of golv

Declension

Declension of golf 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative golf golfen golfer golferna
Genitive golfs golfens golfers golfernas
Declension of golf 
Uncountable
Indefinite Definite
Nominative golf golfen — —
Genitive golfs golfens — —

Vietnamese

Noun

golf

  1. golf

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