softball

English

A softball.

A softball game.

Etymology

1926: soft +‎ ball.

Noun

softball (plural softballs)

A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
The ball used to play the sport.
(by analogy) A question designed to be easy to answer.

Synonyms

diamond ball
indoor baseball
kitten ball
mush ball
pumpkin ball
town ball

Translations

game

Afrikaans: softbal, sagtebal
Bulgarian: софтбол m (sóftbol)
Catalan: softbol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 壘球 (zh) (lěiqiú)
French: softball (fr) m, (Canada) balle-molle (fr) f
German: Softball m
Irish: láimhe (ga) m
Japanese: ソフトボール (ja) (sofutobōru), 塁球 (ja) (ruikyū)
Korean: 소프트볼 (sopeuteubol)

Latvian: softbols m
Lithuanian: mažojo (lt) m
Maori: poiuka
Navajo: jooł yikalí
Portuguese: softball (pt) m, softbol (pt) m
Romanian: softball n
Russian: софтбо́л (ru) m (softból)
Spanish: sófbol m
Vietnamese: bóng mềm

ball

French: softball (fr) m

See also

Portuguese

Alternative forms

softbol

Noun

softball m (uncountable)

softball (a sport similar to baseball)

Spanish

Noun

softball m (uncountable)

softball

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