golf
English
/ɡɒlf/, /ɡɒf/, /ɡɑlf/
noun
Definitions
- (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.
- The letter G in the ICAO spelling alphabet.
Etymology
Derived from Middle Dutch colve derived from Proto-Germanic *kulbô (club).
Origin
Proto-Germanic
*kulbô
Gloss
club
Concept
Semantic Field
Warfare and hunting
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- antigolf English
- foot English
- footgolf English
- golfaholic English
- golfer English
- golfese English
- golfiana English
- golfless English
- golflike English
- golfspeak English
- golfwise English
- golfy English
- minigolf English
- nongolf English
- nongolfer English
- frisbeegolf Finnish
- golf Finnish
- golfata Finnish
- golfauto Finnish
- golfetiketti Finnish
- golfhousut Finnish
- golfinpelaaja Finnish
- golfkenttä Finnish
- golfkerho Finnish
- golfklubi Finnish
- golfkyynärpää Finnish
- golfmaila Finnish
- golfpallo Finnish
- golfrata Finnish
- jäägolf Finnish
- kolvi Finnish
- lumigolf Finnish
- minigolf Finnish
- pienoisgolf Finnish
- ratagolf Finnish
- Gewehrkolben German
- Glaskolben German
- Kolben German
- Kolbenente German
- Kukuruzkolben German
- Maiskolben German
- Maßkolben German
- Messkolben German
- Riechkolben German
- golf Hungarian
- golfon Hungarian
- golfot Hungarian
- golfozik Hungarian
- golfpálya Hungarian
- minigolf Italian
- golf Dutch, Flemish
- golfen Dutch, Flemish
- гольф Russian
- колба Russian
- golf Spanish, Castilian
- golfista Spanish, Castilian
- Golfstrømmen Norwegian Bokmål
- Mexicogolfen Norwegian Bokmål
- golf Norwegian Bokmål
- golfbane Norwegian Bokmål
- golfklubb Norwegian Bokmål
- golfkølle Norwegian Bokmål
- golfspiller Norwegian Bokmål
- kolbe Norwegian Bokmål
- golfe Portuguese
- golfista Portuguese
- *kulbô Proto-Germanic
- kolv Swedish
- lödkolv Swedish
- ゴルフ Japanese
- golf Polish
- golfista Polish
- kolba Polish
- Mexicogolfen Norwegian Nynorsk
- golf Norwegian Nynorsk
- golfbane Norwegian Nynorsk
- golfklubb Norwegian Nynorsk
- golfkølle Norwegian Nynorsk
- kolbe Norwegian Nynorsk
- golf Czech
- golfista Czech
- golfový Czech
- جولف Arabic
- golf Icelandic
- golfari Icelandic
- golfbíll Icelandic
- golfvöllur Icelandic
- กอล์ฟ Thai
- นักกอล์ฟ Thai
- golff Welsh
- colve Middle Dutch
- kolbo Old High German
- gholf Afrikaans
- golf Faroese
- gôn Vietnamese
- kolbe Middle High German
- ဂေါက် Burmese
- гольф Kazakh
- גולף Hebrew (modern)
- 哥爾夫 Chinese
- 鞲鞴 Chinese
- 高爾夫 Chinese
- 골프 Korean
- igalofu Zulu
- golfas Lithuanian