サッカー
解説 Definition
サッカーという意味です。特にイギリス英語では、ボールを蹴って行うスポーツを指します。アメリカ英語では football がアメリカンフットボールを指すこともあるので注意が必要です。
Football is a team sport in which players mainly use their feet to move a round ball and try to score goals. This meaning is standard in British English and many other varieties; in American English, football usually means American football.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
football は foot「足」＋ball「球」の複合語で、英国などでは足でボールを扱う「サッカー」を指します。play football、a football game、football player のまとまりで覚えましょう。米国で football と言うと通常アメリカンフットボールなので、サッカーを明確にする場合は soccer や association football を使います。
The compound foot + ball gives a clear picture of the sport: players mainly move a ball with their feet. Connect it with everyday combinations such as play football, a football match, and a football player. In Britain and much of the world, football means the sport called soccer in the United States. Regional context matters, because an American speaker who says football will usually mean American football, a different sport played with an oval ball. Use soccer or association football when you need to make the intended game completely clear in American English.
例文
I play football after school.
私は放課後にサッカーをします。
Football is very popular in Brazil.
ブラジルではサッカーがとても人気です。
We watched a football game on TV.
私たちはテレビでサッカーの試合を見ました。
football の類義語・関連語
類義語
派生語
紛らわしい語
football の語源・成り立ち Etymology
古英語 fōt（足）+ ball（球）の複合語。文字通り「足で蹴る球技」。英国ではサッカー、米国ではアメフトを指す。関連語：footwork（足さばき）、barefoot（裸足）。足を使う競技という原義がそのまま残っている。
Football is a compound of foot and ball. Foot comes from Old English fōt, while ball entered English as the name of a rounded object used in games. The compound has long referred to related games played on foot, although their rules differed historically. After modern codes were organized, British usage established football as the usual short name for association football, while American usage applied it primarily to American football.
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