SOCCER


Meaning of SOCCER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈsä-kər ]

noun

Etymology: by shortening & alteration from association football

Date: 1889

: a game played on a field between two teams of 11 players each with the object to propel a round ball into the opponent's goal by kicking or by hitting it with any part of the body except the hands and arms — called also association football

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.