footballer

foot·ball·er

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [foo t-baw-ler]
- /ˈfʊtˌbɔ lər/
- /ˈfʊt.bɔː.lər/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [foo t-baw-ler]
- /ˈfʊtˌbɔ lər/

Definitions of footballer word

noun footballer a football player, especially a member of a college or professional team. 1
noun footballer Chiefly British. a soccer player. 1
noun footballer One who plays soccer, that is, football. 1
noun footballer soccer player 1
countable noun footballer A footballer is a person who plays football, especially as a profession. 0

See all 5 definitions of footballer

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Origin of footballer

First appearance:

before 1875

One of the 25% newest English words

First recorded in 1875-80; football + -er1

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Parts of speech for Footballer

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Footballer

footballer popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

footballer usage trend in Literature

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