Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beautiful game

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.10 in modern English

Syllables
beau-ti-ful game
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Association football; soccer.

noun

Ice hockey.

Canadian usage

Example Sentences

Etymology

Calque of Portuguese jogo bonito.

Usage

Inflected Forms

the beautiful game (canonical)

Questions

What does beautiful game mean?
Association football; soccer.
Where does beautiful game come from?
Calque of Portuguese jogo bonito.

How to pronounce beautiful game

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