Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

footballese

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
foot-ballese
IPA
16
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The jargon associated with the sport of football.

Uncountable

Etymology

From football + -ese.

Word Breakdown

Usage

Questions

What does footballese mean?
The jargon associated with the sport of football.
Where does footballese come from?
From football + -ese.

How to pronounce footballese

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