golf

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See also: Golf and gólf

Translingual

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Noun

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golf

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Golf of the ICAO/NATO radiotelephony alphabet.

English

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Etymology

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The word is first known in English from the 17th century as a borrowing from Middle Scots golf, gouff. Although the etymology is uncertain, the most likely origin is that it comes from the Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”), related to German Kolben (“piston, rod”), Swedish kolv (“piston, rod”), Old English clopp (“rock; cliff”).

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Noun

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golf (uncountable)

  2. (sports) A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.
    • 2017 October 16, Adam Jourdan, Matt Miller, “In the rough - China closes Wanda golf courses in chilly northeast”, in Himani Sarkar, editor, Reuters‎[1], archived from the original on 18 March 2023, Business News:
      In January, China’s state planner said it had ordered the closure of more than 100 golf courses in a multi-year campaign launched in 2011 to tackle illegal development in the sector.
      Golf has also been added to a list of Communist Party disciplinary violations, and is often cited in cases of graft.
  3. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

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Verb

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golf (third-person singular simple present golfs, present participle golfing, simple past and past participle golfed)

  1. (intransitive) To play the game of golf.
  2. (computing) To write something in as few characters as possible (e.g. in code golf, regex golf)

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Anagrams

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Asturian

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Noun

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golf m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) golf

Catalan

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Inherited from Vulgar Latin or Late Latin colfus, colphus, culfus, alteration of colpus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

Noun

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golf m (plural golfs)

  1. gulf

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

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golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf
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Czech

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Czech Wikipedia has an article on:
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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English golf.[1]

Noun

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golf m inan

  1. golf (a ball game)
Declension
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Declension of golf (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative golf golfy
genitive golfu golfů
dative golfu golfům
accusative golf golfy
vocative golfe golfy
locative golfu golfech
instrumental golfem golfy
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from German Golf.[2]

Noun

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golf m inan

  1. bay, gulf
Declension
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Declension of golf (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative golf golfy
genitive golfu golfů
dative golfu golfům
accusative golf golfy
vocative golfe golfy
locative golfu golfech
instrumental golfem golfy

Further reading

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  • “golf”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “golf”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
  • “golf”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

References

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  1. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “golf¹”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda
  2. ^ Jiří Rejzek (2007) “golf²”, in Český etymologický slovník (in Czech), Leda

Dutch

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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
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Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia nl

Etymology 1

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From Middle Dutch gelve, from Proto-Germanic *gelbaną. Influenced by Late Latin colfus, from Ancient Greek κόλπος (kólpos).

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Noun

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golf f (plural golven, diminutive golfje n)

  1. wave
  2. (physics) wave
  3. (geography) gulf
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Verb

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golf

  1. inflection of golven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English golf.

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Noun

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golf n (uncountable)

  1. golf

Verb

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golf

  1. inflection of golfen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Further reading

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  • “golf” in Van Dale Onlinewoordenboek, Van Dale Lexicografie, 2007.

Faroese

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Etymology

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From English golf, from Middle Scots golf.

Noun

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golf n (genitive singular golfs, uncountable)

  1. golf

Declension

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Declension of golf (singular only)
n3s singular
indefinite definite
nominative golf golfið
accusative golf golfið
dative golfi golfinum
genitive golfs golfsins

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Finnish

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Finnish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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From English golf.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡolf/, [ˈɡo̞lf]
  • Rhymes: -olf
  • Hyphenation(key): golf

Noun

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golf

  1. golf

Declension

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Inflection of golf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative golf golfit
genitive golfin golfien
partitive golfia golfeja
illative golfiin golfeihin
singular plural
nominative golf golfit
accusative nom. golf golfit
gen. golfin
genitive golfin golfien
partitive golfia golfeja
inessive golfissa golfeissa
elative golfista golfeista
illative golfiin golfeihin
adessive golfilla golfeilla
ablative golfilta golfeilta
allative golfille golfeille
essive golfina golfeina
translative golfiksi golfeiksi
abessive golfitta golfeitta
instructive — golfein
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of golf (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative golfini golfini
accusative nom. golfini golfini
gen. golfini
genitive golfini golfieni
partitive golfiani golfejani
inessive golfissani golfeissani
elative golfistani golfeistani
illative golfiini golfeihini
adessive golfillani golfeillani
ablative golfiltani golfeiltani
allative golfilleni golfeilleni
essive golfinani golfeinani
translative golfikseni golfeikseni
abessive golfittani golfeittani
instructive — —
comitative — golfeineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative golfisi golfisi
accusative nom. golfisi golfisi
gen. golfisi
genitive golfisi golfiesi
partitive golfiasi golfejasi
inessive golfissasi golfeissasi
elative golfistasi golfeistasi
illative golfiisi golfeihisi
adessive golfillasi golfeillasi
ablative golfiltasi golfeiltasi
allative golfillesi golfeillesi
essive golfinasi golfeinasi
translative golfiksesi golfeiksesi
abessive golfittasi golfeittasi
instructive — —
comitative — golfeinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative golfimme golfimme
accusative nom. golfimme golfimme
gen. golfimme
genitive golfimme golfiemme
partitive golfiamme golfejamme
inessive golfissamme golfeissamme
elative golfistamme golfeistamme
illative golfiimme golfeihimme
adessive golfillamme golfeillamme
ablative golfiltamme golfeiltamme
allative golfillemme golfeillemme
essive golfinamme golfeinamme
translative golfiksemme golfeiksemme
abessive golfittamme golfeittamme
instructive — —
comitative — golfeinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative golfinne golfinne
accusative nom. golfinne golfinne
gen. golfinne
genitive golfinne golfienne
partitive golfianne golfejanne
inessive golfissanne golfeissanne
elative golfistanne golfeistanne
illative golfiinne golfeihinne
adessive golfillanne golfeillanne
ablative golfiltanne golfeiltanne
allative golfillenne golfeillenne
essive golfinanne golfeinanne
translative golfiksenne golfeiksenne
abessive golfittanne golfeittanne
instructive — —
comitative — golfeinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative golfinsa golfinsa
accusative nom. golfinsa golfinsa
gen. golfinsa
genitive golfinsa golfiensa
partitive golfiaan
golfiansa 		golfejaan
golfejansa
inessive golfissaan
golfissansa 		golfeissaan
golfeissansa
elative golfistaan
golfistansa 		golfeistaan
golfeistansa
illative golfiinsa golfeihinsa
adessive golfillaan
golfillansa 		golfeillaan
golfeillansa
ablative golfiltaan
golfiltansa 		golfeiltaan
golfeiltansa
allative golfilleen
golfillensa 		golfeilleen
golfeillensa
essive golfinaan
golfinansa 		golfeinaan
golfeinansa
translative golfikseen
golfiksensa 		golfeikseen
golfeiksensa
abessive golfittaan
golfittansa 		golfeittaan
golfeittansa
instructive — —
comitative — golfeineen
golfeinensa

Synonyms

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verbs
compounds

Further reading

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French

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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golf m (plural golf)

  1. golf

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Galician

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Noun

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golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf

German

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Verb

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golf

  1. singular imperative of golfen
  2. (colloquial) first-person singular present of golfen

Hungarian

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Etymology

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From English golf.[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈɡolf]
  • Hyphenation: golf
  • Rhymes: -olf

Noun

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golf (usually uncountable, plural golfok)

  1. golf

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Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative golf golfok
accusative golfot golfokat
dative golfnak golfoknak
instrumental golffal golfokkal
causal-final golfért golfokért
translative golffá golfokká
terminative golfig golfokig
essive-formal golfként golfokként
essive-modal — —
inessive golfban golfokban
superessive golfon golfokon
adessive golfnál golfoknál
illative golfba golfokba
sublative golfra golfokra
allative golfhoz golfokhoz
elative golfból golfokból
delative golfról golfokról
ablative golftól golfoktól
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		golfé golfoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		golféi golfokéi
Possessive forms of golf
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. golfom golfjaim
2nd person sing. golfod golfjaid
3rd person sing. golfja golfjai
1st person plural golfunk golfjaink
2nd person plural golfotok golfjaitok
3rd person plural golfjuk golfjaik

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Compound words

References

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  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

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  • golf in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

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Etymology

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From English golf.

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Noun

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golf n (genitive singular golfs, no plural)

  1. golf

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Declension of golf (sg-only neuter)
singular
indefinite definite
nominative golf golfið
accusative golf golfið
dative golfi golfinu
genitive golfs golfsins

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Indonesian

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Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Internationalism, unadapted borrowing from English golf, most likely from Middle Dutch colve, colf (“club”), ultimately from Proto-Germanic *kulbaz (“club”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡol(ĕ)f/
  • Hyphenation: golf

Noun

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golf (first-person possessive golfku, second-person possessive golfmu, third-person possessive golfnya)

  1. (sports) golf: A ball game played by individuals competing against one another in which the object is to hit a ball into each of a series of (usually 18 or nine) holes in the minimum number of strokes.

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English golf.

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Noun

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golf m (invariable)

  1. golf
  2. jumper, cardigan

Norwegian Bokmål

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Etymology 1

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From English golf.

Noun

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golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

  1. golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
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Etymology 2

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From Italian golfo and French golfe.

Noun

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golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfer, definite plural golfene)

  1. a gulf (large bay)
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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Etymology 1

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From English golf.

Noun

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golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

  1. golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
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Etymology 2

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From Italian golfo and French golfe.

Noun

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golf m (definite singular golfen, indefinite plural golfar, definite plural golfane)

  1. a gulf (large bay)
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Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl
Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

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golf m inan

  1. (golf) golf (ball game)
Declension
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Declension of golf
singular plural
nominative golf golfy
genitive golfa golfów
dative golfowi golfom
accusative golf golfy
instrumental golfem golfami
locative golfie golfach
vocative golfie golfy
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adjective
nouns

Etymology 2

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Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French col roulé.

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golf m inan (diminutive golfik)

  1. (clothing) turtleneck, polo-neck
Declension
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Declension of golf
singular plural
nominative golf golfy
genitive golfa/golfu golfów
dative golfowi golfom
accusative golf golfy
instrumental golfem golfami
locative golfie golfach
vocative golfie golfy
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adjective
noun

Etymology 3

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Borrowed from German Volkswagen Golf, a genericized trademark.

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golf m animal

  1. Volkswagen Golf car
Declension
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Declension of golf
singular plural
nominative golf golfy
genitive golfa golfów
dative golfowi golfom
accusative golfa golfy
instrumental golfem golfami
locative golfie golfach
vocative golfie golfy

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from French golf.

Noun

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golf m inan

  1. (obsolete) gulf (deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land)
    Synonyms: odnoga morska, zatoka
Declension
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Declension of golf
singular plural
nominative golf golfy
genitive golfu golfów
dative golfowi golfom
accusative golf golfy
instrumental golfem golfami
locative golfie golfach
vocative golfie golfy

Further reading

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  • golf in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • golf in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • golf in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Portuguese

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Noun

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golf m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of golfe

Romanian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French golfe.

Noun

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golf n (plural golfuri)

  1. gulf
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singular plural
+ indefinite article + definite article + indefinite article + definite article
nominative/accusative (un) golf golful (niște) golfuri golfurile
genitive/dative (unui) golf golfului (unor) golfuri golfurilor
vocative golfule golfurilor

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

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golf n (uncountable)

  1. golf
Declension
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declension of golf (singular only)
singular
n gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) golf golful
genitive/dative (unui) golf golfului
vocative golfule

Serbo-Croatian

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Noun

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golf m (Cyrillic spelling голф)

  1. golf

Declension

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Declension of golf
singular
nominative golf
genitive golfa
dative golfu
accusative golf
vocative golfe
locative golfu
instrumental golfom

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Slovak

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

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golf m inan (related adjective golfový or golfský, diminutive golfík)

  1. golf
  2. (geography) bay, gulf

Declension

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Declension of golf (pattern dub)
singularplural
nominativegolfgolfy
genitivegolfugolfov
dativegolfugolfom
accusativegolfgolfy
locativegolfegolfoch
instrumentalgolfomgolfmi

Further reading

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  • “golf”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2024

Spanish

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Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
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Etymology

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Borrowed from English golf.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɡolf/ [ˈɡolf]
  • Rhymes: -olf
  • Syllabification: golf

Noun

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golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv
en man som spelar golf
Mexikanska golfen (the Gulf of Mexico)

Noun

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golf c

  1. (sports) golf
  2. (geography) a gulf (very large bay)
    Mexikanska golfen
    The Gulf of Mexico
  3. Obsolete spelling of golv.

Usage notes

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Vik is used instead of golf in some names, for example in "Persiska viken" (the Persian Gulf).

Declension

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Declension of golf
nominative genitive
singular indefinite golf golfs
definite golfen golfens
plural indefinite golfer golfers
definite golferna golfernas
Declension of golf 2
nominative genitive
singular indefinite golf golfs
definite golfen golfens
plural indefinite — —
definite — —

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Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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golf

  1. golf

West Frisian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch golf.

Noun

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golf c (plural golven, diminutive golfke)

  1. wave (motion in a liquid)
    Synonym: weach
  2. wave, gush
  3. wave (in any other medium or field)
    Synonym: weach
  4. (in the diminutive) tilde

Further reading

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  • “golf (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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