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4-letter words (2 found)

FLOG,GOLF,

3-letter words (2 found)

FOG,LOG,

2-letter words (3 found)

GO,LO,OF,

You can make 7 words from golf according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

All 4 letters words made out of golf

golf oglf glof lgof olgf logf gofl ogfl gfol fgol ofgl fogl glfo lgfo gflo fglo lfgo flgo olfg lofg oflg folg lfog flog

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Definitions and meaning of golf

golf

Translingual

Noun

golf

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

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ɡɒlf/
    • (Conservative RP) IPA(key): /ɡɒf/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /ɡɑlf/, /ɡɔlf/
    • (New England) IPA(key): /ɡɒf/
  • Rhymes: -ɒlf

Noun

golf (uncountable)

  1. (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.
  2. (international standards) Alternative letter-case form of Golf from the NATO/ICAO Phonetic Alphabet.

Derived terms

Translations

References

  • Michael Quinion (2004) “Golf”, in Ballyhoo, Buckaroo, and Spuds: Ingenious Tales of Words and Their Origins, Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Books in association with Penguin Books, →ISBN.

Verb

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)

Translations

Anagrams

  • GLOF, flog

Asturian

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. (sports) golf

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencian) [ˈɡolf]

Etymology 1

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

Noun

golf m (plural golfs)

  1. gulf

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf
Derived terms
  • golfista
Related terms
  • golfístic

Further reading

  • “golf” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɡolf]

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

golf m inan

  1. golf (a ball game)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from German Golf.

Noun

golf m inan

  1. bay, gulf
Declension

Further reading

  • golf in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • golf in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
  • golf in Internetová jazyková příručka

References

Dutch

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɔlf/
  • Hyphenation: golf
  • Rhymes: -ɔlf

Noun

golf c (plural golven, diminutive golfje n)

  1. wave
  2. (physics) wave
  3. (geography) gulf
Synonyms
  • (wave): waag
Derived terms
  • arrestatiegolf
  • geluidsgolf
  • kortegolf
  • lichtgolf
  • microgolf
  • radiogolf
  • vloedgolf
  • zwaartekrachtsgolf

Verb

golf

  1. inflection of golven:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English golf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɣɔlf/, /ɡɔlf/
  • Hyphenation: golf
  • Rhymes: -ɔlf

Noun

golf n (uncountable)

  1. golf

Verb

golf

  1. inflection of golfen:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

Further reading

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

Faroese

Etymology

From English golf, from Scots.

Noun

golf n (genitive singular golfs, uncountable)

  1. golf

Declension

Derived terms

  • golfbóltur m
  • golfbreyt f
  • golfleikari m
  • golfvøllur m

Finnish

Etymology

From English golf.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

golf

  1. golf

Declension

Synonyms

  • kolopallo

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “golf”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔlf/
  • Homophone: golfe

Noun

golf m (plural golf)

  1. golf

Further reading

  • “golf”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf

German

Verb

golf

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

Hungarian

Etymology

From English golf.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

golf (usually uncountable, plural golfok)

  1. golf

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • 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

Etymology

From English golf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkɔlv/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlv

Noun

golf n (genitive singular golfs, no plural)

  1. golf

Declension

Derived terms

  • golfari m (“golfer”)
  • golfbíll m (“golf cart”)
  • golfvöllur m (“golf course”)

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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.

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “golf” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English golf.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɡɔlf/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlf
  • Hyphenation: gòlf

Noun

golf m (invariable)

  1. golf
  2. jumper, cardigan

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From English golf.

Noun

golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

  1. golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms

Etymology 2

From Italian golfo and French golfe.

Noun

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

  1. a gulf (large bay)
Derived terms
  • Golfstrømmen
  • Mexicogolfen

References

  • “golf” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From English golf.

Noun

golf m (definite singular golfen, uncountable)

  1. golf (a game played with a golf club and golf ball)
Derived terms
  • golfbane
  • golfklubb
  • golfkølle

Etymology 2

From Italian golfo and French golfe.

Noun

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

  1. a gulf (large bay)
Derived terms
  • Mexicogolfen

References

  • “golf” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡɔlf/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlf
  • Syllabification: golf
  • Homophone: Golf

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

golf m inan

  1. (golf) golf (ball game)
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps borrowed from French col roulé.

Noun

golf m inan (diminutive golfik)

  1. (clothing) turtleneck, polo-neck
Declension
Derived terms

Etymology 3

Borrowed from German Volkswagen Golf, a genericized trademark.

Noun

golf m animal

  1. Volkswagen Golf car
Declension

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French golf.

Noun

golf m inan

  1. (obsolete) gulf (deep inlet of the sea almost surrounded by land)
    Synonyms: odnoga morska, zatoka
Declension

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: golf

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. Alternative spelling of golfe

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French golfe.

Noun

golf n (plural golfuri)

  1. gulf
Declension

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English golf.

Noun

golf n (uncountable)

  1. golf
Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

golf m (Cyrillic spelling голф)

  1. golf

Declension

Derived terms

  • golfaš
  • golfer

Slovak

Noun

golf m inan (genitive singular golfu, nominative plural golfy, genitive plural golfov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. golf
  2. (geography) bay, gulf

Declension


Derived terms

  • golfový
  • golfský

Further reading

  • “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, 2024

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English golf.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

golf m (uncountable)

  1. golf

Derived terms

Further reading

  • “golf”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Noun

golf c

  1. (sports) golf
  2. (geography) a gulf (very large bay)
  3. Obsolete spelling of golv

Usage notes

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

Declension

Derived terms

  • Mexikanska golfen
  • golfbana
  • golfklubb
  • golfklubba
  • minigolf

Related terms

  • golfa
  • golfare

See also

  • bukt
  • vik

References

  • golf in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • golf in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • golf in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ɣon˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [ɣoŋ˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ɣoŋ˧˧]
  • Phonetic: gôn

Noun

golf

  1. golf

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch golf.

Noun

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

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

Source: wiktionary.org