Foot"ball` (?), n. An inflated ball to be kicked in sport, usually made in India rubber, or a bladder incased in Leather. Waller.

2. The game of kicking the football by opposing parties of players between goals. Arbuthnot.

• (British) (uncountable) A game in which two teams of eleven players each contend to get a round ball into the other team's goal primarily by kicking the ball with their feet. In amateur games it may be a team of five or six, or indeed any number.
        Each team scored three goals when they played football.
  
• (US) (fb) (uncountable) A game similar to rugby football in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
        Each team scored two touchdowns when they played football.
  
• (Canada) (uncountable) Canadian football. A game played on a wide field in which two teams attempt to get an ovoid ball to the end of each other's territory.
        They played football in the snow.
  
• (Australia: Victoria, South Australia, Western Australia, Tasmania) (uncountable) Australian rules football.
  
• (Australia: New South Wales, Queensland) (uncountable) Rugby League.
  
• (countable) The ball used in any game called "football".
        The player kicked the football.
  
• Practise of these particular games, or techniques used in them.
  
• (metaphorical) An item of discussion, particularly in a back-and-forth manner
        That budget item became a political football.
  
• (Ireland). A field game played with similar rules to hurling, but using a hands and feet rather than a stick, and a ball, similar, yet small than a soccer ball.
  
  French
• (French French) : soccer
  
• (French French) football américain : football
  
• (American French) : football
  
  Interlingua
• football (soccer)