volleyball

A1 Topic:Sports & Fitness

US /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/ UK /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/ See IPA manual

Freq #13498

Meanings

1

noun
A game in which two teams hit a large ball over a high net with their hands.

We played volleyball on the beach all afternoon.
2

noun
The inflated ball used in this game.

She served the volleyball over the net.

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Forms volleyballs

Derived forms volleyballenevolleyballerwallyball

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volleyball court
the marked playing area used for volleyball

Noun + noun

Etymology

From volley + ball. In 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball")

*gʷelH- Proto-Indo-European

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# volleyball

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/
**IPA (UK):** /ˈvɒlibɔ(ː)l/
**Frequency rank:** 13498

## Meanings
1. A game in which two teams hit a large ball over a high net with their hands.
2. The inflated ball used in this game.

## Examples
- We played volleyball on the beach all afternoon.
- She served the volleyball over the net.

## Derived Forms
- volleyballene
- volleyballer
- wallyball

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gʷelH-

## Etymology
From volley + ball. In 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball")

## AI Etymology
Volleyball is from volley + ball. In 1895, in Holyoke, Massachusetts, William G. Morgan created a new game called Mintonette, a name derived from the game of badminton. After an observer, Alfred Halstead, noticed the volleying nature of the game at its first exhibition match in 1896, played at the International YMCA Training School (now called Springfield College), the game quickly became known as volleyball (it was originally spelled as two words: "volley ball"). In present-day use, it can mean a game in which two teams hit a large ball over a high net with their hands, or the inflated ball used in this game.

## Topics
- Sports & Fitness

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