FIFA
Translingual
Etymology
From French Fédération Internationale de Football Association (“International Federation of Association Football”).
Pronunciation
- English: IPA(key): /ˈfiːfə/
Proper noun
FIFA
- (soccer) The International Federation of Association Football, the international governing body of the sport of association football.
Translations
the International Federation of Association Football
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English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfiːfə/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -iːfə
Proper noun
FIFA
- FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)
- 2012, John Nauright, Charles Parrish, Sports Around the World: History, Culture, and Practice, page 127:
- In terms of viewing audience and revenue, the FIFA World Cup is the largest sport megaevent of its kind […]
- 2024 January 22, Thomas Schlachter, “There must be ‘significant consequences’ for clubs failing to deal with racism in stadiums, says player and union official”, in CNN[1]:
- After FIFA President Gianni Infantino called for automatic forfeits for teams whose fans have racially abused players and caused matches to be abandoned, the English Professional Footballers’ Association (PFA) chair says fellow players don’t believe enough is being done to punish racism at soccer matches.
- (video games, trademark) A series of association football video games developed and released annually by Electronic Arts under the EA Sports label.
Further reading
Anagrams
Catalan
Proper noun
FIFA f
- FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fi.fa/
Audio: (file)
Proper noun
FIFA f
- FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)
Further reading
- Fédération internationale de football association on the French Wikipedia.Wikipedia fr
Japanese
Etymology
Proper noun
FIFA • (Fīfa)
- synonym of 国際サッカー連盟 (Kokusai Sakkā Renmei, “International Federation of Association Football”); FIFA
Polish
Etymology
Orthographic borrowing from French FIFA.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈfi.fa/
Audio: (file) - Rhymes: -ifa
- Syllabification: FI‧FA
Proper noun
FIFA f (indeclinable)
Further reading
- FIFA in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- FIFA in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Spanish
Proper noun
FIFA f
- FIFA (International Federation of Association Football)
Derived terms
Proper noun
FIFA m
- (video games, trademark) FIFA
- 2021 October 18, Víctor Romero, “Adiós a 'el FIFA', hola a 'los FIFAs': la institución anuncia que EA Sports ya no tendrá su exclusividad”, in Marca[2]: