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μπάσκετ
basketball (the sport) /ˈbasket/
nounB2#2254 most common
Also: a game of basketball
Example sentences
Μου αρέσει το μπάσκετ.
I like basketball.
Παίζω μπάσκετ κάθε Σάββατο με τους φίλους μου.
I play basketball every Saturday with my friends.
Ο αδερφός μου παίζει μπάσκετ στην ομάδα του σχολείου.
My brother plays basketball on the school team.
Χθες είδαμε έναν συναρπαστικό αγώνα μπάσκετ στην τηλεόραση.
Yesterday we watched an exciting basketball game on TV.
Από μικρός ονειρευόταν να γίνει επαγγελματίας παίκτης του μπάσκετ.
Since he was little, he dreamed of becoming a professional basketball player.
Το ελληνικό μπάσκετ γνώρισε μεγάλη άνθηση μετά την κατάκτηση του Ευρωμπάσκετ το 1987.
Greek basketball flourished greatly after winning the EuroBasket in 1987.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | μπάσκετ | None |
| Genitive | μπάσκετ | None |
| Accusative | μπάσκετ | None |
| Vocative | μπάσκετ | None |
Word family
καλαθοσφαίρισηbasketball (formal native term)
μπασκετμπόλbasketball (full loanword form)
μπασκετμπολίσταςbasketball player (informal)
καλαθοσφαιριστήςbasketball player (formal)
ΕυρωμπάσκετEuroBasket (European basketball championship)
Etymology
A 20th-century loanword borrowed into Greek from English 'basketball', usually via the clipped form 'basket'. English 'basketball' was coined in 1891 by James Naismith from 'basket' (the original peach baskets used as goals) plus 'ball'. Greek adopted it as an indeclinable neuter noun; alongside it exists the native calque καλαθοσφαίριση (from καλάθι 'basket' + σφαίρα 'ball').
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