Image:Baseball.jpg|thumb|right|A baseball.
Image:Tulsa vs Frisco.jpg|thumb|right|A game of baseball.
English

Etymology
base + ball

Noun
en-noun

1. A sport common in North America, the Caribbean, and Japan, in which the object is to strike a ball so that one of a nine-person team can run counter-clockwise among four bases, causing a run. The team with the most runs after nine or more inning|innings wins.
2. The ball used to play the sport of baseball.
3. A variant of poker in which cards with baseball-related values have special significance.

Derived terms
baseball bat
baseball cap
baseball diamond
baseballer
baseball game
baseballist
baseball player
baseball stadium
indoor baseball

Translations
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Albanian: bejsbol
Asturian: beisbol
Chinese: �� (bàngqiú)
Croatian: t-|hr|bejzbol|m
Czech: t-|cs|baseball
Danish: t-|da|baseball
Dutch: t-|nl|honkbal
Estonian: pesapall
Finnish: baseball, pesäpallo (Finnish variety of the game)
French: t+|fr|baseball, t+|fr|base-ball
Frisian: basebal
German: t-|de|Baseball
Greek: μ�έι�μ�ολ (x-lit: mpéismpol)
Hebrew: ���ר-�ס�ס (kadur-basys)
Hungarian: t+|hu|baseball
Icelandic: t-|is|hafnabolti|m, t-|is|hornabolti|m
Indonesian: bisbol
Irish: t-|ga|baseball|xs=Irish
Italian: t-|it|baseball|m
Japanese: �� (����)
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Korean: t+|ko|�구|sc=Hang
Latvian: beisbols
Macedonian: бе�збол (x-lit: bejzbol)
Maltese: bejżbol
Norwegian (BM): baseball
Polish: t+|pl|baseball
Portuguese (Braz.): beisebol
Portuguese (Euro.): basebol
Romanian: t-|ro|baseball
Russian: бей�бол (x-lit: beĭsbol)
Serbian: бе�збол (x-lit: bejzbol)
Slovak: t-|sk|baseball
Spanish: t+|es|béisbol|m
Swahili: besiboli
Swedish: t-|sv|baseball
Turkish: bejsbol, bejzbol
Ukrainian: бей�бол (x-lit: beĭsbol)
Vietnamese: ba-d�-bon
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trans-top|ball used in baseball-game
Finnish: baseball-pallo
Icelandic: t-|is|hafnabolti|m, t-|is|hornabolti|m
Maltese: ballun tal-bejżbol
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trans-top|variety of poker
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See also
rounders
softball

Category:Baseball|baseball

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