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Added 4 October 2026

soccer

/ˈsɒk.ə/ noun

In Latin: pediludium Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about soccer at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Association football.

verb

To kick the football directly off the ground, without using one's hands.

Origin

Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

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