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English

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A game of soccer.

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Etymology

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OriginallyBritish English; as an abbreviation forassociation football, via abbreviationassoc. +‎-er(suffix); earliersocker (1885), alsosocca (1889), withsoccer attested 1888.

Compare contemporaryrugger, fromRugby.[1] Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include:brekker(“breakfast”),fresher(“freshman”) andfooter(“football”). SeeOxford -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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soccer (uncountable)

  1. (originated, late 19th C, now often US, Australia, Ireland, Philippines, and other countries; see usage notes)Association football.
    Synonyms:(UK, formal, rarely used)association football,soccer,(ambiguous)football;see alsoThesaurus:football
    • 1885 December, “Our Oxford Letter”, inThe Oldhallian‎[1], page171:
      The 'Varsity played Aston Villa and were beaten after a very exciting game; this was pre-eminently the most important "Socker" game played in Oxford this term.
    • 1888 February 15, “Charley Symonds”, inThe Oxford Magazine‎[2], page224:
      Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, ... football,seu Rugger,siveSoccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen.
    • 1889 September 16, “Football Prospects in the West of England”, inThe Western Daily Press, volume63, number9757, Bristol, page 7:
      Those who play under the "Socker" (Association) rules in the North of England, the Midlands, and Scotland take no heed of the warmness of the weather
    • 1890, Albert Barrère, Charles Leland,A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant‎[3], volume 2, Ballantyne, page275:
      Socker (public schools), football played according to the Association Rules
    • 1987, Charles Hughes,The Football Association Coaching Book ofSoccer: Tactics and Skills, London: BBC,→ISBN:

Usage notes

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  • Since the 1990s,football has become more commonly used in the UK and in some other countries where Association football is the most popular football game, including English-speaking territories in Africa, the Caribbean and South Asia, as well as for some English-as-a-second-language (ESL) speakers worldwide. Countries where another type of football sport (or a different football 'code') is more popular are likely to usesoccer. These include US, Canada, South Africa, Ireland and some other countries (seehere). Bothfootball andsoccer are used in Australia and New Zealand, althoughfootball also refers to other codes in these countries.
  • soccer was widely used in the UK until the 1990s, although sometimes perceived asupper class orsnobbish. Since then, the term has come to be seen as anAmericanism (possibly due to media coverage of the1994 FIFA World Cup hosted in the US and the rise ofMajor League Soccer) and its usage has declined significantly. The word is still encountered in the UK in some legacy contexts, such as the title of the showSoccer Saturday, but otherwise its use is often criticized as inauthentic or incorrect which has reversed the erstwhile snobbery.

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Translations

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game

Verb

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soccer (third-person singular simple presentsoccers,present participlesoccering,simple past and past participlesoccered)

  1. (Australian rules football) To kick thefootball directly off the ground, without using one's hands.
    • 1990, Geoffrey Blainey,A Game of Our Own: The Origins of Australian Football, Black Inc. Publishing, published2003, page73:
      The rule seems to have encouraged players tosoccer the ball along the ground.
    • 2008, John Devaney,Full Points Footy′s WA Football Companion,page334:
      […]West Perth seemed on the verge of victory, only to succumb by 4 points after asoccered goal from Old Easts with less than half a minute remaining.
    • 2010 March 27, Michael Whiting, “Lions give Fev debut to remember”, inAFL - The official site of the Australian Football League:
      Fevola showed the best and worst of his play after dropping a simple chest mark, only to regather seconds later andsoccer the ball through from the most acute of angles.

References

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  1. ^Douglas Harper (2001–2025), “soccer”, inOnline Etymology Dictionary.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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French

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Etymology

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FromEnglishsoccer.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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soccer m (uncountable)

  1. (North America)soccer(association football)
    Synonym:football m

See also

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