goal

See also: Goal

English

Etymology

From Middle English gol (“boundary, limit”), from Old English gāl (“obstacle, barrier, marker”), suggested by its derivatives Old English gǣlan (“to hinder, delay, impede, keep in suspense, linger, hesitate, dupe”), and hyġegǣls (“hesitating, slow, sluggish”), hyġegǣlsa (“slow one, sluggish one”). Possibly cognate with Lithuanian gãlas (“end”), Latvian gals (“end”), Old Prussian gallan (“death”), Albanian ngalem (“to be limping, lame, paralyzed”), ngel (“to remain, linger, hesitate, get stuck”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡəʊl/, [ɡɒʊɫ]
(New Zealand, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʉl/, [ɡɒʊɫ]
(General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊl/, [ɡoɫ]
Audio (US) (file)
Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

goal (plural goals)

A result that one is attempting to achieve.
My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.
She failed in her goal to become captain of the team.
- 2013 November 2, “A shrinking slice”, in The Economist, volume 409, number 8860:
  The goal should be to strengthen workers without hamstringing firms. Growth, rather than employment protection, is the priority. More work means a stronger labour market, which would bid up employees’ slice, as it did in America in the 1990s when unemployment was at record lows.
(sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.
(sports) The act of placing the object into the goal.
A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.
- 2011 April 15, Saj Chowdhury, “Norwich 2-1 Nott'm Forest”, in BBC Sport:
  The former Forest man, who passed a late fitness test, appeared to use Guy Moussi for leverage before nodding in David Fox's free-kick at the far post - his 22nd goal of the season.
A noun or noun phrase that receives the action of a verb. The subject of a passive verb or the direct object of an active verb. Also called a patient, target, or undergoer.

Synonyms

(a result one is attempting to achieve:) ambition, object of desire, objective, purpose, aspiration
See also Thesaurus:goal

Derived terms

Pages starting with “goal”.

any hole's a goal
away goal
basketball goal
captain's goal
consolation goal
distal goal
drop-goal
drop goal
dropped goal
empty net goal
empty-net goal
field goal
field goal percentage
ghost goal
goal area
goal attack
goal average
goalball
goal cage
goal celebration
goal defence
goal difference
goal-directed
goalgetter
goalie
goal judge
goalkeeper
goal keeper
goal kick
goalless
goal-line
goal line
goal-orientated
goal-oriented
goalpost
goal post
goal shooter
goal square
goal suck
goal-suck
goaltender
goal third
goal umpire
golden goal
in-goal
in goal
insurance goal
life goal
move the goal posts
non-goal
Olympic goal
open goal
own goal
penalty goal
phantom goal
shot on goal
silver goal
squad goal
stretch goal
subgoal
touch-in-goal

Descendants

→ Armenian: գոլ (gol)
→ Basque: gol
→ Belarusian: гол (hol)
→ Bulgarian: гол (gol)
→ Catalan: gol
→ Central Kurdish: گۆڵ‎ (goll)
→ Czech: gól
→ Dutch: goal
→ Esperanto: golo
→ Galician: gol
→ Georgian: გოლი (goli)
→ Greek: γκολ (gkol)
→ Hungarian: gól
→ Ido: golo
→ Indonesian: gol
→ Italian: gol, goal
→ Japanese: ゴール (gōru)
→ Korean: 골 (gol)
→ Luxembourgish: Gol
→ Maori: kōrā
→ Persian: گل‎ (gol)
→ Polish: gol
→ Portuguese: golo, gol
→ Romanian: gol
→ Russian: гол (gol)
→ Serbo-Croatian: го̑л (gȏl)
→ Slovak: gól
→ Slovene: gól
→ Spanish: gol
→ Telugu: గోలు (gōlu)
→ Turkish: gol
→ Ukrainian: гол (hol)
→ Zazaki: gol

Translations

result one is attempting to achieve

Albanian: qëllim (sq) m
Arabic: هَدَف‎ (ar) m (hadaf), مَقْصَد‎ m (maqṣad), غَايَة‎ f (ḡāya)
Hijazi Arabic: هَدَف‎ m (hadaf)
Armenian: նպատակ (hy) (npatak)
Azerbaijani: məqsəd (az), hədəf (az)
Bashkir: маҡсат (maqsat), теләк (teläk), мәрәй (märäy), сәп (säp)
Basque: helburu, xede
Belarusian: мэ́та (be) f (méta), цэль f (celʹ)
Bengali: লক্ষ্য (bn) m (lôkhẏ)
Bulgarian: цел (bg) f (cel)
Burmese: ရည်မှန်းချက် (my) (ranyhman:hkyak), ဦးတည်ချက် (my) (u:tanyhkyak)
Catalan: objectiu (ca) m, meta (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 目標／目标 (zh) (mùbiāo), 目的 (zh) (mùdì)
Crimean Tatar: maqsat
Czech: cíl (cs) m
Danish: mål (da) n
Dutch: doel (nl) n, bedoeling (nl), objectief (nl) n, oogmerk (nl) n
Esperanto: celo (eo)
Estonian: eesmärk (et)
Faroese: mál (fo) n
Finnish: maali (fi), päämäärä (fi), tavoite (fi)
French: objectif (fr) m, but (fr) m
Georgian: მიზანი (mizani)
German: Ziel (de) n
Alemannic German: Ziil n
Greek: σκοπός (el) m (skopós), επιδίωξη (el) f (epidíoxi), στόχος (el) m (stóchos), τερματισμός (el) (termatismós)
Ancient: σκοπός m (skopós)
Hebrew: מַטָּרָה‎ (he) f (matará)
Hindi: लक्ष्य (hi) m (lakṣya), मक़सद m (maqsad), उद्देश्य (hi) m (uddeśya), हदफ़ m (hadaf), निशाना (hi) m (niśānā)
Hungarian: cél (hu)
Icelandic: markmið (is) n
Ido: skopo (io)
Indonesian: tujuan (id), sasaran (id), cita-cita (id)
Italian: obiettivo (it) m, scopo (it) m, risultato (it) m, fine (it) m, traguardo (it) m
Japanese: 目標 (ja) (もくひょう, mokuhyō), 目的 (ja) (もくてき, mokuteki), ゴール (ja) (gōru)
Kazakh: мақсат (kk) (maqsat)
Khmer: ទិស (km) (tɨh), គោល (km) (kool)
Korean: 목표(目標) (ko) (mokpyo), 목적(目的) (ko) (mokjeok), 골 (ko) (gol)
Kumyk: тилек (tilek)
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: hedef (ku), mexsed (ku)
Kyrgyz: максат (ky) (maksat), бута (ky) (buta)
Lao: ເປົ້າໝາຍ (pao māi)
Latgalian: snāgs
Latvian: mērķis m
Lithuanian: tikslas (lt) m
Luxembourgish: Zil n, But m
Macedonian: цел f (cel)
Malay: tujuan (ms)
Maori: hemonga, whāinga (mi)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: зорилго (mn) (zorilgo)
Ngazidja Comorian: makswaɗa
Northern Altai: тамга (tamga)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: målsetting (no) c, formål (no) n, siktemål n, mål (no) n
Occitan: objectiu (oc) m
Ottoman Turkish: مقصد‎ (maksad), هدف‎ (hedef), غایه‎ (gaye)
Pashto: هدف‎ m (hadáf), مقصد‎ m (maqsád)
Persian: هدف‎ (fa) (hadaf), مقصد‎ (fa) (maqsad)
Polish: cel (pl) m
Portuguese: meta (pt) f, objetivo (pt) m
Romanian: scop (ro) n, obiectiv (ro) n
Russian: цель (ru) f (celʹ)
Sanskrit: उद्देश (sa) m (uddeśa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ци̑љ m
Roman: cȋlj (sh) m
Slovak: cieľ m
Slovene: cilj (sl) m, namen (sl) m
Southern Altai: амаду (amadu), таҥма (taŋma), мӧрӧй (möröy)
Spanish: meta (es), objetivo (es) m
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Tajik: мақсад (tg) (maqsad), ҳадаф (tg) (hadaf)
Tatar: максат (tt) (maqsat), цель (tsel’)
Telugu: లక్ష్యం (te) (lakṣyaṁ)
Thai: เป้าหมาย (th) (bpâo-mǎai)
Turkish: amaç (tr), hedef (tr), maksat (tr)
Turkmen: maksat
Ukrainian: мета́ (uk) f (metá), ціль (uk) f (cilʹ)
Urdu: مقصد‎ m (maqsad), ہدف‎ m (hadaf)
Uyghur: مەقسەت‎ (meqset), نىشان‎ (nishan)
Uzbek: maqsad (uz), hadaf (uz), nishon (uz)
Vietnamese: mục tiêu (vi), mục đích (vi)
Yiddish: ציל‎ (tsil)

in many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object

Arabic: مَرْمًى‎ m (marman)
Egyptian Arabic: جون‎ m (gōn), جول‎ m (gōl)
Hijazi Arabic: مَرْمى‎ m (marma)
Armenian: դարպաս (hy) (darpas)
Azerbaijani: qapı (az)
Basque: ate (eu)
Belarusian: варо́ты pl (varóty)
Bulgarian: врата (bg) f (vrata)
Catalan: porteria (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 球門／球门 (zh) (qiúmén)
Czech: brána (cs) f, branka (cs) f
Danish: mål (da)
Dutch: doel (nl) n, goal (nl)
Esperanto: golejo
Estonian: värav
Faroese: mál (fo) n
Finnish: maali (fi)
French: but (fr) m
Georgian: კარი (ḳari)
German: Tor (de) n
Greek: τέρμα (el) n (térma)
Hebrew: שַׁעַר‎ (he) m (shá'ar)
Hungarian: kapu (hu)
Icelandic: mark (is) n
Ido: golo (io)
Indonesian: gawang (id)
Irish: cúl m, báire m
Italian: porta (it) f, rete (it) f
Japanese: ゴール (ja) (gōru)
Korean: 골 (ko) (gol)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گۆڵ‎ (goll)
Lao: ປະຕູ (lo) (pa tū)
Latvian: vārti (lv) m pl
Luxembourgish: Gol m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mål (no) n
Persian: گل‎ (fa) (gol)
Polish: bramka (pl) f
Portuguese: (Brazil) gol (pt) m, (Portugal) baliza (pt) f
Romanian: poartă (ro) f
Russian: воро́та (ru) pl (voróta)
Scottish Gaelic: bàir f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: го̑л m, вра́та f
Roman: gȏl (sh) m, vráta (sh) f
Slovak: bránka f
Slovene: gól (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wrota pl
Spanish: portería f, arco (es) m
Swahili: bao (sw)
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Telugu: గోలు (te) (gōlu)
Thai: ประตู (th) (bprà-dtuu)
Turkish: kale (tr)
Ukrainian: воро́та pl (voróta)
Vietnamese: cầu môn (vi)

(sport) act of placing the object into the goal

Arabic: هَدَف‎ (ar) m (hadaf)
Hijazi Arabic: هَدَف‎ m (hadaf), قول‎ m (gōl)
Armenian: գոլ (hy) (gol)
Basque: gol (eu)
Belarusian: гол m (hol)
Bulgarian: гол (bg) m (gol)
Catalan: gol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 進球／进球 (zh) (jìnqiú)
Czech: gól (cs) m, branka (cs) f
Danish: mål (da)
Dutch: doelpunt (nl) n
Esperanto: golo (eo)
Faroese: mál (fo)
Finnish: maali (fi)
French: but (fr) m
Galician: gol m
Georgian: გოლი (goli)
German: Tor (de) n
Greek: τέρμα (el) n (térma), καλάθι (el) n (kaláthi), γκολ (el) n (gkol)
Hungarian: gól (hu)
Icelandic: mark (is) n
Indonesian: gol (id)
Irish: cúl m, báire m
Italian: gol (it) m, rete (it) f, goal (it) m
Japanese: ゴール (ja) (gōru)
Korean: 골 (ko) (gol)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گؤڵ کردن‎
Luxembourgish: Gol m
Nepali: गोल (ne) (gol)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mål (no) n
Persian: گل‎ (fa) (gol)
Polish: gol (pl) m
Portuguese: (Brazil) gol (pt) m, (Portugal) golo (pt) m
Romanian: gol (ro) n
Russian: гол (ru) m (gol)
Scottish Gaelic: tadhal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: го̑л m, по̀годак m, згоди́так m
Roman: gȏl (sh) m, pògodak (sh) m, zgodítak (sh) m
Slovak: gól (sk) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wrota pl
Spanish: gol (es) m
Swahili: bao (sw)
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Telugu: గోలు (te) (gōlu)
Turkish: gol (tr)
Ukrainian: гол (uk) m (hol)
Vietnamese: ghi bàn

point(s) scored

Albanian: please add this translation if you can
Arabic: هَدَف‎ (ar) m (hadaf)
Hijazi Arabic: هَدَف‎ m (hadaf), قول‎ m (gōl)
Armenian: գոլ (hy) (gol)
Basque: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: гол m (hol)
Bulgarian: гол (bg) m (gol)
Catalan: gol (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 進球得分／进球得分 (jìnqiú défēn)
Czech: gól (cs) m, branka (cs) f
Danish: mål (da)
Dutch: punt (nl) n, doelpunt (nl) n
Esperanto: please add this translation if you can
Estonian: värav
Faroese: mál (fo) n
Finnish: maali (fi)
French: but (marqué) m
Georgian: გოლი (goli)
German: Tor (de) n
Greek: πόντος (el) m (póntos)
Hebrew: שער‎ (he) (sha'ar)
Hungarian: gól (hu)
Icelandic: mark (is) n
Irish: please add this translation if you can
Italian: gol (it) m, rete (it) f, goal (it) m
Japanese: ゴール (ja) (gōru)
Khmer: ពិន្ទុ (km) (pɨntuʼ)
Korean: please add this translation if you can
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: گۆڵ‎ (goll)
Latvian: please add this translation if you can
Lithuanian: please add this translation if you can
Maori: kōrā
Norwegian:
Bokmål: mål (no) n
Polish: gol (pl) m
Portuguese: (Brazil) gol (pt) m, (Portugal) golo (pt) m
Romanian: gol (ro) n
Russian: гол (ru) m (gol)
Scottish Gaelic: tadhal m
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: го̑л m, по̀годак m, згоди́так m
Roman: gȏl (sh) m, pògodak (sh) m, zgodítak (sh) m
Slovak: gól (sk) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wrota pl
Spanish: gol (es) m
Swahili: bao (sw)
Swedish: mål (sv) n
Thai: แต้ม (th) (dtɛ̂ɛm)
Turkish: gol (tr)
Ukrainian: гол (uk) m (hol)
Vietnamese: ghi điểm, ghi bàn, bàn thắng

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Persian: ^{(please verify)} گل زدن‎ (gol zadan)

Verb

goal (third-person singular simple present goals, present participle goaling, simple past and past participle goaled)

(Gaelic football, Australian rules football) To score a goal.

Translations

to score a goal

Arabic: سَجَّلَ هَدَفًا‎ (sajjala hadafan)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 進球／进球 (zh) (jìnqiú)
French: marquer un but
German: ein Tor schießen
Icelandic: skora mark, skora
Japanese: ゴールを決める (ゴールをきめる, gōru o kimeru)
Korean: 골을 넣다 (goreul neota)
Persian: گل کردن‎ (fa) (gol kardan)
Russian: забива́ть гол impf (zabivátʹ gol), заби́ть гол pf (zabítʹ gol)

Anagrams

Galo, Gola, Lago, Olga, algo, algo-, gaol

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English goal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/, [ɡoːl]
Audio (file)
Hyphenation: goal

Noun

goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)

goal, target in sports, especially soccer
a hit in it, a point scored

Synonyms

(target): doel n
(hit): doelpunt n

Derived terms

goalpaal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡol/
audio (file)

Noun

goal m (plural goals)

goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo
Synonyms: gardien de but, gardien m, portier m
(rare) target in those sports
Synonym: but m

Anagrams

algo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

goal m (invariable)

Alternative spelling of gol

Anagrams

algo-, gola, lago

Manx

Etymology

From Middle Irish gall (“foreigner”), from Latin Gallus.

Noun

goal m (genitive singular goal, plural goallyn or goaldee)

Scottish lowlander
foreigner

Related terms

Goal

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical	Lenition	Eclipsis
goal	ghoal	ngoal
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

goal

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