basbalo
Esperanto
Basbala matĉo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /basˈbalo/
- Hyphenation: bas‧ba‧lo
- Rhymes: -alo
Noun
basbalo (uncountable, accusative basbalon)
- (sports) baseball
Usage notes
Using the Esperanto version of Google as a guide, basbalo receives three times the hits as bazpilkado. However many Esperantists object to this usage as being an anglicism.
Synonyms
- bazopilkado
Meronyms
- batanto (“a batter”)
- batilo (“a bat”)
- bazo (“base”)
- bazopilko (“a baseball (the ball)”)
- bazulo (“a baseman”)
- enkampo (“infield”)
- enkampulo (“an infielder”)
- forkampo (“outfield”)
- forkampulo (“an outfielder”)
- ĵetanto (“a pitcher”)
- kaptanto (“a catcher”)
Derived terms
- basbala ĉapo (“baseball cap”)