bazopilkado
Esperanto
Alternative forms
- bazpilkado
Etymology
From bazopilko (“a baseball”) + -ado (“duration of action”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bazopilkˈado/
- Hyphenation: ba‧zo‧pilk‧a‧do
- Rhymes: -ado
Noun
bazopilkado (uncountable, accusative bazopilkadon)
Bazopilkada matĉo
- (sports) baseball (game)
- Oni ofte diras ke bazopilkado estas la usona "nacia ŝatokupo". ― People often say that baseball is the American "national pastime."
- Synonym: basbalo
Usage notes
Using the Esperanto version of Google as a guide, basbalo receives three times the hits as bazopilkado. However many Esperantists object to this usage as being an Anglicism.
Meronyms
- batanto (“a batoter”)
- 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
- bazopilkada