handball
French, noun/ɑ̃d.bal/
handball is spelled H-A-N-D-B-A-L-L (8 letters) and appears 4.7 times per million words in written French, the 11,729th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Handball is a French masculine noun meaning “handball” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Sport collectif d’origine allemande où deux équipes de sept joueurs s’affrontent avec un ballon sur un…”.
What does handball mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinehandball
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Sport collectif d’origine allemande où deux équipes de sept joueurs s’affrontent avec un ballon sur un terrain rectangulaire séparé en deux camps. Le jeu consiste à envoyer le ballon dans le but adverse afin de marquer des points, en se servant des mains et du haut du corps pour intercepter le ballon, le lancer, faire des passes, etc.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of handball
- handballs plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃d.bal\ singular plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛnd.bol\ singular plural
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛnd.bɔl\ singular plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce handball?
- /ɑ̃d.bal/
- ^((h aspiré))\ɑ̃d.bal\
- ^((h aspiré))\ɛnd.bol\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to handball
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is handball in French?
handball appears 4.7 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).