Skip to main content
Glite Dictionary
⚽ Playing football ⚽ About football
footballing

footballing

2.1
Relating to playing football in teams
  • adjective
  • /ˈfʊtbɔːlɪŋ/
  • UK
translation icon : futbolístico
  • The footballing world is buzzing with excitement over the upcoming tournament.

Examples

  • Many young players aspire to develop their footballing skills to reach the professional level.

  • I hope his footballing brain is better than his business brain.

    The Damned United (2009)

  • The people that matter appreciate and adore him for not only his footballing talent, but also his unique and unbeatable desire and determination to win every game he participates in.

    Blog text (31)

  • His footballing experience helped the team strategize effectively during matches.

Surface Forms

footballing positive

Morphology

footballing = football (transparent) = foot + ing

The adjective is formed regularly from 'football' with -ing, and the meaning 'relating to football' is directly recoverable.

Etymology

The word footballing comes from the simple parts foot ('foot') and ball ('ball'), because the game is about moving a ball with your feet. The ending -ing makes it about the sport, so footballing means 'relating to football'.