goal

See also: Goal

English

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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]
  • (doll–dole merger) IPA^(key): /ɡɒl/
• (New Zealand, General Australian) IPA^(key): /ɡɐʉl/, [ɡɒʊɫ]
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɡoʊl/, [ɡoɫ]

  • Audio (US):

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• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊl

Noun

goal (plural goals)

1. A result that one is attempting to achieve.

   My lifelong goal is to get into a Hollywood movie.

   His goal is to become a Youtuber.

   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.

2. (sports) In many sports, an area into which the players attempt to put an object.

   The racers are approaching the goal.

   fans behind the goal

   play in goal

   The ball rolled slowly into the goal.

   He hit the goal 20 yards away.

3. (sports) The act of placing the object into the goal.

   miss a goal

   concede a goal

   let in a goal

4. A point scored in a game as a result of placing the object into the goal.

   score a 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.

5. (linguistics, grammar) 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

English terms starting with “goal”

• antigoal
• 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)
• end goal
• field goal → field goal percentage
• ghost goal
• goal area
• goal attack
• goal average
• goalball
• goalbound
• goalbox
• goal cage
• goal celebration
• goal defence
• goal difference
• goal-directed
• goaler
• goalfest
• goalframe
• goal-getter, goalgetter
• goalhanger
• goalie
• goalish
• goal judge
• goalkeeper (goal keeper)
• goal kick
• goalkicker
• goalkicking
• goalless
• goal line (goalline), goal-line
• goal machine
• goalminder
• goalmouth
• goalodicy
• goal-oriented (goal-orientated)
• goalpost (goal post) → move the goalposts
• goalscorer
• goalscoring
• goal setting
• goal shooter
• goalside
• goalsneak
• goalsquare
• goal square
• goal suck, goal-suck
• goaltend
• goaltender
• goaltending
• goal third
• goal umpire
• goalward
• golden goal
• in goal, in-goal
• insurance goal
• life goal
• multigoal
• nongoal
• non-goal
• Olympic goal
• open goal
• opening goal
• own goal
• penalty goal
• phantom goal
• ringoal
• shot on goal
• silver goal
• squad goal
• stretch goal
• subgoal
• supergoal
• touch-in-goal
• wondergoal

Descendants

Descendants

• → Armenian: գոլ (gol)
• → Azerbaijani: qol
• → Basque: gol
• → Belarusian: гол (hol)
• → Bulgarian: гол (gol)
• → Catalan: gol
• → Central Kurdish: گۆڵ (goll)
• → Czech: gól
• → Dutch: goal
• → Esperanto: golo
• → French: goal
• → 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
• → Romanian: gol
• → Russian: гол (gol)
• → Serbo-Croatian: го̑л (gȏl)
• → Slovak: gól
• → Slovene: gól
• → Spanish: gol
• → Swahili: goli
• → Telugu: గోలు (gōlu)
• → Turkish: gol
• → Ukrainian: гол (hol)
• → Zazaki: gol

Translations

result one is attempting to achieve

Afar: please add this translation if you can Albanian: qëllim (sq) m Amharic: please add this translation if you can Arabic: هَدَف (ar) m (hadaf), مَقْصَد m (maqṣad), غَايَة f (ḡāya) Hijazi Arabic: هَدَف m (hadaf) Armenian: նպատակ (hy) (npatak) Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: please add this translation if you can Asturian: oxetivu m Azerbaijani: məqsəd (az), hədəf (az) Bashkir: маҡсат (maqsat), теләк (telək), мәрәй (mərəy), сәп (səp) Basque: helburu, xede Belarusian: мэ́та (be) f (méta), цэль f (celʹ) Bengali: লক্ষ্য (bn) m (lokkkho) Bhojpuri: मकसद (makᵊsad) Bulgarian: цел (bg) f (cel) Burmese: ရည်မှန်းချက် (my) (ranyhman:hkyak), ဦးတည်ချက် (my) (u:tanyhkyak) Catalan: objectiu (ca) m, meta (ca) f Chakma: please add this translation if you can Chinese: Mandarin: 目標 / 目标 (zh) (mùbiāo), 目的 (zh) (mùdì) Crimean Tatar: maqsat Czech: cíl (cs) m Danish: mål (da) n Dhivehi: please add this translation if you can Dutch: doel (nl) n, bedoeling (nl), objectief (nl) n, oogmerk (nl) n Esperanto: celo (eo) Estonian: eesmärk (et) Faroese: mál (fo) n Finnish: päämäärä (fi), tavoite (fi), maali (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) Gujarati: please add this translation if you can Hausa: please add this translation if you can 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) Irish: sprioc (ga) f 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 (maqsat) Khiamniungan Naga: vāthāh 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) Malayalam: please add this translation if you can 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, meta (oc) f Odia: please add this translation if you can Old Czech: cíl m Oromo: please add this translation if you can Ottoman Turkish: مقصد (maksad), هدف (hedef), غایه (gaye) Pashto: هدف m (hadáf), مقصد m (maqsád) Persian: Iranian Persian: هَدَف (fa) (hadaf), مَقْصَد (fa) (maġsad), نِشان (fa) (nešân) Polish: cel (pl) m Portuguese: meta (pt) f, objetivo (pt) m Rohingya: please add this translation if you can 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 Somali: please add this translation if you can Southern Altai: амаду (amadu), таҥма (taŋma), мӧрӧй (möröy) Spanish: meta (es), objetivo (es) m Swedish: mål (sv) n Sylheti: please add this translation if you can Tagalog: please add this translation if you can Tajik: мақсад (tg) (maqsad), ҳадаф (tg) (hadaf) Tatar: максат (tt) (maqsat), цель (tsel’), хәдәф (xädäf) Telugu: లక్ష్యం (te) (lakṣyaṁ) Thai: เป้าหมาย (th) (bpâo-mǎai) Tibetan: please add this translation if you can Turkish: amaç (tr), hedef (tr), maksat (tr) Turkmen: maksat Ukrainian: мета́ (uk) f (metá), ціль (uk) f (cilʹ) Urdu: مَقْصَد m (maqsad), ہَدَف m (hadaf) Uyghur: مەقسەت (meqset), نىشان (nishan) Uzbek: maqsad (uz), hadaf (uz), nishon (uz) Vietnamese: mục tiêu (vi) (目標), mục đích (vi) (目的) Wolof: please add this translation if you can 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 (ka) (ḳari) German: Tor (de) n Greek: τέρμα (el) n (térma) Hebrew: שַׁעַר (he) m (shá'ar) Hungarian: kapu (hu) Icelandic: mark (is) n Ido: goleyo 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 Lithuanian: vartai m pl Luxembourgish: Gol m Norwegian: Bokmål: mål (no) n Persian: Iranian Persian: گُل (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 (es) f, arco (es) m Swahili: bao (sw), goli (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) Egyptian Arabic: جون m (gōn), جول m (gōl) 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 (gl) 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 Ido: golo (io) 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: Iranian Persian: گُل (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, goul m Swahili: bao (sw), goli (sw) Swedish: mål (sv) n Telugu: గోలు (te) (gōlu) Turkish: gol (tr) Ukrainian: гол (uk) m (hol) Vietnamese: ghi bàn Zazaki: gol (diq)

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: gol (eu) 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: שַׁעַר (he) m (sha'ar) Hungarian: gól (hu) Icelandic: mark (is) n Irish: cúl m, báire m 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

Verb

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

1. (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

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowing from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡoːl/, [ɡoːl]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: goal

Noun

goal m (plural goals, diminutive goaltje n)

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

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

• goalpaal
• strafschopgoal

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡol/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

goal m (plural goals)

1. goalkeeper especially in soccer and polo

   Synonyms: gardien de but, gardien m, portier m

2. (rare) target in those sports

   Synonym: but m

Further reading

• “goal”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• algo

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English goal.

Noun

goal m (invariable)

1. 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)

1. Scottish lowlander
2. foreigner

Related terms

• Goal

Mutation

Mutation of goal

radical	lenition	eclipsis
goal	ghoal	ngoal

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Manx.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.