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Pronunciation / Transliteration: boling
"Nous allons faire du bowling ce soir."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
A game in which players roll a heavy ball down a wooden or synthetic lane to knock down as many pins as possible.
"We went to the local alley for a few rounds of bowling on Friday night." - 2
The action of delivering the ball in cricket towards the batsman.
"His exceptional fast bowling dismantled the opposing team's batting lineup."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the verb 'bowl', originating in Middle English from Old French 'bouler' (to roll), ultimately tracing back to the Latin 'bullare' meaning to bubble or to boil, later shifting to describe spherical rolling objects.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Bowling" is said worldwide
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bowling
Transliteration: boling
"Nous allons faire du bowling ce soir."
Bowling
Transliteration: boʊlɪŋ
"Wir gehen heute Abend Bowling spielen."
bowling
Transliteration: bowling
"Andiamo a giocare a bowling."
bolos
Transliteration: bolos
"Fuimos a jugar a los bolos el fin de semana pasado."
boliche
Transliteration: boˈliʃi
"Nós fomos jogar boliche ontem à noite."
गेendbaazi
Transliteration: bowling
Script: बोलिंग
"हम आज रात बोलिंग खेलने जाएंगे।"
保龄球
Transliteration: bǎolíngqiú
"我们周末去打保龄球吧。"
볼링
Transliteration: bolling
"우리는 주말마다 볼링을 치러 간다."
ボウリング
Transliteration: bōringu
"週末に友人とボウリングをした。"
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