French Basketball Vocabulary: 43 French Words Every Sports Fan Should Know
In this article, learn about French basketball vocabulary!
Basketball is one of the sports that are well-loved all over the world. If you are learning French and are a fan of this sport, French basketball vocabulary would help you discuss basketball with other French-speaking fans.
Read more to learn how to say basketball in French, and even basketball positions in French.
Here are other advantages of learning about French basketball vocabulary:
- It’s great to learn French words by theme. Learning by theme will help you talk about this topic with other French speakers as well as understand French news articles about basketball.
- It can help boost your motivation to learn French. If you’re a basketball fan, learning how to say basketball in French and other French basketball vocabulary would be a fun way to learn the language. To boost your motivation for learning French, you could learn French words related to topics that interest you.
French Basketball Vocabulary
- l’équipe de basketbasketball team
- un matchgame
- un(e) basketteur/eusea basketball player
- un joueura player
- un pivota center (player)
- un arrièrea guard
- un attaquantan offensive player
- un défenseura defensive player
- un sauteura jumper
- un remplaçantsubstitute
- l’arbitrereferee
- l’équipementequipment
- un ballon de basketbasketball
- un terrain de jeu / le terraincourt
- le panierbasket
- le panier adverseopponent’s basket
- l’anneaurim, ring, hoop
- le panneaubackboard
- le filetnet
- le ballonball
- la ligne de centrecenter line
- la ligne de lancer francfree-throw line
- la ligne des trois pointsthree-point line
- le cercle centralcenter circle
- la ligne de fondendline
- la ligne de touchesideline
- hors limitesout of bounds
- un tira shot
- un tir en crocheta hook shot
- la fautefoul
- la passepass
- le rebondrebound
- la remise en jeuthrow-in (inbound)
- lancerto throw
- attraperto catch
- marquerto score
- faire un dunkto dunk the ball
- tirerto shoot
- bloquerto block
- faire rebondirto bounce
- dribblerto dribble
- sauterto jump
- une pom-pom girla cheerleader
Sports are always a good topic no matter which part of the world you’re in. If you’d rather discuss football (or soccer, depending on where you’re from), check out this article instead:
Or you can check out this article for general sports terms:
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