en basket
Meaning
basketball
In Swedish: ett bollspel
Forms
| Singular, indefinite | en basket |
|---|---|
| Singular, definite | basketen |
basket is an en-word, so adjectives agree with it: en stor basket, den stora basketen. Check another noun
Practise basket
1 / 1Is it en basket or ett basket?
Questions
What does basket mean in English?
basket means “basketball”.
Is it en basket or ett basket?
It is en basket, and “the basketball” is basketen.
Similar words
korgboll
Where the course teaches it
Origin
Borrowed from French basket, and this a pseudo-anglicism, derived from an ellipsis of English basketball.
Nearby common words
basket is number 4,509 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.
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