Football
Football
The French word 'Football' is used exactly as in English, to refer to the sport which involves two teams trying to score points by hitting a ball into the opponents' goal using any body part except their hands and arms. In some contexts, it might also refer to the ball used in this sport.
Example sentences using: Football
J'aime jouer au football le week-end.
I like playing football on the weekend.
This sentence is an expression of the speaker's personal preference for engaging in football as an activity, especially over the weekend.
Le football est un sport très populaire en France.
Football is a very popular sport in France.
This sentence emphasizes the popularity of football as a sport within the French community - it implies that a considerable part of the French populace have football as their sport of choice.
Nous avons gagné le match de football hier.
We won the football match yesterday.
This sentence is a past event narration in which the speaker's team had a victory in a football match the day before - it suggests that there was a football event that had the speaker's side as the winners.