soccer – English noun declension

English noun forms of soccer

Noun: soccer
Singularsoccer

Sample Sentences

  • The 'Varsity played Aston Villa and were beaten after a very exciting game; this was pre-eminently the most important "Socker" game played in Oxford this term. [1885 December 26, “Our Oxford Letter”, in The Oldhallian, page 171:]
  • Golf is perhaps seven or eight years old in Oxford, ... football, seu Rugger, sive Soccer, not more than sixteen or seventeen. [1888 February 15, “Charley Symonds”, in The Oxford Magazine, page 224:]
  • Those who play under the "Socker" (Association) rules in the North of England, the Midlands, and Scotland take no heed of the warmness of the weather [1889 September 16, “Football Prospects in the West of England”, in The Western Daily Press, volume 63, number 9757, Bristol, page 7:]
  • Socker (public schools), football played according to the Association Rules [1890, Albert Barrère, Charles Leland, A Dictionary of Slang, Jargon & Cant, volume 2, Ballantyne, page 275:]
  • [1987, Charles Hughes, The Football Association Coaching Book of Soccer: Tactics and Skills, London: BBC, →ISBN:]
  • Diehard soccer fans likely have become familiar with England’s Sky Sports News channel over the years. [2023 March 8, Jonathan Tannenwald, “CBS is launching a 24/7 soccer channel online”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer:]

Etymology

1. Originally British English; as an abbreviation for association football, via abbreviation assoc. + -er (suffix); earlier socker (1885), also socca (1889), with soccer attested 1888.
2. Compare contemporary rugger, from rugby. Similarly constructed coinages from the same period include: brekker (“breakfast”), fresher (“freshman”) and footer (“football”). See Oxford -er.

Verbs referencing "soccer"

French Nouns soccer, Irish Nouns sacar.