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Noun

field (plural: fields)

  1. a wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or hold farm animals.
  2. a region affected by a particluar force, as a magnetic field.
  3. a course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
  4. a domain, as the field of rational numbers.
  5. (sports) an area reserved for playing a game, as a soccer field.
  6. (geology) a region containing a mineral, as an oil field.
  7. (computers) an area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.

Translations

  • Danish: mark c (1); felt n (2,3,6); bane c(5);
  • Dutch: veld n
  • Estonian: väli (1, 2); põld , nurm (1; only for crops); ala, valdkond (3); korpus (4); väljak (5); maardla (6)
  • Finnish: niitty (1, for animals), pelto (1, for crops), kenttä (1, 2, 5, 6), ala (3), alue (7)
  • French: champ m (1, 2); corps m (4)
  • German: Feld n (1,2,3,5,6,7), Körper m (4)
  • Ido: agro
  • Italian: campo m (1)
  • Portuguese: campo m (1,2,3,4,5,6,7); terreno m (3), àrea m (3)
  • Romanian: câmp n (1-7), teren n (3)
  • Spanish: campo m (1,2,3,4,5); terreno m (3); yacimiento m (6)
  • Welsh: cae (1), maes (1)

Verb

to field (fields, fielded, fielding)

  1. (sports) to intercept or catch a ball.
  2. (sports) to place a team in a game.

Translations

  • Estonian: püüdma ning tagasi lööma (1); võistluseks välja viima (2)
  • French: champ
  • Portuguese: interceptar (1), apanhar (1), posicionar (2)



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