Softball

Etymology
1926

Noun

 * 1) A game similar to baseball but played with a larger and softer ball which can be thrown overhand or underhand.
 * 2)  A question designed to be easy to answer.
 * 3) The ball used to play the sport.

Translations

 * Afrikaans: softbal, sagtebal
 * Bulgarian: софтбол
 * Chinese: 壘球 (lěi qiú)
 * French: balle-molle, balle molle (Canada), softball
 * Irish: láimhe


 * Japanese:, なんしきやきゅう
 * Latvian: softbols
 * Lithuanian: mažojo
 * Russian: софтбол
 * Spanish: sófbol
 * Vietnamese: bóng mềm


 * French:

Synonyms

 * diamond ball
 * indoor baseball
 * kitten ball
 * mush ball
 * pumpkin ball
 * town ball