field

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[ English

Rank of this word in the English language, from analyzing texts from Project Gutenberg.
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[ Etymology

Old English feld, from Germanic; related to Latin planus and English floor

[ Pronunciation

IPA: /fiːld/
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Rhymes: -iːld

[ Noun

Singular
field

Plural
fields

field (plural fields)

A land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country.
A wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals.
The open country near or belonging to a city -- usually used in plural.
(physics) A region affected by a particular force.

magnetic field
A course of study or domain of knowledge or practice.
(mathematics) A set having two operations called addition and multiplication under both of which all the elements of the set are commutative and associative; for which multiplication distributes over addition; and for both of which there exist an identity element and an inverse element.

The set of rational numbers, $\mathbb{Q}$ , is the prototypical field.
(sports) An area reserved for playing a game.

soccer field
(geology) A region containing a particular mineral.

oil field or oilfield

gold field or goldfield
(heraldry) The background of the shield
(computing) An area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value.

[ Synonyms

(course of study or domain of knowledge): area, domain, sphere
(sports: area reserved for playing a game): course (for golf), court (for racquet sports), ground, pitch (for soccer, rugby, cricket)

[ Translations

land area free of woodland, cities, and towns; open country

Albanian: fushë
Croatian: polje hr(hr) n.

Portuguese: campo pt(pt) m.
Swedish: fält sv(sv) n.

wide, open space that is usually used to grow crops or to hold farm animals

Albanian: arë sq(sq)
Chinese: 田 (tian2) (for crops)
Croatian: polje hr(hr) n.
Czech: pastvina f. (for animals), pole n. (for crops)
Danish: mark da(da) c., ager da(da)
Dutch: veld n. (for crops), wei f. (for animals)
Esperanto: kampo eo(eo)
Estonian: väli, põld, nurm (for crops)
Finnish: niitty (for animals), pelto (for crops)
French: champ fr(fr) m.
German: Feld de(de) n.
Hebrew: שׁדה (Śadeh) m.
Hungarian: mező hu(hu)
Irish: páirc ga(ga) f., gort ga(ga) m.

Italian: campo it(it) m.
Korean: 밭 (bat) (for crops)
Norwegian: åker m. (for crops)
Polish: pastwisko n. (for animals), pole n. (for crops)
Portuguese: campo pt(pt) m., terreno pt(pt) m.
Romanian: câmp ro(ro)
Russian: пастбище n. (for animals), поле n. (for crops)
Scottish Gaelic: achadh m., blàr m., dail f., magh m., mìn m., raon m.
Serbian: pašnjak m., polje n.
Slovene: pašnik m. (for animals), polje n. (for crops)
Spanish: campo es(es) m.
Swedish: fält sv(sv) n.
Tamazight: ⵉⴳⴻⵔ (iger) m.
Tetum: to'os, rai-luan, kampu

physics: region affected by a particular force

Albanian: fushë
Chinese: 範圍 fanwei
Croatian: polje hr(hr) n.
Czech: pole cs(cs) n.
Danish: felt da(da) n.
Dutch: veld nl(nl) n.
Estonian: väli et(et)
Finnish: kenttä fi(fi)
French: champ fr(fr) m.
German: Feld de(de) n.
Hebrew: שׁדה (Śadeh) m.

Hungarian: mező hu(hu)
Italian: campo it(it) m.
Norwegian: felt no(no) n.
Polish: pole pl(pl) n.
Portuguese: campo pt(pt) m.
Romanian: câmp ro(ro)
Russian: поле ru(ru) n.
Scottish Gaelic: raon m.
Slovene: polje sl(sl) n.
Spanish: campo es(es) m.
Swedish: fält sv(sv) n.

course of study or domain of knowledge or practice

Albanian: fushë
Chinese: 領域 lingyu
Croatian: polje hr(hr) n.
Danish: felt da(da) n., område da(da)
Dutch: gebied nl(nl) n.
Estonian: ala, valdkond, tegevusväli, tegevusala
Finnish: ala fi(fi)
French: champ fr(fr) m.
German: Feld de(de) n., Gebiet de(de) n., Bereich de(de) m.

Italian: campo it(it) m., ambito it(it) m.
Norwegian: fagfelt no(no) n., felt no(no) n.
Portuguese: campo pt(pt) m., domínio pt(pt) m., terreno pt(pt) m.
Russian: область ru(ru) f.
Scottish Gaelic: raon m.
Slovene: disciplina sl(sl) f.
Spanish: terreno es(es) m.
Swedish: fält sv(sv) n.

in mathematics

Albanian: sferë, fushë
Croatian: polje hr(hr) n.
Czech: pole cs(cs) n.
Dutch: lichaam nl(nl) n.
Estonian: korpus et(et)
Finnish: kunta fi(fi)

French: corps fr(fr) m.
German: Körper de(de) m.
Greek: σώμα el(el) n. (sóma)
Portuguese: corpo pt(pt)
Slovene: obseg sl(sl) m.
Swedish: kropp sv(sv) c.

sports: area reserved for playing a game

Albanian: fushë
Croatian: teren hr(hr) m.
Czech: hřiště cs(cs) n.
Danish: bane c., spilleplads
Dutch: veld n., speelveld n.
Estonian: väljak, spordiväljak, mänguväljak
Finnish: kenttä fi(fi)
French: terrain fr(fr) m.
German: Feld de(de) n., Spielfeld de(de) n., Platz de(de) m.

Italian: campo it(it) m.
Norwegian: bane no(no) m.
Portuguese: campo pt(pt) m.
Russian: поле ru(ru) n.
Scottish Gaelic: raon m.
Slovene: polje sl(sl) m.
Spanish: campo es(es) m.
Swedish: plan c. (outdoors)

geology: region containing a particular mineral

Albanian: zonë
Danish: felt da(da) c.
Estonian: maardla, leiukoht

Finnish: kenttä, esiintymisalue
German: Lagerstätte f., Feld n. (particularly oil or gas)
Norwegian: felt no(no) n.

heraldry: background of the shield

Danish: felt da(da) c.

computing: area of memory or storage reserved for a particular value

Croatian: polje hr(hr) n.
Finnish: alue fi(fi)

Italian: campo it(it) m.
Swedish: fält sv(sv) n.

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Arabic: حقل (ħaql)
Ido: agro
Romanian: câmp n. (1-7), teren n. (3)

Spanish: campo m. (3,4); yacimiento m. (6)
Welsh: cae (1), maes (1)
German: Feld
Ancient Greek: [[]] (planasthai)
Old English: flor

[ Verb

Infinitive
to field

Third person singular
fields

Simple past
fielded

Past participle
fielded

Present participle
fielding

to field (third-person singular simple present fields, present participle fielding, simple past and past participle fielded)

(transitive, sports) To intercept or catch (a ball) and play it.
(transitive, sports) To place a team in (a game).
(transitive) To answer, accept or address.

She will field questions immediately after her presentation.