French Sports Missing Word

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How to play Missing Word in French

Read a real sentence and type the explicitly mapped vocabulary word that completes its meaning. All 120 words in the sports topic are used, and the words you answer incorrectly come back more often so your weak spots get extra practice.

Words used in this French sports game

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  • footballle footballfootball
  • basketballle basket-ballbasketball
  • tennisle tennistennis
  • swimmingla natationswimming
  • runningla course à piedrunning
  • cyclingle cyclismecycling
  • volleyballle volley-ballvolleyball
  • handballle handballhandball
  • boxingla boxeboxing
  • skiingle skiskiing
  • skatingle patinageskating
  • golfle golfgolf
  • gymnasticsla gymnastiquegymnastics
  • playerle joueurplayer
  • teaml'équipeteam
  • coachl'entraîneurcoach
  • matchle matchmatch
  • ballle ballonball
  • goalle butgoal
  • scorele scorescore
  • to wingagnerto win
  • to loseperdreto lose
  • trainingl'entraînementtraining
  • drawle match nuldraw
  • racela courserace
  • stadiumle stadestadium
  • refereel'arbitrereferee
  • championshiple championnatchampionship
  • exercisel'exerciceexercise
  • competitionla compétitioncompetition
  • medalla médaillemedal
  • trophyle trophéetrophy
  • sports fanle supportersports fan
  • playing fieldle terrainplaying field
  • sports courtle courtsports court
  • running trackla pisterunning track
  • swimming poolla piscineswimming pool
  • racketla raquetteracket
  • helmetle casquehelmet
  • sports jerseyle maillotsports jersey
  • to practices'entraînerto practice
  • to play sportsfaire du sportto play sports
  • to throwlancerto throw
  • to catchattraperto catch
  • to kicktirer du piedto kick
  • goalkeeperle gardien de butgoalkeeper
  • opponentl'adversaireopponent
  • teammatele coéquipierteammate
  • athletel'athlèteathlete
  • tournamentle tournoitournament
  • finalla finalefinal
  • semifinalla demi-finalesemifinal
  • sports recordle recordsports record
  • laple tourlap
  • finish linela ligne d'arrivéefinish line
  • penaltyla pénalitépenalty
  • substitute playerle remplaçantsubstitute player
  • to warm ups'échaufferto warm up
  • to stretchs'étirerto stretch
  • to break a recordbattre un recordto break a record
  • footballavec le footballwith football
  • basketballsans le basket-ballwithout basketball
  • tennispour le tennisfor tennis
  • swimmingsur la natationabout swimming
  • runningdepuis la course à piedfrom running
  • cyclingvers le cyclismetoward cycling
  • volleyballentre le volley-ballbetween volleyball
  • handballavant le handballbefore handball
  • boxingaprès la boxeafter boxing
  • skiingprès du skinear skiing
  • skatingloin du patinagefar from skating
  • golfà côté du golfnext to golf
  • gymnasticsau lieu de la gymnastiqueinstead of gymnastics
  • playerà travers le joueurthrough player
  • teamau bord de l'équipebeside team
  • coachau milieu de l'entraîneurin the middle of coach
  • matchen plus du matchin addition to match
  • ballà cause du ballonbecause of ball
  • goalplutôt que le butrather than goal
  • scoreau-dessus du scoreabove score
  • to winau-dessous de gagnerbelow to win
  • to loseavec perdrewith to lose
  • trainingsans l'entraînementwithout training
  • drawpour le match nulfor draw
  • racesur la courseabout race
  • stadiumdepuis le stadefrom stadium
  • refereevers l'arbitretoward referee
  • championshipentre le championnatbetween championship
  • exerciseavant l'exercicebefore exercise
  • competitionaprès la compétitionafter competition
  • medalprès de la médaillenear medal
  • trophyloin du trophéefar from trophy
  • sports fanà côté du supporternext to sports fan
  • playing fieldau lieu du terraininstead of playing field
  • sports courtà travers le courtthrough sports court
  • running trackau bord de la pistebeside running track
  • swimming poolau milieu de la piscinein the middle of swimming pool
  • racketen plus de la raquettein addition to racket
  • helmetà cause du casquebecause of helmet
  • sports jerseyplutôt que le maillotrather than sports jersey
  • to practiceau-dessus de s'entraînerabove to practice
  • to play sportsau-dessous de faire du sportbelow to play sports
  • to throwavec lancerwith to throw
  • to catchsans attraperwithout to catch
  • to kickpour tirer du piedfor to kick
  • goalkeepersur le gardien de butabout goalkeeper
  • opponentdepuis l'adversairefrom opponent
  • teammatevers le coéquipiertoward teammate
  • athleteentre l'athlètebetween athlete
  • tournamentavant le tournoibefore tournament
  • finalaprès la finaleafter final
  • semifinalprès de la demi-finalenear semifinal
  • sports recordloin du recordfar from sports record
  • lapà côté du tournext to lap
  • finish lineau lieu de la ligne d'arrivéeinstead of finish line
  • penaltyà travers la pénalitéthrough penalty
  • substitute playerau bord du remplaçantbeside substitute player
  • to warm upau milieu de s'échaufferin the middle of to warm up
  • to stretchen plus de s'étirerin addition to to stretch
  • to break a recordà cause de battre un recordbecause of to break a record

Frequently asked questions

How many French sports words can I learn here?
This topic contains 120 carefully chosen beginner French sports words, each with a picture, pronunciation and example use in the games.
Do I need an account to play?
No. Every game is free and playable straight away. Your XP, streak and word mastery are saved in your browser as you play.
Which game is best for memorising sports vocabulary?
Start with Word Rush to link pictures to words, use Memory Match to lock in the pairs, then test yourself with Speed Quiz and Vocabulary Battle. Listen & Spell trains recognition and exact spelling by ear.
How is my progress calculated?
Every answer updates a mastery score for that word. Words you get wrong come back more often, and a word counts as mastered once you answer it correctly several times in a row.

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