Lateral — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer

situated at or extending to the side; ; - Tennyson

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/lˈæɾɚɹəl/

🇬🇧British English

/lˈatəɹəl/

🇮🇳Indian English

/lˈatəɹəl/

3 syllables Say it as /lˈæɾɚɹəl/.

Examples

the lateral branches of a tree
shot out sidelong boughs
lateral lemniscus

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

lateral pass sidelong

Parts of Speech

noun	a pass to a receiver upfield from the passer
adjective	situated at or extending to the side; ; - Tennyson “the lateral branches of a tree”
adjective	lying away from the median and sagittal plane of a body “lateral lemniscus”

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

seitlich

ein Pass vom Passgeber zu einem Receiver im oberen Feld

🇫🇷French

latéral

une passe à un receveur en amont du passeur

🇮🇹Italian

laterale

un passaggio a un ricevitore in campo da parte del passante

🇳🇱Dutch

lateraal

een pass naar een ontvanger in het veld van de passer

🇷🇺Russian

боковой

передача принимающему в дальнюю часть поля от распасовщика

India

🇮🇳Hindi

पार्श्व

पासर से रिसीवर अपफील्ड के लिए एक पास

🇧🇩Bengali

পার্শ্বীয়

পথিকের কাছ থেকে একটি রিসিভার আপফিল্ডে একটি পাস

🇮🇳Tamil

பக்கவாட்டு

கடந்து சென்றவரிடமிருந்து ஒரு பெறுநருக்கு ஒரு பாஸ்

🇮🇳Telugu

పార్శ్వ

పాసర్ నుండి రిసీవర్ అప్‌ఫీల్డ్‌కి పాస్

🇮🇳Marathi

बाजूकडील

पासरकडून रिसीव्हर अपफिल्डकडे पास

🇮🇳Gujarati

બાજુની

વટેમાર્ગુ પાસેથી રીસીવર અપફીલ્ડ માટે પાસ

🇮🇳Kannada

ಪಾರ್ಶ್ವದ

ಪಾಸರ್‌ನಿಂದ ರಿಸೀವರ್ ಅಪ್‌ಫೀಲ್ಡ್‌ಗೆ ಪಾಸ್

🇮🇳Malayalam

പാർശ്വസ്ഥമായ

പാസ്സറിൽ നിന്ന് ഒരു റിസീവർ അപ്ഫീൽഡിലേക്കുള്ള പാസ്

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਪਾਸੇ ਦੇ

ਰਾਹਗੀਰ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਾਪਤ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਉੱਪਰ ਵੱਲ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਸ

🇵🇰Urdu

پس منظر

راہگیر کی طرف سے وصول کنندہ کے لیے ایک پاس

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

侧

传球者将球传给前场的接球手

🇯🇵Japanese

横方向

パサーからフィールド上のレシーバーへのパス

🇰🇷Korean

옆쪽

패스하는 사람이 업필드에 있는 리시버에게 패스하는 것

🇻🇳Vietnamese

bên

một đường chuyền tới người nhận từ người chuyền bóng

🇹🇭Thai

ด้านข้าง

ส่งผ่านไปยังผู้รับจากผู้สัญจร

🇮🇩Indonesian

samping

umpan ke penerima di bagian atas dari pengumpan

🇲🇾Malay

sisi

hantaran kepada penerima di atas padang daripada pelempar

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

جانبي

تمريرة إلى المتلقي العلوي من المارة

🇮🇷Persian

جانبی

یک پاس به یک گیرنده در بالای میدان از پاسور

🇹🇷Turkish

yanal

pas atan oyuncudan sahanın yukarısındaki alıcıya yapılan bir pas

🇮🇱Hebrew

צְדָדִי

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