airsoft

airsoft

English

Etymology

From air +‎ soft.

Noun

airsoft (uncountable)

  1. A modern combat sport in which participants eliminate their opponents by hitting them with spherical non-metallic pellets launched from a type of air gun running compressed air or similar compressed gas (e.g., carbon dioxide).

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English airsoft.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾsoft/ [ˈeɾ.soft̪]
    • Rhymes: -eɾsoft
  • IPA(key): /ˈeɾsof/ [ˈeɾ.sof]
    • Rhymes: -eɾsof
  • Syllabification: air‧soft

Noun

airsoft m (uncountable)

  1. airsoft

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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