Grammatical class

Noun

basket

(colloquial) basketball

Details

Syllables

bas-ket

Phonetics

bas.kɛt

Grammatical class

Noun

Freq. (books)

29514

Freq. (movies)

3572

Freq. (news)

3975

Sentences

Tom a joué au basket.

Tom played basketball.

A1

Es-tu bon au basket ?

Are you good at basketball?

A1

Michelle joue au basket.

Michelle plays basketball.

A1

Tom n'aime pas le basket.

Tom doesn't like basketball.

A1

On y va dès que tout le monde a fini de mettre ses baskets.

We'll go once everyone has put on their trainers.

A2

Ils jouent au basket.

They play basketball.

A2

Les gars jouent au basket.

The guys are playing basketball.

A2

Il s'est déchiré le muscle du mollet en jouant au basket.

He tore his calf muscle playing basketball.

B1

Je n'ai jamais vu quelqu'un capable de jouer au basket en lisant seulement des livres, il en va de même pour les langues étrangères.

I've never met anyone who was able to learn how to play basketball just by reading a book. The same holds true for learning foreign languages as well.

B1

Tom n'est pas vraiment un joueur de basket.

Tom isn't much of a basketball player.

C1