football field

• Terrain rectangulaire en gazon utilisé pour jouer au football (soccer ou football américain), généralement avec des lignes délimitées et des buts à chaque extrémité.

A rectangular grassy area used for playing football (soccer or American football), typically with marked boundaries and goalposts at each end.

1. Playing field for footballA2formal

   A rectangular field with specific markings used for playing the sport of football (soccer or American football).

   terrain de football

   • The players ran onto the football field to start the match.
   • The football field is 100 meters long.
   • They painted new lines on the football field before the game.

2. Unit of measurementB1informal

   Used informally to describe a large area or distance, roughly the size of a standard football field.

   terrain de football (unité de mesure)

   • The warehouse is about the size of two football fields.
   • The storm damaged an area equivalent to several football fields.
   • The new park covers three football fields of land.