backman
Naija
Alternative forms
- frontman 0.75 6, swansea 0.75 28, belgian 0.75 22, pickford 0.74 7, benfica 0.74 36, derby 0.73 25, athletic 0.73 22, olympiakos 0.73 7, porto 0.73 39
Etymology
Borrowed from English backman
Pronunciation
- bàkmân
Frequency
- Frequency in NSC treebank: 0
- Frequency rank in NSC treebank: inf
- Frequency in raw corpus: 9
- Frequency rank in raw corpus: 8597
The word is used more in written texts than orally.
Noun
backman: defender in soccer -- Definition in Naija?
- Egbokhare (frequency:Inf)
- Na backman we want. — (It's a defender we want.)
- acl:relcl-compound (frequency:3)
- Brian Idowu na left side backman wey dey play for FC Amkar Perm for Russia. — (bbc__20621, __no translation__)
- Elderson Echiejile na left side backman wey dey play for Cercle Brugge K.S.V for Belgium. — (bbc__46687, __no translation__)
- acl:relcl-amod (frequency:2)
- Leon Balogun na central backman wey dey 29 years. — (bbc__63730, __no translation__)
- William Troost-Ekong na central backman wey dey play for Turkish club Bursaspor. — (bbc__100839, __no translation__)
Derived forms
Synonymes
- frontman 0.75 6, swansea 0.75 28, belgian 0.75 22, pickford 0.74 7, benfica 0.74 36, derby 0.73 25, athletic 0.73 22, olympiakos 0.73 7, porto 0.73 39
Antonymes
- frontman 0.75 6, swansea 0.75 28, belgian 0.75 22, pickford 0.74 7, benfica 0.74 36, derby 0.73 25, athletic 0.73 22, olympiakos 0.73 7, porto 0.73 39
Translations
- English: defender in soccer