sport

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[edit] English

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[edit] Etymology

From Old French desport, variant of deport (“fun, amusement”), from Latin deportāre, present active infinitive of deportō.

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /spoʊɹt/, /spɔːɹt/, /spɔːt/
  • (Tasmanian) IPA: /spɔː/
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  • Rhymes: -ɔː(r)t

[edit] Adjective

sport (not comparable)

  1. Suitable for use in athletic activities or for casual or informal wear.
    Jen has a new pair of sport shoes, and a new sports bra.

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suitable for use in athletic activities

[edit] Noun

sport (countable and uncountable; plural sports)

  1. (countable) Any athletic activity that uses physical skills, often competitive.
  2. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
    • Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.
    • The loser was a good sport, and congratulated Jen on her performance.
  3. (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner, a good sport.
    • You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you.
  4. (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
  5. (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
  6. (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
  7. (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler, one who consorts with less than reputable people, including prostitutes.
  8. (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
    • Charlie and Lisa enjoyed a bit of sport after their hike.
  9. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
    • 1924 July, Ellis Butler, “The Little Tin Godlets”, The Rotarian, volume 25, number 1, Rotary International, page 14: 
      "Say, sport!" he would say briskly.
    • 1925, F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby[1], ISBN 0-19-283269-7, page 75:
      "Yes... well, I can't talk now... I can't talk now, old sport..."

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any athletic activity that uses physical skills
person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner
toy
gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing
abnormal plant or animal
slang: sportsman; gambler
amorous dalliance

[edit] Verb

sport (third-person singular simple present sports, present participle sporting, simple past and past participle sported)

  1. (intransitive) to amuse oneself, to play
  2. (intransitive) to mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with
    • Jen sports with Bill's emotions.
  3. (transitive) to display (something) with pride, to have (something) as an often unique feature
    • Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes.
  4. (transitive) to bear a mark or wound with embarrassment

[edit] Translations

amuse oneself
mock or tease
wear
bear a mark or wound

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[edit] Czech

[edit] Noun

sport m.

  1. sport

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[edit] Dutch

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  • IPA: /spɔrt/

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sport f. (plural sporten)

  1. sport
  2. step on a ladder

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sport

  1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of sporten.
  2. imperative of sporten.

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[edit] French

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From English sport

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[edit] Noun

sport m. (plural sports)

  1. sport

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[edit] Hungarian

[edit] Pronunciation

  • IPA: /ˈʃport/

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sport (plural sportok)

  1. sport

[edit] Declension

declension of sport
singular plural
nominative sport sportok
accusative sportot sportokat
dative sportnak sportoknak
instrumental sporttal sportokkal
causal-final sportért sportokért
translative sporttá sportokká
terminative sportig sportokig
essive-formal sportként sportokként
essive-modal - -
inessive sportban sportokban
superessive sporton sportokon
adessive sportnál sportoknál
illative sportba sportokba
sublative sportra sportokra
allative sporthoz sportokhoz
elative sportból sportokból
delative sportról sportokról
ablative sporttól sportoktól
possessives of sport
possessor singular possession plural possession
1st person sing. sportom sportjaim
2nd person sing. sportod sportjaid
3rd person sing. sportja sportjai
1st person plural sportunk sportjaink
2nd person plural sportotok sportjaitok
3rd person plural sportjuk sportjaik

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Compound words

[edit] Interlingue

[edit] Noun

sport

  1. sport

[edit] Italian

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sport m. inv.

  1. sport (activity that uses physical skills, often competitive)
  2. hobby, pastime
    fare qualcosa per sport (to do something for fun)

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[edit] Polish

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From English sport

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  • IPA: [s̪pɔrt̪]

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sport m.

  1. sport

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    declension of sport
singular plural
nominative sport sporty
genitive sportu sportów
dative sportowi sportom
accusative sport sporty
instrumental sportem sportami
locative sporcie sportach
vocative sporcie sporty

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[edit] Serbo-Croatian

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From English sport.

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  • IPA: /spôrt/

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spȍrt m. (Cyrillic spelling спо̏рт)

  1. sport

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    declension of sport
singular plural
nominative spȍrt spòrtovi
genitive sporta sportova
dative sportu sportovima
accusative sport sportove
vocative sporte sportovi
locative sportu sportovima
instrumental sportom sportovima

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[edit] Verb

sport

  1. supine of spörja.
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