sprinter

See also: Sprinter

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɪnt.ə(ɹ)/

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• IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɪntɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

sprint +‎ -er

Noun

sprinter (plural sprinters)

1. One who sprints.

Translations

one who sprints

• Bulgarian: спринтьо́р m (sprintjór)
• Czech: sprinter m
• Greek: σπρίντερ (el) (sprínter)
• Polish: sprinter (pl) m, sprinterka (pl) f
• Romanian: sprinter (ro) m, sprinteră (ro) f
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• Russian: спри́нтер (ru) (sprínter)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: спри̏нтер m, спри̏нтерица f

  Roman: sprȉnter (sh) m, sprȉnterica (sh) f

• Walloon: sprinteu m

Etymology 2

Blend of spring +‎ winter

Noun

sprinter (uncountable)

1. Transition period between winter and spring: late winter.

Coordinate terms

• sprummer

Anagrams

• printers, reprints

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Czech

Alternative forms

• sprintér

Noun

1. sprinter

Derived terms

• sprinterka

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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French

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English sprinter.

Alternative forms

• sprinteur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʁin.tœʁ/

Noun

sprinter m (plural sprinters)

1. sprinter

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʁin.te/

Verb

sprinter

1. to sprint (run quickly over a short distance)

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sprinter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sprintant /spʁin.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sprinté /spʁin.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintes /spʁint/	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintons /spʁin.tɔ̃/	sprintez /spʁin.te/	sprintent /spʁint/
	imperfect	sprintais /spʁin.tɛ/	sprintais /spʁin.tɛ/	sprintait /spʁin.tɛ/	sprintions /spʁin.tjɔ̃/	sprintiez /spʁin.tje/	sprintaient /spʁin.tɛ/
	past historic2	sprintai /spʁin.te/	sprintas /spʁin.ta/	sprinta /spʁin.ta/	sprintâmes /spʁin.tam/	sprintâtes /spʁin.tat/	sprintèrent /spʁin.tɛʁ/
	future	sprinterai /spʁin.tə.ʁe/	sprinteras /spʁin.tə.ʁa/	sprintera /spʁin.tə.ʁa/	sprinterons /spʁin.tə.ʁɔ̃/	sprinterez /spʁin.tə.ʁe/	sprinteront /spʁin.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sprinterais /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/	sprinterais /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/	sprinterait /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/	sprinterions /spʁin.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	sprinteriez /spʁin.tə.ʁje/	sprinteraient /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintes /spʁint/	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintions /spʁin.tjɔ̃/	sprintiez /spʁin.tje/	sprintent /spʁint/
	imperfect2	sprintasse /spʁin.tas/	sprintasses /spʁin.tas/	sprintât /spʁin.ta/	sprintassions /spʁin.ta.sjɔ̃/	sprintassiez /spʁin.ta.sje/	sprintassent /spʁin.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sprinte /spʁint/	—	sprintons /spʁin.tɔ̃/	sprintez /spʁin.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “sprinter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprinter.

Noun

sprinter m pers (female equivalent sprinterka)

1. sprinter (one who sprints)

Declension

Declension of sprinter

	singular	plural
nominative	sprinter	sprinterzy/sprintery (deprecative)
genitive	sprintera	sprinterów
dative	sprinterowi	sprinterom
accusative	sprintera	sprinterów
instrumental	sprinterem	sprinterami
locative	sprinterze	sprinterach
vocative	sprinterze	sprinterzy

Derived terms

adjective

• sprinterski

 

Related terms

noun

• sprint

 

Further reading

• sprinter in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sprinter in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Romanian

Etymology

From French sprinter.

Noun

sprinter m (plural sprinteri)

1. sprinter

Declension

Declension of sprinter

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) sprinter	sprinterul	(niște) sprinteri	sprinterii
genitive/dative	(unui) sprinter	sprinterului	(unor) sprinteri	sprinterilor
vocative	sprinterule		sprinterilor

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprinter.

Noun

sprȉnter m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нтер)

1. sprinter

Derived terms

• sprȉnterica

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpɾinteɾ/ [esˈpɾĩn̪.t̪eɾ]

Noun

sprinter m or f (plural sprinters)

1. sprinter