sport

See also: Appendix:Variations of "sport"

English

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Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂

Proto-Italic *portā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *portāō

Latin portāre

Old French porter

Anglo-Norman desporterbor.

Middle English disporten

Middle English sporten

English sport

From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- +‎ porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- +‎ portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)). Replaced native English laik, lake (“sport, fun, amusement”), and Middle English spile, spyl (“fun, sport, play”). More at disport. Doublet of disport and deport.

Pronunciation

(horse–hoarse merger)
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɔːt/
- (Standard Southern British, Australia, New Zealand) IPA^(key): /spoːt/
- (General American) IPA^(key): /spoɹt/, [spoɹʔ]
  - Audio (US): (file)
- (Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /spɔː/
(without the horse–hoarse merger)
- (Scotland) IPA^(key): /spoɾt/
- (Manchester) IPA^(key): /spoːt/
- (Eastern New England) IPA^(key): /spɔət/
- (19th century Received Pronunciation, obsolete) IPA^(key): /spɔət/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun

sport (countable and uncountable, plural sports)

(countable, uncountable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
Basketball is her favorite sport, and she also enjoys various other sports as well.

Sport can be an excellent form of exercise because the competition and sense of achievement can help with both motivation and pleasure.
(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.
(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
You're such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you.
(archaic) Something fun, pastime; amusement.
- 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:
  Think it but a minute spent in sport.
- c. 1580 (date written), Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Thirde Booke] Chapter 21”, in [Fulke Greville; Matthew Gwinne; John Florio], editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC, folio 283, recto:
  Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.
- a. 1765, year of origin unknown, Hey Diddle Diddle (traditional rhyme)
  The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hobby
(archaic) Mockery, making fun; derision.
- c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 58, column 2:
  Why then make ſport at me, then let me be your ieſt
(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
- 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:
  flitting leaves, the sport of every wind
- a. 1676, John Clarke, On Governing the Temper:
  Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions.
(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
(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.
- 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
  We never shot another like it, so I do not know if it was a `sport' or a distinct species.
- 2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)‎^[1]:
  At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like 'Duc van Tol' (1595) and its sports.
(slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
- 1937 January 24, “With My Little Stick of Blackpool Rock”‎^[2]performed by George Formby:
  See my dressed like all the sports/In my blazer and a pair of shorts.
(slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
(obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
(informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
- 1924 July, Ellis Butler, “The Little Tin Godlets”, in The Rotarian‎^[3], volume 25, number 1, Rotary International, page 14:
  "Say, sport!" he would say briskly.
Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend
Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
Hey, sport! You've gotten so big since I saw you last! Give me five.
- 1960 January 1, “Tie Me Kangaroo Down Sport”‎^[4]performed by Rolf Harris:
  Tie me kangaroo down, sport/Tie me kangaroo down/Tie me kangaroo down, sport/Tie me kangaroo down.
(archaic) Play; idle jingle.
- 1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey
  An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage […] would meet with small applause.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Amharic: ስፖርት (sport)
→ Belarusian: спорт (sport)
→ Bulgarian: спорт (sport)
→ Catalan: esport
→ Cebuano: esport
→ Czech: sport
→ Danish: sport
→ Dutch: sport (see there for further descendants)
→ French: sport (see there for further descendants)
→ Georgian: სპორტი (sṗorṭi)
→ German: Sport (see there for further descendants)
→ Hebrew: ספורט
→ Irish: spórt, spóirt (Cois Fharraige)
→ Italian: sport
→ Latvian: sports
→ Lithuanian: sportas
→ Macedonian: спорт (sport)
→ Norman: sport
→ Norwegian: sport
→ Polish: sport
→ Brazilian Portuguese: esporte
→ European Portuguese: desporto
→ Russian: спорт (sport) (see there for further descendants)
→ Scottish Gaelic: spòrs
→ Serbo-Croatian: sport / спорт
→ Swahili: spoti
→ Swedish: sport
→ Thai: สปอร์ต (sà-bpɔ̀ɔt)
→ Uzbek: sport

From plural sports:

Japanese: スポーツ (supōtsu)
Korean: 스포츠 (seupocheu)

Translations

any athletic activity that uses physical skills

Afrikaans: sport (af)
Albanian: sport (sq) m
Amharic: ስፖርት (səport)
Arabic: رِيَاضَة f (riyāḍa)
Aragonese: esporte m
Armenian: սպորտ (hy) (sport)
Assamese: ক্ৰীড়া (krira), খেল (khel)
Asturian: deporte (ast) m
Azerbaijani: idman (az), sport (az)
Bashkir: спорт (spurt)
Basque: kirol (eu)
Belarusian: спорт (be) m (sport)
Bengali: ক্রীড়া (bn) (kriṛa), খেল (bn) (khel)
Breton: sport (br)
Bulgarian: спорт (bg) m (sport)
Burmese: အားကစား (my) (a:ka.ca:)
Buryat: тамир (tamir), спорт (sport)
Carpathian Rusyn: шпорт m (šport)
Catalan: esport (ca) m, deport (ca) m
Chechen: спорт (sport)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 運動 / 运动 (wan⁶ dung⁶)

Dungan: йүндун (yündun)

Eastern Min: 運動 / 运动 (ông-dông)

Hakka: 運動 / 运动 (yun-thung)

Hokkien: 運動 / 运动 (zh-min-nan) (ūn-tōng / ūn-tǒng)

Mandarin: 運動 / 运动 (zh) (yùndòng)

Wu: 運動 / 运动 (⁶yun-don; ⁶yon-don)
Chuvash: спорт (sport)
Crimean Tatar: sport
Czech: sport (cs) m
Danish: sport (da) c, idræt (da) c
Dutch: sport (nl) m
Esperanto: sporto
Estonian: sport (et)
Extremaduran: deporti m
Faroese: ítróttur m, ítrótt f
Finnish: urheilulaji (fi), kilpailulaji, urheilu (fi)
French: sport (fr) m
Galician: deporte (gl) m, xogo (gl) m
Georgian: სპორტი (sṗorṭi)
German: Sport (de) m
Greek: άθλημα (el) n (áthlima)
Ancient Greek: ἄθλημα n (áthlēma), ἀγών m (agṓn)
Gujarati: રમતગમત m (ramtagmat), ખેલ m (khel)
Haitian Creole: espò
Hebrew: סְפּוֹרְט (he) m (sport), מלעב (milʿav) (archaic)
Hindi: वर्ज़िश f (varziś), खेल (hi) m (khel), खेल-कूद m (khel-kūd), स्पोर्ट ? (sporṭ)
Hungarian: sport (hu)
Icelandic: íþrótt (is) f
Ido: sporto (io)
Indonesian: olahraga (id)
Irish: spórt m
Italian: sport (it) m, diporto (it) m
Japanese: 運動 (ja) (うんどう, undō), スポーツ (ja) (supōtsu)
Kannada: ಕ್ರೀಡೆಗಳು (kn) (krīḍegaḷu)
Kapampangan: pasiknangan
Kashubian: szpòrt m
Kazakh: спорт (sport)
Khmer: កីឡា (km) (kəylaa)
Korean: 운동(運動) (ko) (undong), 스포츠 (ko) (seupocheu)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: وەرزش (ckb) (werziş)

Northern Kurdish: sîpor (ku), werziş (ku)
Kyrgyz: спорт (ky) (sport)
Lao: ກິລາ (lo) (ki lā)
Latvian: sports m
Lithuanian: spòrtas (lt) m
Macedonian: спорт (mk) m (sport)
Malay: sukan (ms)
Malayalam: കായികവിനോദം (kāyikavinōdaṁ), ക്രീഡ (ml) (krīḍa)
Maltese: sport m
Manchu: ᡴᠠᡨᡠ᠋ᡵᡝᠪᡠᠨ (katurebun)
Māori: hākinakina
Marathi: खेळ (mr) m (kheḷ)
Mirandese: çporto m
Mizo: infiamna
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: спорт (mn) (sport)

Mongolian script: ᠰᠫᠣᠷᠲ᠋ (sport)
Nepali: खेल (ne) (khel)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: idrett m, sport (no) m

Nynorsk: idrett m, sport m
Odia: ଖେଳ (or) (kheḷa), କ୍ରୀଡା (kriḍā)
Pali: kīḷā f
Pannonian Rusyn: спорт m (sport), шпорт m (šport)
Pashto: ورزش m (warzᶕš), سپورټ (ps) m (sporṭ)
Persian:
Classical Persian: وَرْزِش (warziš)

Iranian Persian: وَرْزِش (varzeš)
Polish: sport (pl) m
Portuguese: (Brazil) esporte (pt) m, (Portugal) desporto (pt) m
Punjabi: ਖੇਡ ? (kheḍ)
Romanian: sport (ro) n
Russian: спорт (ru) m (sport)
Sanskrit: क्रीडा (sa) f (krīḍā)
Scottish Gaelic: spòrs f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спо̏рт m, шпо̏рт m

Latin: spȍrt (sh) m, špȍrt (sh) m
Sicilian: diportu m, sport m
Sinhalese: ක්‍රීඩා (si) ? (krīḍā)
Slovak: šport (sk) m
Slovene: šport (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: sport m
Spanish: deporte (es) m, sport (es) m
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?, riadha (sw) class 9/10
Swedish: sport (sv) c, idrott (sv) c
Tagalog: palakasan
Tajik: варзиш (tg) (varziš), спорт (sport)
Tamil: விளையாட்டு (ta) (viḷaiyāṭṭu)
Tatar: спорт (sport)
Telugu: ఆటలు (te) (āṭalu)
Thai: กีฬา (th) (gii-laa), สปอร์ต (sà-bpɔ̀ɔt)
Tibetan: ལུས་རྩལ (lus rtsal)
Tigrinya: ስፖርት (səport)
Turkish: spor (tr), yöndün (tr)
Turkmen: sport
Ukrainian: спорт (uk) m (sport)
Urdu: وَرْزِش (ur) f (varziś), کھیل m (khel), سْپورْٹ (sporṭ)
Uyghur: سپورت (sport), تەنتەربىيە (tenterbiye)
Uzbek: sport (uz)
Vietnamese: thể thao (vi) (體操)
Volapük: spot (vo)
Walloon: spôrt (wa) m
Yakut: спорт (sport)
Yiddish: ספּאָרט ? (sport)
Zhuang: yindung

person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship

Arabic: ذو روح رياضية n (Thu rouh riyadhiyya)
Bulgarian: спорти́ст (bg) m (sportíst), спорти́стка f (sportístka)
Finnish: urheilija (fi)
German: Sportsmann (de) m, Sportsfrau f
Hungarian: sportember (hu)
Maltese: sportiv m
Polish: sportowiec (pl) m, sportowczyni f
Russian: спортсме́н (ru) m (sportsmén), спортсме́нка (ru) f (sportsménka)
Slovene: športnik (sl) m, športnica f
Spanish: deportista (es) m or f
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?

somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner

Arabic: خلوق m (kha-louq)
Finnish: ihailtava ihminen, kova tyyppi
Hungarian: sportember (hu)
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?

toy

Finnish: leikkikalu (fi)
Spanish: juguete (es) m, burla (es) f
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?

gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing

Finnish: pelaaminen (fi), uhkapeli (fi)
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?

abnormal plant or animal

Finnish: epämuodostuma (fi)
Spanish: espécimen raro m
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?

slang: sportsman; gambler

Finnish: pelimies (fi)
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?

amorous dalliance

Finnish: teerenpeli (fi)
French: flirt (fr) m or f
Spanish: aventura (es) f
Swahili: spoti (sw) ?

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Translations to be checked

Woiwurrung: ^{(please verify)} likje bi

Verb

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

(intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
children sporting on the green
(intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
Jen sports with Bill's emotions.
- 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious:
  He sports with his own life.
(transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
Synonyms: rock, wear

Jen's sporting a new pair of shoes; he was sporting a new wound from the combat
- 1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 704:
  But despite its plague of tunnels, the run-in on this route is of unusual interest to the locomotive enthusiast: besides the hordes of self-important saddle-tanks shunting in the extensive yards, there was at one time the chance of seeing those slender little North London engines, with their large outside cylinders and no visible storage place for coal, and also an occasional South Eastern locomotive sporting a lot of polished brass.
- 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
  [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].
- 2023 June 3, Carl Zimmer, “How Did Birds First Take Off?”, in The New York Times‎^[5], archived from the original on 28 August 2025:
  He was especially happy to see one of the most important discoveries make it to the screen: dinosaurs that sported feathers. But judging from the emails he has been receiving, some moviegoers did not share his excitement.
(reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
- 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Isaiah 57:4:
  Against whom do ye sport yourselves?
(transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
- 1693, Decimus Junius Juvenalis, John Dryden, transl., “[The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis.] The Sixth Satyr”, in The Satires of Decimus Junius Juvenalis. Translated into English Verse. […] Together with the Satires of Aulus Persius Flaccus. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson […], →OCLC:
  Now sporting on thy lyre the loves of youth.
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
- 1860, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication:
  more than one kind of rose has sported into a moss
(transitive, archaic) To close (a door).
- 1904, M. R. James, The Mezzotint:
  There he locked it up in a drawer, sported the doors of both sets of rooms, and retired to bed.

Derived terms

Translations

amuse oneself

Bulgarian: забавлявам се (zabavljavam se)
Finnish: leikkiä (fi), kisailla (fi)
French: jouer (fr)
German: spielen (de), sich vergnügen, herumtollen (de)
Māori: hākinakina, tākaro
Persian: سرگرمی (fa)
Portuguese: recrear-se
Scottish Gaelic: sùgair

mock or tease

Bulgarian: шегувам се (šeguvam se), закачам се (zakačam se)
Finnish: leikkiä (fi)
French: taquiner (fr), moquer (fr)
German: herumspielen (de), Spott treiben
Portuguese: zombar (pt)
Spanish: jugar (es), burlarse (es)

display, have as feature — see also wear

Bulgarian: демонстрирам (bg) (demonstriram)
Czech: předvádět, ukazovat (cs), nosit (cs) impf, vystavovat na odiv
German: tragen (de), präsentieren (de), zur Schau stellen, angeben mit, protzen mit
Persian: ورزش (fa)
Russian: демонстрировать (ru) impf (demonstrirovatʹ)
Spanish: lucir (es), mostrar (es), llevar (es)
Swedish: sporta (sv), visa upp (sv)

References

(sportsman, gambler): 1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary

Anagrams

ports., Prost, -prost, -prost-, torps, ports, trops., strop, Ports, Prots

Cornish

Cornish Wikipedia has an article on:

sport

Wikipedia ^kw

Etymology

Borrowed from English sport.

Noun

sport m (plural sportys or sportow)

pastime, sport

Derived terms

eskis sport (“trainer”)
hel sport (“gymnasium”)
sport motor (“motorsport”)
sportva (“stadium”)

References

“sport” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Czech

Czech Wikipedia has an article on:

sport

Wikipedia ^cs

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈsport]

Noun

sport m inan

sport

Declension

Declension of sport (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	sport	sporty
genitive	sportu	sportů
dative	sportu	sportům
accusative	sport	sporty
vocative	sporte	sporty
locative	sportu	sportech
instrumental	sportem	sporty

Derived terms

Related terms

nouns

verbs

sportovat

Danish

Etymology

From English sport.

Noun

sport c (singular definite sporten, not used in plural form)

sport
Synonym: idræt

Derived terms

Dutch

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɔrt/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: sport
Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English sport, from Middle English sport, from Middle English sport, from older disport, from Old French desport. First attested in the 19th century. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

sport f (plural sporten, diminutive sportje n)

(countable) a sport; (uncountable) sports
Mijn buurman is dol op sport. ― My neighbour is keen on sports.

Darts is de gezondste sport op aarde. ― Darts is the most healthy sport on Earth.

Derived terms

Descendants

→ Indonesian: sport
→ Caribbean Javanese: sport
→ Papiamentu: spòrt
→ West Frisian: sport

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch sporte, metathesised form of sprote. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun

sport f (plural sporten, diminutive sportje n)

rung, step on a ladder

Descendants

→ Papiamentu: spor, sport

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

sport

inflection of sporten:
1. first/second/third-person singular present indicative
2. imperative

Anagrams

sprot, strop

Estonian

Etymology

From German Sport, from English sport.

Noun

sport (genitive spordi, partitive sporti)

sport, sports

Declension

Declension of sport (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		sport	spordid
accusative	nom.	sport
accusative	gen.	spordi
genitive		spordi	sportide
partitive		sporti	sporte sportisid
illative		sporti spordisse	sportidesse spordesse
inessive		spordis	sportides spordes
elative		spordist	sportidest spordest
allative		spordile	sportidele spordele
adessive		spordil	sportidel spordel
ablative		spordilt	sportidelt spordelt
translative		spordiks	sportideks spordeks
terminative		spordini	sportideni
essive		spordina	sportidena
abessive		spordita	sportideta
comitative		spordiga	sportidega

References

sport in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Etymology

Earlier 19th century, borrowed from English sport. At first also pronounced with a final /t/.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɔʁ/
Audio: (file)
Audio (Switzerland (Valais)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Noun

sport m (plural sports)

sport

Derived terms

Related terms

déporter

Descendants

Haitian Creole: espò
→ Greek: σπορ (spor)
→ Northern Kurdish: spor (likely through Turkish)
→ Romanian: sport
→ Turkish: spor
→ Walloon: spôrt

Hungarian

Etymology

Internationalism via English sport and German Sport.^[1]

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈʃport]
Rhymes: -ort
Hyphenation: sport

Noun

sport (plural sportok)

sport

Declension

Inflection (stem in *-o-*, back harmony)
	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
non-attributive possessive – singular	sporté	sportoké
non-attributive possessive – plural	sportéi	sportokéi

Possessive forms of *sport*
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
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

Derived terms

Compound words with this term at the beginning

Compound words with this term at the end

References

^ sport in Károly Gerstner, editor, Új magyar etimológiai szótár [New Etymological Dictionary of Hungarian] (ÚESz.), Online edition (beta version), Budapest: MTA Research Institute for Linguistics / Hungarian Research Centre for Linguistics, 2011–2025.

Indonesian

Indonesian Wikipedia has an article on:

sport

Wikipedia ^id

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sport, from English sport, from English sport, from Middle English sport, from Middle English sport, from older disport, from Old French desport.

Pronunciation

(Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈsport/ [ˈsport̪̚]
Rhymes: -ort
Syllabification: sport

Noun

sport (plural sport-sport)

sport
Synonym: olahraga

Related terms

sportif

Italian

Alternative forms

sporte

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sport. Doublet of diporto.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɔrt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Hyphenation: spòrt

Noun

sport m (invariable)

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

Derived terms

Lower Sorbian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɔrt/

Noun

sport m inan

sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Declension

Declension of **sport**
	singular	dual	plural
nominative	sport	sporta	sporty
genitive	sporta	sportowu	sportow
dative	sportoju	sportoma	sportam
accusative	sport	sporta	sporty
instrumental	sportom	sportoma	sportami
locative	sporśe	sportoma	sportach

References

Starosta, Manfred (1999), “sport”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norman

Noun

sport m (plural sports)

(Jersey) sport (physical activity pitting two or more opponents against each other)

Norwegian Bokmål

Norwegian Wikipedia has an article on:

sport

Wikipedia ^no

Etymology 1

From English sport.

Noun

sport m (definite singular sporten, uncountable)

sport
Synonym: idrett

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

spora, sporet

Verb

sport

past participle of spore

References

“sport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English sport.

Noun

sport m (definite singular sporten, uncountable)

sport
Synonym: idrett

Derived terms

References

“sport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

▲

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂

Proto-Italic *portā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *portāō

Latin portāre

Old French porter

Anglo-Norman desporterbor.

Middle English disporten

Middle English sporten

English sportbor.

Polish sport

Borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɔrt/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Syllabification: sport

Noun

sport m inan

sport

Declension

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

Derived terms

adjective

sportowy

adverb

sportowy

nouns

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

▲

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Old French des-

Proto-Indo-European *per-

Proto-Indo-European *-téh₂

Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh₂

Proto-Italic *portā

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Proto-Italic *portāō

Latin portāre

Old French porter

Anglo-Norman desporterbor.

Middle English disporten

Middle English sporten

English sportbor.

French sportbor.

Romanian sport

Borrowed from French sport.

Pronunciation

Audio: (file)

Noun

sport n (plural sporturi)

sport

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sport	sportul	sporturi	sporturile
genitive-dative	sport	sportului	sporturi	sporturilor
vocative	sportule		sporturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

špȍrt (Croatia)

Etymology

Borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spôrt/

Noun

spȍrt m inan (Cyrillic spelling спо̏рт)

sport
Ovo je pobeda sporta nad farmacijom! ― This is a victory of sport over pharmacy! (quote by Duško Korać on the triumph of Usain Bolt over Justin Gatlin at the 2015 World Championships in Athletics)

Declension

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

Derived terms

Spanish

Adjective

sport m or f (masculine and feminine plural sports)

casual
Alternative form: de sport

Noun

sport m (plural sports)

(Latin America, uncommon) sport
Synonym: deporte

Swedish

Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:

sport

Wikipedia ^sv

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English sport, first used in 1857.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspɔʈː/
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ɔʈː
Homophone: spott (southeastern Sweden)

Noun

sport c

(uncountable) sports
(countable) a sport

Declension

Declension of **sport**
		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	sport	sports
singular	definite	sporten	sportens
plural	indefinite	sporter	sporters
plural	definite	sporterna	sporternas

Derived terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈspʊʈː/
Rhymes: -ʊʈː

Verb

sport

supine of spörja

References

“sport”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish)
“sport”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
“sport”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
sport in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).

Anagrams

ports, prost, torps

West Frisian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch sport, from English sport.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /spɔ(r)t/

Noun

sport c (plural sporten)

sport (physical activity)

English

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Cornish

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Czech

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Danish

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Dutch

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Descendants

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Verb

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Estonian

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French

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Hungarian

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Indonesian

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Italian

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Lower Sorbian

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Norman