sportive

English

Etymology

From sport +‎ -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔː(ɹ)tɪv/

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Adjective

sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)

1. (archaic) lively; merry; spritely
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s VVell, that Ends VVell”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Is it I
     That drive thee from the sportive court?

2. Playful, coltish.
3. Interested in sport.
4. Sporty, good at sport.

Derived terms

• sportive lemur
• sportively
• sportiveness
• unsportive

 

Translations

gay, frolicsome, merry — see merry

playful, coltish — see playful

interested in sport

• Finnish: kiinnostunut urheilusta

good at sport — see sporty

Noun

sportive (plural sportives)

1. (cycling) cyclosportive
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track

     Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.

Anagrams

• overtips, pivoters, repivots, sorptive, tip overs

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔʁ.tiv/

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Adjective

sportive

1. feminine singular of sportif

Noun

sportive f (plural sportives)

1. sportswoman

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sportive

1. inflection of sportiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sporˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: spor‧tì‧ve

Adjective

sportive

1. feminine plural of sportivo

Noun

sportive f

1. plural of sportiva

Anagrams

• Prevosti, previsto, prevosti, proviste