sportive
English
Etymology
Adjective
sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)
- gay; frolicsome; merry
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Is it I / That drive thee from the sportive court?
- (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Playful, coltish.
- Interested in sport.
- Sporty, good at sport.
Derived terms
Translations
gay, frolicsome, merry — see merry
playful, coltish — see playful
interested in sport
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good at sport — see sporty
Noun
sportive (plural sportives)
- (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.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
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French
Adjective
sportive
Noun
sportive f (plural sportives)
Further reading
- “sportive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Adjective
sportive
- inflection of sportiv:
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
Adjective
sportive f pl
Noun
sportive f
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