sports
See also: Sports
English
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Pronunciation
[edit]- enPR: spôrts, IPA(key): /spɔːɹts/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts
Etymology 1
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From sport + -s (plural suffix).
Noun
[edit]sports
Noun
[edit]sports (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]- air sports
- airsports
- cumsports
- disabled sports
- eSports
- e-sports
- esports
- motorsports
- multisports
- nonsports
- parasports
- powersports
- rotisserie sports
- sportsaholic
- sportsball
- sports bar
- sports-bet
- sportsbook
- sports car
- sports card
- sportscast
- sportscaster
- sportscasting
- sports coat
- sportscoat
- sportsdom
- sportsfest
- sportsfield
- sportsfinder
- sportsfishing
- sports game
- sportsgirl
- sportsground
- sportshall
- sports hall
- sportsification
- sportslike
- sportsluxe
- sportsman
- sportsmedical
- sports mode
- sportsperson
- sportsplex
- sports tape
- sportswash
- sportswashing
- sportswatching
- sportswear
- sportswise
- sportswoman
- sportswriter
- sportswriting
- sportsy
- watersports
- water sports
- winter sports
- wintersports
Verb
[edit]sports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)
- To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
- 1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84:
- But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.
- 2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140:
- And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.
Etymology 2
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From sport + -s (verb suffix).
Verb
[edit]sports
- third-person singular simple present indicative of sport
Anagrams
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Noun
[edit]sports m
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Probably via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from English sport.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]sports m (1st declension)
- sport, sports
- nodarboties ar sportu ― to occupy oneself with, to practice sports
- sporta veidi ― (types of) sports
- sporta būve / sporta bāze ― gymnasium, sports facility
- sporta skola ― sports school
- sporta medicīna ― sports medicine
- sporta meistars ― sports master
- cīņas sports ― martial arts (lit. fighting sports)
- slēpošana ir patīkams sports ― skiing is an enjoyable sport
- activity about which one is passionate
- sēņošana viņam ir sports ― mushroom picking is a sport to him
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | sports | — |
| genitive | sporta | — |
| dative | sportam | — |
| accusative | sportu | — |
| instrumental | sportu | — |
| locative | sportā | — |
| vocative | sport | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]sports
Noun
[edit]sports
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- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with audio pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɔː(ɹ)ts
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *per- (fare)
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European word *dwóh₁
- English terms suffixed with -s (plural)
- English non-lemma forms
- English noun forms
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English verbs
- English terms with quotations
- English terms suffixed with -s (verbal)
- English verb forms
- en:Sports
- French terms with audio pronunciation
- French non-lemma forms
- French noun forms
- Latvian terms borrowed from English
- Latvian terms derived from English
- Latvian lemmas
- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian first declension nouns
- lv:Sports
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish verb forms
- Swedish noun forms