sportsmanship

English

Etymology

sportsman +‎ -ship

Noun

sportsmanship (usually uncountable, plural sportsmanships)

1. The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.
2. The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, winning or losing gracefully.

Translations

Translations

• Arabic: رُوح رِيَاضِيَّة f (rūḥ riyāḍiyya)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 体育精神 (tǐyù jīngshén), 體育精神／体育精神 (tǐyù jīngshén)

• Finnish: urheiluhenki, urheilijamaisuus
• French: sportivité (fr) f
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• Greek: αθλητικό πνεύμα n (athlitikó pnévma)
• Italian: sportività (it)
• Macedonian: спортски дух m (sportski duh)
• Spanish: deportividad

See also

• good sport
• poor sport

Further reading

• sportsmanship on Wikipedia.Wikipedia