sportsmen

English

Noun

sportsmen

1. plural of sportsman

Polish

sportsmen

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

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

English -s

English sports

Proto-Indo-European *mon-

Proto-Germanic *mann-

Proto-West Germanic *mann

Old English mann

Middle English man

Middle English -man

English -man

English sportsmanbor.

Polish sportsmen

Borrowed from English sportsman.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔrts.mɛn/

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• Rhymes: -ɔrtsmɛn
• Syllabification: sports‧men

Noun

sportsmen m pers (female equivalent sportsmenka)

1. sportsman (athlete)

   Synonym: sportowiec

Declension

Declension of sportsmen

	singular	plural
nominative	sportsmen	sportsmeni/sportsmeny (deprecative)
genitive	sportsmena	sportsmenów
dative	sportsmenowi	sportsmenom
accusative	sportsmena	sportsmenów
instrumental	sportsmenem	sportsmenami
locative	sportsmenie	sportsmenach
vocative	sportsmenie	sportsmeni

Derived terms

adjective

• sportsmeński

noun

• sportsmeństwo

Further reading

• “sportsmen”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego‎^[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• “sportsmen”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN‎^[2] (in Polish)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sportsman or French sportsman.

Noun

sportsmen m (plural sportsmeni)

1. sportsman

   Synonym: sportiv

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sportsmen	sportsmenul	sportsmeni	sportsmenii
genitive-dative	sportsmen	sportsmenului	sportsmeni	sportsmenilor
vocative	sportsmenule		sportsmenilor