sportswoman

English

Etymology

sports +‎ -woman.

Noun

sportswoman (plural sportswomen)

1. (UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete.

Translations

woman who engages in sports

• Arabic: رِيَاضِيَّة (ar) f (riyāḍiyya)

  Egyptian Arabic: رياضية f (reyaaḍeya)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運動員／运动员 (zh) (yùndòngyuán), 运动员 (zh) (yùndònɡyuán) (either gender), 女運動員／女运动员, 女运动员 (nǚyùndònɡyuán)

• Finnish: urheilijatar, urheilija (fi)
• French: sportive (fr) f
• German: Sportlerin (de) f
• Greek: αθλήτρια (el) f (athlítria)
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• Italian: sportiva (it) f
• Japanese: スポーツウーマン (supōtsuūman)
• Latvian: sportiste f
• Macedonian: спортистка f (sportistka)
• Portuguese: esportiva (pt) f
• Russian: спортсме́нка (ru) f (sportsménka), атле́тка (ru) f (atlétka)
• Spanish: deportista (es) m or f

See also

• sportsman

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɔʁt.swo.man/

Noun

sportswoman f (plural sportswomans)

1. sportswoman

Further reading

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