sprinter

See also: Sprinter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɪnt.ə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪntə(r)

Etymology 1

Noun

sprinter (plural sprinters)

1. one who sprints

Translations

one who sprints

• Czech: sprinter m
• Greek: σπρίντερ (el) (sprínter)
• Romanian: sprinter (ro) m, sprinteră (ro) f
• Russian: спри́нтер (ru) (sprínter)

• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: спри̏нтер m, спри̏нтерица f

  Roman: sprȉnter (sh) m, sprȉnterica (sh) f

Etymology 2

Blend of spring +‎ winter

Noun

sprinter (uncountable)

1. Transition period between winter and spring: late winter.

Coordinate terms

• sprummer

Anagrams

• printers, reprints

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Czech

Noun

sprinter m

1. sprinter

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French

Etymology 1

Borrowing from English sprinter.

Alternative forms

• sprinteur

Noun

sprinter m (plural sprinters)

1. sprinter

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English sprint.

Verb

sprinter

1. to sprint (run quickly over a short distance)

Conjugation

  Conjugation of sprinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		sprinter			avoir sprinté
gerund		en sprintant			en ayant sprinté
present participle		sprintant /spʁin.tɑ̃/
past participle		sprinté /spʁin.te/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintes /spʁint/	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintons /spʁin.tɔ̃/	sprintez /spʁin.te/	sprintent /spʁint/
	imperfect	sprintais /spʁin.tɛ/	sprintais /spʁin.tɛ/	sprintait /spʁin.tɛ/	sprintions /spʁin.tjɔ̃/	sprintiez /spʁin.tje/	sprintaient /spʁin.tɛ/
	past historic1	sprintai /spʁin.te/	sprintas /spʁin.ta/	sprinta /spʁin.ta/	sprintâmes /spʁin.tam/	sprintâtes /spʁin.tat/	sprintèrent /spʁin.tɛʁ/
	future	sprinterai /spʁin.tə.ʁe/	sprinteras /spʁin.tə.ʁa/	sprintera /spʁin.tə.ʁa/	sprinterons /spʁin.tə.ʁɔ̃/	sprinterez /spʁin.tə.ʁe/	sprinteront /spʁin.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	sprinterais /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/	sprinterais /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/	sprinterait /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/	sprinterions /spʁin.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	sprinteriez /spʁin.tə.ʁje/	sprinteraient /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintes /spʁint/	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintions /spʁin.tjɔ̃/	sprintiez /spʁin.tje/	sprintent /spʁint/
	imperfect1	sprintasse /spʁin.tas/	sprintasses /spʁin.tas/	sprintât /spʁin.ta/	sprintassions /spʁin.ta.sjɔ̃/	sprintassiez /spʁin.ta.sje/	sprintassent /spʁin.tas/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	sprinte /spʁint/	—	sprintons /spʁin.tɔ̃/	sprintez /spʁin.te/	—
1literary tenses

Further reading

• “sprinter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowing from English sprinter.

Noun

sprȉnter m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нтер)

1. sprinter

Derived terms

• sprȉnterica