sprinter

See also: Sprinter and sprínter

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɪn.tə(ɹ)/

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• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈspɹɪn.tɚ/
• Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)prend-der.

Proto-Germanic *sprintaną

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną

Old Norse *sprentabor.

Middle English sprenten

English sprent

English sprint

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English sprinter

From sprint + -er.

Noun

sprinter (plural sprinters)

1. One who sprints.
   1. A person who runs.
   2. A competitive cyclist who can finish a race by accelerating rapidly.
2. A sprint car.

Translations

one who sprints

• Bulgarian: спринтьо́р m (sprintjór)
• Czech: sprinter m
• Greek: σπρίντερ (el) (sprínter)
• Japanese: スプリンター (ja) (supurintā)
• Korean: 스프린터 (seupeurinteo)
• Polish: sprinter (pl) m, sprinterka (pl) f
• Romanian: sprinter (ro) m, sprinteră (ro) f
• Russian: спри́нтер (ru) (sprínter)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: спри̏нтер m, спри̏нтерица f

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

• Spanish: velocista m or f, esprínter m or f
• Walloon: sprinteu m

Etymology 2

Blend of spring + winter.

Noun

sprinter (uncountable)

1. The transition period between winter and spring: late winter.

Coordinate terms

• sprummer

Translations

late winter

• Belarusian: прадвесне n (pradvjesnje)

Anagrams

• printers, reprints

Czech

Alternative forms

• sprintér

Noun

sprinter m anim (female equivalent sprinterka)

1. sprinter

Declension

Declension of sprinter (hard masculine animate)

	singular	plural
nominative	sprinter	sprinteři
genitive	sprintera	sprinterů
dative	sprinterovi, sprinteru	sprinterům
accusative	sprintera	sprintery
vocative	sprintere	sprinteři
locative	sprinterovi, sprinteru	sprinterech
instrumental	sprinterem	sprintery

Derived terms

• sprinterka

Further reading

• “sprinter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “sprinter”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

French

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from English sprinter.

Alternative forms

• sprinteur

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʁin.tœʁ/

Noun

sprinter m (plural sprinters)

1. sprinter

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)prend-der.

Proto-Germanic *sprintaną

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną

Old Norse *sprentabor.

Middle English sprenten

English sprent

English sprintbor.

French sprint

Proto-Italic *-āzi

▲

Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -āre

Old French -ier

Middle French -er

French -er

French sprinter

From sprint +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʁin.te/

Verb

sprinter

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

Conjugation

Conjugation of sprinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	sprinter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	sprintant /spʁin.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		sprinté /spʁin.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintes /spʁint/	sprinte /spʁint/	sprintions /spʁin.tjɔ̃/	sprintiez /spʁin.tje/	sprintent /spʁint/
	imperfect2	sprintasse /spʁin.tas/	sprintasses /spʁin.tas/	sprintât /spʁin.ta/	sprintassions /spʁin.ta.sjɔ̃/	sprintassiez /spʁin.ta.sje/	sprintassent /spʁin.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	sprinte /spʁint/	—	sprintons /spʁin.tɔ̃/	sprintez /spʁin.te/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• sprinteur, sprinteuse

Further reading

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

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *(s)prend-der.

Proto-Germanic *sprintaną

Proto-Indo-European *-yeti

Proto-Indo-European *-éyeti

Proto-Germanic *-janą

Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną

Old Norse *sprentabor.

Middle English sprenten

English sprent

English sprint

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-os?

Proto-Indo-European *-o-

Proto-Indo-European *-so-

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂so-

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂s(i)yós

Proto-Italic *-āsijos

Proto-Italic *-āsios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

▲

Latin -ārius

Old French -ierbor.

Middle English -er

English -er

English sprinterbor.

Polish sprinter

Borrowed from English sprinter.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprin.tɛr/
• Rhymes: -intɛr
• Syllabification: sprin‧ter

Noun

sprinter m pers (female equivalent sprinterka, related adjective sprinterski)

1. sprinter (one who sprints)

Declension

Declension of sprinter

	singular	plural
nominative	sprinter	sprinterzy/sprintery (deprecative)
genitive	sprintera	sprinterów
dative	sprinterowi	sprinterom
accusative	sprintera	sprinterów
instrumental	sprinterem	sprinterami
locative	sprinterze	sprinterach
vocative	sprinterze	sprinterzy

Related terms

noun

• sprint

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprinter.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈspɾĩ.tɛɾ/, /ˈspɾĩ.tɐɾ/

Noun

sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)

1. alternative form of sprínter (one who sprints)

Further reading

• “sprinter”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “sprinter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sprinter.

Noun

sprinter m (plural sprinteri)

1. sprinter

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	sprinter	sprinterul	sprinteri	sprinterii
genitive-dative	sprinter	sprinterului	sprinteri	sprinterilor
vocative	sprinterule		sprinterilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprinter.

Noun

sprȉnter m anim (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нтер)

1. sprinter

Derived terms

• sprȉnterica

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /esˈpɾinteɾ/ [esˈpɾĩn̪.t̪eɾ]
• Rhymes: -inteɾ

Noun

sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)

1. sprinter