sports
See also: Sports
English
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Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɔːts/
- (General American) IPA(key): /spɔɹts/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /spo(ː)ɹts/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /spoəts/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts
Noun
[edit]sports
Noun
[edit]sports (uncountable)
Derived terms
[edit]- air sports
- airsports
- disabled sports
- e-sports
- eSports
- motorsports
- multisports
- nonsports
- parasports
- powersports
- rotisserie sports
- sportsaholic
- sportsball
- sports bar
- sports-bet
- sportsbook
- sports car
- sports card
- sportscast
- sportscaster
- sportscasting
- sportscoat
- sports coat
- sportsdom
- sportsfest
- sportsfield
- sportsfinder
- sportsfishing
- sports game
- sportsgirl
- sportsground
- sportshall
- sports hall
- sportsification
- sportslike
- sportsluxe
- sportsman
- sportsmedical
- sportsperson
- sportsplex
- sports tape
- sportswash
- sportswashing
- sportswatching
- sportswear
- sportswise
- sportswoman
- sportswriter
- sportswriting
- sportsy
- watersports
- water sports
- winter sports
- wintersports
Verb
[edit]sports
- third-person singular simple present indicative of sport
Verb
[edit]sports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)
- To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
- 1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84:
- But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.
- 2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140:
- And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.
Anagrams
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Noun
[edit]sports m
Latvian
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Etymology
[edit]Probably via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from English sport.
Pronunciation
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Noun
[edit]sports m (1st declension)
- sport, sports
- nodarboties ar sportu ― to occupy oneself with, to practice sports
- sporta veidi ― (types of) sports
- sporta būve / sporta bāze ― gymnasium, sports facility
- sporta skola ― sports school
- sporta medicīna ― sports medicine
- sporta meistars ― sports master
- cīņas sports ― martial arts (lit. fighting sports)
- slēpošana ir patīkams sports ― skiing is an enjoyable sport
- activity about which one is passionate
- sēņošana viņam ir sports ― mushroom picking is a sport to him
Declension
[edit]Declension of sports (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sports | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sportu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sporta | — |
| dative (datīvs) | sportam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sportu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sportā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sport | — |
Derived terms
[edit]Swedish
[edit]Verb
[edit]sports
Noun
[edit]sports
Anagrams
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- English 1-syllable words
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- English non-lemma forms
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- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English verb forms
- English verbs
- English terms with quotations
- en:Sports
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- French non-lemma forms
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- Latvian terms borrowed from English
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- Latvian nouns
- Latvian masculine nouns
- Latvian terms with usage examples
- Latvian first declension nouns
- lv:Sports
- Swedish non-lemma forms
- Swedish verb forms
- Swedish noun forms