Is the word sports a noun

Is sports a noun or verb?

sports, (used with a singular verb) such athletic activities collectively: Sports is important in my life. diversion; recreation; pleasant pastime. jest; fun; mirth; pleasantry: What he said in sport was taken seriously. mockery; ridicule; derision: They made sport of him.

What type of noun is the word sport?

(countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

Why is sport a noun?

sport noun (GAME) a game, competition, or activity needing physical effort and skill that is played or done according to rules, for enjoyment and/or as a job: Football, basketball, and hockey are all team sports. I enjoy winter sports like skiing and skating.

Is sport an adjective?

sport (adjective) sport (verb) sports day (noun) sports jacket (noun)

Is sport a common noun?

Yes, the names of the sports are common nouns.

What is the verb of sport?

transitive verb. 1 : to display or wear usually ostentatiously : boast sporting expensive new shoes. 2 [sport entry 2] : to put forth as a sport or bud variation. sport. noun.

Which verb goes with which sport?

Verbs used for sports We use three different verbs: play, go and do. We use “play” normally for organized team sports that commonly use a ball in their games. We use “do” for martial arts (karate, judo) , fight sports (boxing, wrestling) and others such as yoga and weight lifting.

Is cheer a sport?

The definition of a sport is ‘an activity involving physical exertion and often in a competitive nature. ‘ Cheerleading requires a lot of skill and physical exertion, which therefore qualifies it to be a sport, just like many others.

Is the word football a noun?

[uncountable] a game played by two teams of 11 players, using an oval ball which players kick, throw, or carry. Teams try to put the ball over the other team’s line. He played football for Iowa State University. We often go to football games together.

Is Sun a noun?

The noun ‘sun’ can be either a proper noun or a common noun depending on its usage. When it refers to the Sun in our Solar System, it is a proper noun…

Is me a verb or a noun?

As the direct object of a verb. “Can you hear me?” As a reflexive direct object of a verb.

Is Yesterday a noun?

Etymonline lists yesterday as a noun and adverb but today and tomorrow as only adverbs. Wiktionary defines today and tomorrow as adverbs first and nouns second but yesterday as a noun first and an adverb second.

Is family a noun?

noun, plural fam·i·lies. a basic social unit consisting of parents and their children, considered as a group, whether dwelling together or not: the traditional family.

«sports» is a singular noun. This is creating a problem for me (as a
teacher) because it sounds ‘odd’ even if it is correct (i.e. one of
the exceptions to the rule).

I am a teacher, too, and I remember that when I was a student, I was baffled by what seemed a more ‘odd’ use and that is of sports as an adjective: «sports car»

But you can overcome your difficulty if you think of many words (like economics = economic activity/-ies) that are plural in appearance and nevertheless are treated as singular.

The only (slight) difference is that sports can be treated both as singular and plural: the plural usage is obvious, to justify the singular usage think that (like economics) it really means: sporting activity/ies

You can find a clear definition here:

sport:

• 1. a contest or game in which people do certain physical activities according to a specific set of rules and compete against each other

«Ice-skating with friends is my favorite sport.»

• 1. sports in general
• 1. a physical activity (such as hunting, fishing, running, swimming, etc.) that is done for enjoyment

So, you use the singular for one type of ‘sport’ and the plural for 2 or more;

«Football, basketball, and hockey are all team sports, ‘I enjoy winter sports like skiing and skating.'»

but you can use indifferently the singular or the plural form to indicate the ‘physical activity’:

«I used to do a lot of sport when I was younger.»
You can see here that both forms are used for the same sentence:

Sport (or sports) is all forms of usually competitive physical
activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim to
use, maintain or improve physical ability and skills.

You can find more examples on the web:

…“sports” as singular when it refers to a general field of activity or
interest. He would say “sports is my chief interest, next to grammar,”
because he is not thinking of different individual sports but about
the field of athletics in general. Fry was referring to sports in
general as a field of coverage, and, as Buck sees it, was right to use
the singular.

But when sports refers to a number of individual activities, it
becomes plural. So Buck would say, “my favorite sports are baseball,
football and bronc-riding.”

In conclusion, it is no exception to any rule, if ‘sports is’ sounds weird to you you can use the singular form in most contexts.

Note 1.: writing this post I realize that ‘sports’ used as an adjective can refer to both forms of the word: sports car, and sports column.

Note 2.: besides being an adjective, on its own sports is a singular noun when it is an elliptical form of:

• [a] sports [car]
• [the] sports [column]

Source: Oxford Dictionary

• #1

Can I use either «sports» or «sport» in both parts of my sentences? Is there any difference between «an element of sport» and «an element of sports» and also between «sports» and «sport»?

1. «Yoga is not a sport, but it has an element of sports, because there is a physical activity.»

2. «Yoga is not a sports, but it has an element of sports, because there is a physical activity.»

3. «Yoga is not a sports, but it has an element of sport, because there is a physical activity.»

4. «Yoga is not a sport, but it has an element of sport, because there is a physical activity.»

• #2

«Sports» cannot be used with «a» in any situation (at least, not that I can think of).

Since there is only one element, I don’t think «sports» is justified in the second position, and I would use (4), although I don’t really like it with «sport» not having an article, and I think «elements of sports» would be better.

• #3

“A sports” is never correct. But the plural sports is used attributively, like an adjective, more often than the singular sport (although there are some differences between AE and BE). Maybe that’s what you’re thinking about?

a sports bag / a sports commentary / a sports coach / a sports centre / a sportsman/sportswoman, etc.

• #4

No.4 is correct; the others are wrong.

The word «sport» as a countable noun meaning a named outdoor game does not behave differently from «book» or «tree», except in a small way that I’ll deal with below. So yoga is a sport, football is a sport, cricket is a sport; they are all sports. I have just mentioned three different kinds of sports.

«Sport» can also behave as a non-count noun meaning generalised physical activity, like «drama», «opera», «walking»... So: I hate sport. I was forced to do sport at school and it put me off all kinds of sport. I don’t even enjoy watching sport. Here, as you can see, there is no article.

The exception I mentioned above is when sport is used adjectivally. While I was writing this, Lingobingo explained it in #3.

• #5

No.4 is correct; the others are wrong.

The word «sport» as a countable noun meaning a named outdoor game does not behave differently from «book» or «tree», except in a small way that I’ll deal with below. So yoga is a sport, football is a sport, cricket is a sport; they are all sports. I have just mentioned three different kinds of sports.

«Sport» can also behave as a non-count noun meaning generalised physical activity, like «drama», «opera», «walking»... So: I hate sport. I was forced to do sport at school and it put me off all kinds of sport. I don’t even enjoy watching sport. Here, as you can see, there is no article.

The exception I mentioned above is when sport is used adjectivally. While I was writing this, Lingobingo explained it in #3.

«Sports» is not used with «a» and with «an» even if there is a noun before it. As in my first sentence. Am I right? That’s why my first sentence is also wrong because of of the use of «an element of sports».

• #6

The error in no.1 is «an element of sports» instead of an element of sport. Nothing to do with the first clause which is correct in no.4.

(Of course, if you said «It has an element of two other sports, gymnastics and kung fu …/ It has an element of many ancient Japanese sports…» then those would be grammatically correct.)

• #7

What do you mean by “a noun before it”? Sports is a plural noun and that’s why it can’t ever be modified by the indefinite article (which means

one

of something).

“An element of sport” is fine in the sense in which you’re using it – in reference to yoga. A native speaker would be unlikely to express that by saying that yoga has a sport element (or even a sports element, although that’s more idiomatic).

• #8

The error in no.1 is «an element of sports» instead of an element of sport. Nothing to do with the first clause which is correct in no.4.

(Of course, if you said «It has an element of two other sports, gymnastics and kung fu …/ It has an element of many ancient Japanese sports…» then those would be grammatically correct.)

In your last two sentences you used them in plural that’s why it would be correct. Right?
«It has an element of two other sports…» and «It has an element of many ancient Japanese spoets.

• #9

What do you mean by “a noun before it”? Sports is a plural noun and that’s why it can’t ever be modified by the indefinite article (which means

one

of something).

“An element of sport” is fine in the sense in which you’re using it – in reference to yoga. A native speaker would be unlikely to express that by saying that yoga has a sport element (or even a sports element, although that’s more idiomatic).

You said it’s a plural noun and that’s why «sports» can never be modified by the indefinite article. But if I use it as an uncountable noun, as in AmE «sports» is uncountable. Isn’t it still wrong to use «an element of sports»? I read a discussion on the internet that «an element of sports» isn’t wrong. I can copy and paste it here if necessary. I do not understand why a native speaker there said it’s not wrong.

• #10

Presumably sports (the whole worldwide field/concept of competitive games and physical activities) is not what’s meant in that statement. The noun sport is being used in a different sense. Yoga is not a sport, but there is an element of sport (gameplay, especially when competitive) in it – it is a bit like a sport in certain ways.

• #11

Presumably sports is not what’s meant in that statement. The noun sport is being used in a different sense. Yoga is not a sport, but there is an element of sport (gameplay, especially when competitive) in it – it is a bit like a sport in certain ways.

Before plural nouns and uncountable nouns it’s wrong to use «an/a.
So in that sentence «sports» is neither plural nor uncountable. Am right?
If I am right then in what sense was the native speaker using it since he said it’s not wrong in such a sentence: «yoga is not a sport but it has an element of sports»?

• #12

An element of sports is not how I would say it. I would use sport in that context. How other people choose to say it is up to them. As I said in #3, the usage varies in different branches of English.

• #13

Perhaps, Monica, it would help if you tell us: are you learning American English or British English? Then we can concentrate on what we know is correct instead of guessing.

• #14

Perhaps, Monica, it would help if you tell us: are you learning American English or British English? Then we can concentrate on what we know is correct instead of guessing.

I am learning British English Perhaps it would be better for a learner too to concentrate on either of them?

• #15

Learning British is fine, concentrate on that. You asked in #11 «in what sense was the native speaker using it…?» Perhaps he was American? Certainly neither Lingobingo nor I agree with him.

• #16

Learning British is fine, concentrate on that. You asked in #11 «in what sense was the native speaker using it…?» Perhaps he was American? Certainly neither Lingobingo nor I agree with him.

I see. Thank you.

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPORT

Sporten, variant of disporten to disport.

PRONUNCIATION OF SPORT

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPORT

Sport is a verb and can also act as a noun.

WHAT DOES SPORT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of sport in the English dictionary

The first definition of sport in the dictionary is an individual or group activity pursued for exercise or pleasure, often involving the testing of physical capabilities and taking the form of a competitive game such as football, tennis, etc. Other definition of sport is such activities considered collectively. Sport is also any particular pastime indulged in for pleasure.

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Britannica Dictionary definition of SPORT

Britannica Dictionary definition of SPORT

always used before a noun

Britannica Dictionary definition of SPORT

English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle English sporten (verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun). More at disport.

Pronunciation[edit]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɔːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /spɔɹt/
• (Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /spɔː/
• (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /spo(ː)ɹt/
• (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA^(key): /spoət/
• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t

Noun[edit]

sport (countable and uncountable, plural sports)

1. (countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
2. (countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.

   Jen may have won, but she was sure a poor sport; she laughed at the loser.

   The loser was a good sport, and congratulated Jen on her performance.

3. (countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.

   You’re such a sport! You never get upset when we tease you.

4. (obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.

   • 1591 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Sixt, […]”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies. […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Think it but a minute spent in sport.

   • c. 1580 (date written)​, Philippe Sidnei [i.e., Philip Sidney], “[The Second Booke] Chapter 21”, in Fulke Greville, Matthew Gwinne, and John Florio, editors, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia [The New Arcadia], London: […] [John Windet] for William Ponsonbie, published 1590, →OCLC; republished in Albert Feuillerat, editor, The Countesse of Pembrokes Arcadia (Cambridge English Classics: The Complete Works of Sir Philip Sidney; I), Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: University Press, 1912, →OCLC, page 283:

     Her sports were such as carried riches of knowledge upon the stream of delight.

   • a. 1765, year of origin unknown, Hey Diddle Diddle (traditional rhyme)

     The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:hobby

5. (obsolete) Mockery, making fun; derision.

   • c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iii], page 58, column 2:

     Why then make ſport at me, then let me be your ieſt

6. (countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.

   • 1697, Virgil, “The Sixth Book of the Æneis”, in John Dryden, transl., The Works of Virgil: Containing His Pastorals, Georgics, and Æneis. […], London: […] Jacob Tonson, […], →OCLC:

     flitting leaves, the sport of every wind

   • a. 1676, John Clarke, On Governing the Temper

     Never does man appear to greater disadvantage than when he is the sport of his own ungoverned passions.

7. (uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing.
8. (biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
   • 2014 September 26, Charles Quest-Ritson, “The Dutch garden where tulip bulbs live forever: Hortus Bulborum, a volunteer-run Dutch garden, is dedicated to conserving historic varieties before they vanish for good [print version: Inspired by a living bulb archive, 27 September 2014, p. G5]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)‎^[1]:

     At Hortus Bulborum you will find heirloom narcissi that date back at least to the 15th century and famous old tulips like ‘Duc van Tol’ (1595) and its sports.

9. (slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
10. (slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
11. (obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
12. (informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)

    • 1924 July, Ellis Butler, “The Little Tin Godlets”, in The Rotarian‎^[2], volume 25, number 1, Rotary International, page 14:

      «Say, sport!» he would say briskly.

    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:friend

13. Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.

    Hey, sport! You’ve gotten so big since I saw you last! Give me five.

14. (obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
    • 1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey

      An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage […] would meet with small applause.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

From plural sports:

• Japanese: スポーツ (supōtsu)
• Korean: 스포츠 (seupocheu)

Translations[edit]

Verb[edit]

sport (third-person singular simple present sports, present participle sporting, simple past and past participle sported)

1. (intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.

   children sporting on the green

2. (intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.

   Jen sports with Bill’s emotions.

   • 1663, John Tillotson, The Wisdom of being Religious

     He sports with his own life.

3. (transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.

   • 2013 July 20, “Welcome to the plastisphere”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:

     [The researchers] noticed many of their pieces of [plastic marine] debris sported surface pits around two microns across. Such pits are about the size of a bacterial cell. Closer examination showed that some of these pits did, indeed, contain bacteria, […].

   Jen’s sporting a new pair of shoes;  he was sporting a new wound from the combat

4. (reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.

   • Against whom do ye sport yourselves?

5. (transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
6. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
7. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
   • 1860, Charles Darwin, The Variation of Animals and Plants Under Domestication

     more than one kind of rose has sported into a moss

8. (transitive) To close (a door).
   • 1904, M. R. James, The Mezzotint

     There he locked it up in a drawer, sported the doors of both sets of rooms, and retired to bed.

Translations[edit]

Anagrams[edit]

• -prost, -prost-, Ports, Prost, ports, strop, torps, trops.

Czech[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈsport]

Noun[edit]

sport m inan

1. sport

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

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Further reading[edit]

• sport in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• sport in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /spɔrt/
• Hyphenation: sport
• Rhymes: -ɔrt

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English sport, from Middle English sport, from Middle English sport, from older disport, from Old French desport. First attested in the 19th century. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

sport f (plural sporten, diminutive sportje n)

1. (countable) A sport; (uncountable) sports.

   Mijn buurman is dol op sport. ― My neighbour is keen on sports.

   Darts is de gezondste sport op aarde. ― Darts is the most healthy sport on Earth.

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• → Caribbean Javanese: sport
• → Papiamentu: spòrt
• → West Frisian: sport

Etymology 2[edit]

From Middle Dutch sporte, metathesised form of sprote. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Noun[edit]

sport f (plural sporten, diminutive sportje n)

1. rung, step on a ladder

Descendants[edit]

• → Papiamentu: spor, sport

Etymology 3[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

sport

1. first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of sporten
2. imperative of sporten

Anagrams[edit]

• sprot, strop

Estonian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From German Sport, from English sport.

Noun[edit]

sport (genitive spordi, partitive sporti)

1. sport, sports

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

• sport in Sõnaveeb

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /spɔʁ/

Noun[edit]

sport m (plural sports)

1. sport

Derived terms[edit]

Descendants[edit]

• Haitian Creole: espò
• → Romanian: sport
• → Turkish: spor
• → Walloon: spôrt

Further reading[edit]

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

Hungarian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): [ˈʃport]
• Hyphenation: sport
• Rhymes: -ort

Noun[edit]

sport (plural sportok)

1. sport

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
	singular	plural
nominative	sport	sportok
accusative	sportot	sportokat
dative	sportnak	sportoknak
instrumental	sporttal	sportokkal
causal-final	sportért	sportokért
translative	sporttá	sportokká
terminative	sportig	sportokig
essive-formal	sportként	sportokként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	sportban	sportokban
superessive	sporton	sportokon
adessive	sportnál	sportoknál
illative	sportba	sportokba
sublative	sportra	sportokra
allative	sporthoz	sportokhoz
elative	sportból	sportokból
delative	sportról	sportokról
ablative	sporttól	sportoktól
non-attributive possessive — singular	sporté	sportoké
non-attributive possessive — plural	sportéi	sportokéi

Possessive forms of sport
possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	sportom	sportjaim
2nd person sing.	sportod	sportjaid
3rd person sing.	sportja	sportjai
1st person plural	sportunk	sportjaink
2nd person plural	sportotok	sportjaitok
3rd person plural	sportjuk	sportjaik

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• sport in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Unadapted borrowing from English sport.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt
• Hyphenation: spòrt

Noun[edit]

sport m (invariable)

1. sport (activity that uses physical skills, often competitive)
2. hobby, pastime

   fare qualcosa per sport ― to do something for fun

Derived terms[edit]

Lower Sorbian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /spɔrt/

Noun[edit]

sport m

1. sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills)

Declension[edit]

References[edit]

• Starosta, Manfred (1999), “sport”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

Norman[edit]

Noun[edit]

sport m (plural sports)

1. (Jersey) sport (physical activity pitting two or more opponents against each other)

Norwegian Bokmål[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From English sport.

Noun[edit]

sport m (definite singular sporten, uncountable)

1. sport

   Synonym: idrett

Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms[edit]

• spora, sporet

Verb[edit]

sport

1. past participle of spore

References[edit]

• “sport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From English sport.

Noun[edit]

sport m (definite singular sporten, uncountable)

1. sport

   Synonym: idrett

Derived terms[edit]

• hestesport
• kampsport

References[edit]

• “sport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Polish[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /spɔrt/
• Rhymes: -ɔrt
• Syllabification: sport

Noun[edit]

sport m inan

1. sport

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Further reading[edit]

• sport in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sport in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From French sport.

Noun[edit]

sport n (plural sporturi)

1. sport

Declension[edit]

Serbo-Croatian[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

• špȍrt (Croatia)

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English sport.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /spôrt/

Noun[edit]

spȍrt m (Cyrillic spelling спо̏рт)

1. sport

Declension[edit]

Derived terms[edit]

Swedish[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

Borrowed from English sport, first used in 1857.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔʈ/
• Homophone: spott (southeastern Sweden)

Noun[edit]

sport c

1. sport

Declension[edit]

Declension of sport
	Singular	Plural
Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	sport	sporten	sporter	sporterna
Genitive	sports	sportens	sporters	sporternas

Derived terms[edit]

See also[edit]

• idrott

References[edit]

• sport in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
• sport in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /ˈspʊʈ/

Verb[edit]

sport

1. supine of spörja.

Anagrams[edit]

• ports, prost, torps

West Frisian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Dutch sport, from English sport.

Pronunciation[edit]

• IPA^(key): /spɔ(r)t/

Noun[edit]

sport c (plural sporten)

1. sport (physical activity)

Further reading[edit]

• “sport”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011