The meaning of word sport

Sport pertains to any form of physical activity or game,^[1] often competitive and organised, that aims to use, maintain, or improve physical ability and skills while providing enjoyment to participants and, in some cases, entertainment to spectators.^[2] Sports can, through casual or organised participation, improve participants’ physical health. Hundreds of sports exist, from those between single contestants, through to those with hundreds of simultaneous participants, either in teams or competing as individuals. In certain sports such as racing, many contestants may compete, simultaneously or consecutively, with one winner; in others, the contest (a match) is between two sides, each attempting to exceed the other. Some sports allow a «tie» or «draw», in which there is no single winner; others provide tie-breaking methods to ensure one winner and one loser. A number of contests may be arranged in a tournament producing a champion. Many sports leagues make an annual champion by arranging games in a regular sports season, followed in some cases by playoffs.

Sport is generally recognised as system of activities based in physical athleticism or physical dexterity, with major competitions such as the Olympic Games admitting only sports meeting this definition.^[3] Other organisations, such as the Council of Europe, preclude activities without a physical element from classification as sports.^[2] However, a number of competitive, but non-physical, activities claim recognition as mind sports. The International Olympic Committee (through ARISF) recognises both chess and bridge as bona fide sports, and SportAccord, the international sports federation association, recognises five non-physical sports: bridge, chess, draughts (checkers), Go and xiangqi,^[4][5] and limits the number of mind games which can be admitted as sports.^[1]

Sport is usually governed by a set of rules or customs, which serve to ensure fair competition, and allow consistent adjudication of the winner. Winning can be determined by physical events such as scoring goals or crossing a line first. It can also be determined by judges who are scoring elements of the sporting performance, including objective or subjective measures such as technical performance or artistic impression.

Records of performance are often kept, and for popular sports, this information may be widely announced or reported in sport news. Sport is also a major source of entertainment for non-participants, with spectator sport drawing large crowds to sport venues, and reaching wider audiences through broadcasting. Sport betting is in some cases severely regulated, and in some cases is central to the sport.

According to A.T. Kearney, a consultancy, the global sporting industry is worth up to $620 billion as of 2013.^[6] The world’s most accessible and practised sport is running, while association football is the most popular spectator sport.^[7]

Meaning and usage

Etymology

The word «sport» comes from the Old French desport meaning «leisure», with the oldest definition in English from around 1300 being «anything humans find amusing or entertaining».^[8]

Other meanings include gambling and events staged for the purpose of gambling; hunting; and games and diversions, including ones that require exercise.^[9] Roget’s defines the noun sport as an «activity engaged in for relaxation and amusement» with synonyms including diversion and recreation.^[10]

Nomenclature

The singular term «sport» is used in most English dialects to describe the overall concept (e.g. «children taking part in sport»), with «sports» used to describe multiple activities (e.g. «football and rugby are the most popular sports in England»). American English uses «sports» for both terms.

Definition

The precise definition of what differentiates a sport from other leisure activities varies between sources. The closest to an international agreement on a definition is provided by the Global Association of International Sports Federations (GAISF), which is the association for all the largest international sports federations (including association football, athletics, cycling, tennis, equestrian sports, and more), and is therefore the de facto representative of international sport.

GAISF uses the following criteria, determining that a sport should:^[1]

• have an element of competition
• be in no way harmful to any living creature
• not rely on equipment provided by a single supplier (excluding proprietary games such as arena football)
• not rely on any «luck» element specifically designed into the sport.

They also recognise that sport can be primarily physical (such as rugby or athletics), primarily mind (such as chess or Go), predominantly motorised (such as Formula 1 or powerboating), primarily co-ordination (such as billiard sports), or primarily animal-supported (such as equestrian sport).^[1]

The inclusion of mind sports within sport definitions has not been universally accepted, leading to legal challenges from governing bodies in regards to being denied funding available to sports.^[11] Whilst GAISF recognises a small number of mind sports, it is not open to admitting any further mind sports.

There has been an increase in the application of the term «sport» to a wider set of non-physical challenges such as video games, also called esports (from «electronic sports»), especially due to the large scale of participation and organised competition, but these are not widely recognised by mainstream sports organisations. According to Council of Europe, European Sports Charter, article 2.i, «‘Sport’ means all forms of physical activity which, through casual or organised participation, aim at expressing or improving physical fitness and mental well-being, forming social relationships or obtaining results in competition at all levels.»^[12]

Competition

There are opposing views on the necessity of competition as a defining element of a sport, with almost all professional sports involving competition, and governing bodies requiring competition as a prerequisite of recognition by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) or GAISF. ^[1]

Other bodies advocate widening the definition of sport to include all physical activity. For instance, the Council of Europe include all forms of physical exercise, including those competed just for fun.

In order to widen participation, and reduce the impact of losing on less able participants, there has been an introduction of non-competitive physical activity to traditionally competitive events such as school sports days, although moves like this are often controversial.^[13][14]

In competitive events, participants are graded or classified based on their «result» and often divided into groups of comparable performance, (e.g. gender, weight and age). The measurement of the result may be objective or subjective, and corrected with «handicaps» or penalties. In a race, for example, the time to complete the course is an objective measurement. In gymnastics or diving the result is decided by a panel of judges, and therefore subjective. There are many shades of judging between boxing and mixed martial arts, where victory is assigned by judges if neither competitor has lost at the end of the match time.

History

Artifacts and structures suggest sport in China as early as 2000 BC.^[15] Gymnastics appears to have been popular in China’s ancient past. Monuments to the Pharaohs indicate that a number of sports, including swimming and fishing, were well-developed and regulated several thousands of years ago in ancient Egypt.^[16] Other Egyptian sports included javelin throwing, high jump, and wrestling. Ancient Persian sports such as the traditional Iranian martial art of Zoorkhaneh had a close connection to warfare skills.^[17] Among other sports that originated in ancient Persia are polo and jousting. The traditional South Asian sport of kabaddi has been played for thousands of years, potentially as a preparation for hunting.^[18]

A wide range of sports were already established by the time of Ancient Greece and the military culture and the development of sport in Greece influenced one another considerably. Sport became such a prominent part of their culture that the Greeks created the Olympic Games, which in ancient times were held every four years in a small village in the Peloponnesus called Olympia.^[19]

Sports have been increasingly organised and regulated from the time of the ancient Olympics up to the present century. Industrialisation has brought motorised transportation and increased leisure time, letting people attend and follow spectator sports and participate in athletic activities. These trends continued with the advent of mass media and global communication. Professionalism became prevalent, further adding to the increase in sport’s popularity, as sports fans followed the exploits of professional athletes – all while enjoying the exercise and competition associated with amateur participation in sports. Since the turn of the 21st century, there has been increasing debate about whether transgender sports people should be able to participate in sport events that conform with their post-transition gender identity.^[20]

Fair play

Sportsmanship

Sportsmanship is an attitude that strives for fair play, courtesy toward teammates and opponents, ethical behaviour and integrity, and grace in victory or defeat.^[21][22][23]

Sportsmanship expresses an aspiration or ethos that the activity will be enjoyed for its own sake. The well-known sentiment by sports journalist Grantland Rice, that it is «not that you won or lost but how you played the game», and the modern Olympic creed expressed by its founder Pierre de Coubertin: «The most important thing… is not winning but taking part» are typical expressions of this sentiment.

Cheating

Key principles of sport include that the result should not be predetermined, and that both sides should have equal opportunity to win. Rules are in place to ensure fair play, but participants can break these rules in order to gain advantage.

Participants may cheat in order to unfairly increase their chance of winning, or in order to achieve other advantages such as financial gains. The widespread existence of gambling on the results of sports events creates a motivation for match fixing, where a participant or participants deliberately work to ensure a given outcome rather than simply playing to win.

Doping and drugs

The competitive nature of sport encourages some participants to attempt to enhance their performance through the use of medicines, or through other means such as increasing the volume of blood in their bodies through artificial means.

All sports recognised by the IOC or SportAccord are required to implement a testing programme, looking for a list of banned drugs, with suspensions or bans being placed on participants who test positive for banned substances.

Violence

Violence in sports involves crossing the line between fair competition and intentional aggressive violence. Athletes, coaches, fans, and parents sometimes unleash violent behaviour on people or property, in misguided shows of loyalty, dominance, anger, or celebration. Rioting or hooliganism by fans in particular is a problem at some national and international sporting contests.^{[citation needed]}

Participation

Gender participation

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Female participation in sports continues to rise alongside the opportunity for involvement and the value of sports for child development and physical fitness. Despite increases in female participation during the last three decades, a gap persists in the enrolment figures between male and female players in sports-related teams. Female players account for 39% of the total participation in US interscholastic athletics.

Certain sports are mixed-gender, allowing (or even requiring) men and women to play on the same team. One example of this is Baseball5, which is the first mixed-gender sport to have been admitted into an Olympic event.^[24]

Youth participation

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Youth sport presents children with opportunities for fun, socialisation, forming peer relationships, physical fitness, and athletic scholarships. Activists for education and the war on drugs encourage youth sport as a means to increase educational participation and to fight the illegal drug trade. According to the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children’s Hospital, the biggest risk for youth sport is death or serious injury including concussion. These risks come from running, basketball, association football, volleyball, gridiron, gymnastics, and ice hockey.^[25] Youth sport in the US is a $15 billion industry including equipment up to private coaching.^[26]

Disabled participation

Disabled sports also adaptive sports or parasports, are sports played by people with a disability, including physical and intellectual disabilities. As many of these are based on existing sports modified to meet the needs of people with a disability, they are sometimes referred to as adapted sports. However, not all disabled sports are adapted; several sports that have been specifically created for people with a disability have no equivalent in able-bodied sports.

Spectator involvement

The competition element of sport, along with the aesthetic appeal of some sports, result in the popularity of people attending to watch sport being played. This has led to the specific phenomenon of spectator sport.

Both amateur and professional sports attract spectators, both in person at the sport venue, and through broadcast media including radio, television and internet broadcast. Both attendance in person and viewing remotely can incur a sometimes substantial charge, such as an entrance ticket, or pay-per-view television broadcast. Sports league and tournament are two common arrangements to organise sport teams or individual athletes into competing against each other continuously or periodically.

It is common for popular sports to attract large broadcast audiences, leading to rival broadcasters bidding large amounts of money for the rights to show certain events. The football World Cup attracts a global television audience of hundreds of millions; the 2006 final alone attracted an estimated worldwide audience of well over 700 million and the 2011 Cricket World Cup Final attracted an estimated audience of 135 million in India alone.^[27]

In the United States, the championship game of the NFL, the Super Bowl, has become one of the most watched television broadcasts of the year.^[28][29]
Super Bowl Sunday is a de facto national holiday in America;^[30][31] the viewership being so great that in 2015, advertising space was reported as being sold at $4.5m for a 30-second slot.^[28]

Amateur and professional

Sport can be undertaken on an amateur, professional or semi-professional basis, depending on whether participants are incentivised for participation (usually through payment of a wage or salary). Amateur participation in sport at lower levels is often called «grassroots sport».^[2][32]

The popularity of spectator sport as a recreation for non-participants has led to sport becoming a major business in its own right, and this has incentivised a high paying professional sport culture, where high performing participants are rewarded with pay far in excess of average wages, which can run into millions of dollars.^[33]

Some sports, or individual competitions within a sport, retain a policy of allowing only amateur sport. The Olympic Games started with a principle of amateur competition with those who practised a sport professionally considered to have an unfair advantage over those who practised it merely as a hobby.^[34] From 1971, Olympic athletes were allowed to receive compensation and sponsorship,^[35] and from 1986, the IOC decided to make all professional athletes eligible for the Olympics,^[35][36] with the exceptions of boxing,^[37][38] and wrestling.^[39][40]

Technology

Technology plays an important part in modern sport. It is a necessary part of some sports (such as motorsport), and it is used in others to improve performance. Some sports also use it to allow off-field decision making.

Sports science is a widespread academic discipline, and can be applied to areas including athlete performance, such as the use of video analysis to fine-tune technique, or to equipment, such as improved running shoes or competitive swimwear. Sports engineering emerged as a discipline in 1998 with an increasing focus not just on materials design but also the use of technology in sport, from analytics and big data to wearable technology.^[41] In order to control the impact of technology on fair play, governing bodies frequently have specific rules that are set to control the impact of technical advantage between participants. For example, in 2010, full-body, non-textile swimsuits were banned by FINA, as they were enhancing swimmers’ performances.^[42][43]

The increase in technology has also allowed many decisions in sports matches to be taken, or reviewed, off-field, with another official using instant replays to make decisions. In some sports, players can now challenge decisions made by officials. In Association football, goal-line technology makes decisions on whether a ball has crossed the goal line or not.^[44] The technology is not compulsory,^[45] but was used in the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil,^[46] and the 2015 FIFA Women’s World Cup in Canada,^[47] as well as in the Premier League from 2013–14,^[48] and the Bundesliga from 2015–16.^[49] In the NFL, a referee can ask for a review from the replay booth, or a head coach can issue a challenge to review the play using replays. The final decision rests with the referee.^[50] A video referee (commonly known as a Television Match Official or TMO) can also use replays to help decision-making in rugby (both league and union).^[51][52] In international cricket, an umpire can ask the Third umpire for a decision, and the third umpire makes the final decision.^[53][54] Since 2008, a decision review system for players to review decisions has been introduced and used in ICC-run tournaments, and optionally in other matches.^[53][55] Depending on the host broadcaster, a number of different technologies are used during an umpire or player review, including instant replays, Hawk-Eye, Hot Spot and Real Time Snickometer.^[56][57] Hawk-Eye is also used in tennis to challenge umpiring decisions.^[58][59]

Sports and education

Research suggests that sports have the capacity to connect youth to positive adult role models and provide positive development opportunities, as well as promote the learning and application of life skills.^[60][61] In recent years the use of sport to reduce crime, as well as to prevent violent extremism and radicalization, has become more widespread, especially as a tool to improve self-esteem, enhance social bonds and provide participants with a feeling of purpose.^[61]

There is no high-quality evidence that shows the effectiveness of interventions to increase sports participation of the community in sports such as mass media campaigns, educational sessions, and policy changes.^[62] There is also no high-quality studies that investigate the effect of such interventions in promoting healthy behaviour change in the community.^[63]

Politics

Benito Mussolini used the 1934 FIFA World Cup, which was held in Italy, to showcase Fascist Italy.^[64][65] Adolf Hitler also used the 1936 Summer Olympics held in Berlin, and the 1936 Winter Olympics held in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, to promote the Nazi ideology of the superiority of the Aryan race, and inferiority of the Jews and other «undesirables».^[65][66] Germany used the Olympics to give off a peaceful image while secretly preparing for war.^[67]

When apartheid was the official policy in South Africa, many sports people, particularly in rugby union, adopted the conscientious approach that they should not appear in competitive sports there. Some feel this was an effective contribution to the eventual demolition of the policy of apartheid, others feel that it may have prolonged and reinforced its worst effects.^[68]

In the history of Ireland, Gaelic sports were connected with cultural nationalism. Until the mid-20th century a person could have been banned from playing Gaelic football, hurling, or other sports administered by the Gaelic Athletic Association (GAA) if she/he played or supported Association football, or other games seen to be of British origin. Until recently the GAA continued to ban the playing of football and rugby union at Gaelic venues. This ban, also known as Rule 42,^[69] is still enforced, but was modified to allow football and rugby to be played in Croke Park while Lansdowne Road was redeveloped into Aviva Stadium. Until recently, under Rule 21, the GAA also banned members of the British security forces and members of the RUC from playing Gaelic games, but the advent of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 led to the eventual removal of the ban.

Nationalism is often evident in the pursuit of sport, or in its reporting: people compete in national teams, or commentators and audiences can adopt a partisan view. On occasion, such tensions can lead to violent confrontation among players or spectators within and beyond the sporting venue, as in the Football War. These trends are seen by many as contrary to the fundamental ethos of sport being carried on for its own sake and for the enjoyment of its participants.

Sport and politics collided in the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Masked men entered the hotel of the Israeli Olympic team and killed many of their men. This was known as the Munich massacre.

A study of US elections has shown that the result of sports events can affect the results. A study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences showed that when the home team wins the game before the election, the incumbent candidates can increase their share of the vote by 1.5 percent. A loss had the opposite effect, and the effect is greater for higher-profile teams or unexpected wins and losses.^[70] Also, when Washington Redskins win their final game before an election, then the incumbent President is more likely to win, and if the Redskins lose, then the opposition candidate is more likely to win; this has become known as the Redskins Rule.^[71][72]

As a means of controlling and subduing populations

Étienne de La Boétie, in his essay Discourse on Voluntary Servitude describes athletic spectacles as means for tyrants to control their subjects by distracting them.

Do not imagine that there is any bird more easily caught by decoy, nor any fish sooner fixed on the hook by wormy bait, than are all these poor fools neatly tricked into servitude by the slightest feather passed, so to speak, before their mouths. Truly it is a marvellous thing that they let themselves be caught so quickly at the slightest tickling of their fancy. Plays, farces, spectacles, gladiators, strange beasts, medals, pictures, and other such opiates, these were for ancient peoples the bait toward slavery, the price of their liberty, the instruments of tyranny. By these practices and enticements the ancient dictators so successfully lulled their subjects under the yoke, that the stupefied peoples, fascinated by the pastimes and vain pleasures flashed before their eyes, learned subservience as naïvely, but not so creditably, as little children learn to read by looking at bright picture books.^[73]

During the British rule of Bengal, British and European sports began to supplant traditional Bengali sports, resulting in a loss of native culture.^[74]

Religious views

Sport was an important form of worship in Ancient Greek religion. The ancient Olympic Games were held in honour of the head deity, Zeus, and featured various forms of religious dedication to him and other gods.^[75] As many Greeks travelled to see the games, this combination of religion and sport also served as a way of uniting them.

The practice of athletic competitions has been criticised by some Christian thinkers as a form of idolatry, in which «human beings extol themselves, adore themselves, sacrifice themselves and reward themselves.»^[76] Sports are seen by these critics as a manifestation of «collective pride» and «national self-deification» in which feats of human power are idolised at the expense of divine worship.^[76]

Tertullian condemns the athletic performances of his day, insisting «the entire apparatus of the shows is based upon idolatry.»^[77] The shows, says Tertullian, excite passions foreign to the calm temperament cultivated by the Christian:

God has enjoined us to deal calmly, gently, quietly, and peacefully with the Holy Spirit, because these things are alone in keeping with the goodness of His nature, with His tenderness and sensitiveness. … Well, how shall this be made to accord with the shows? For the show always leads to spiritual agitation, since where there is pleasure, there is keenness of feeling giving pleasure its zest; and where there is keenness of feeling, there is rivalry giving in turn its zest to that. Then, too, where you have rivalry, you have rage, bitterness, wrath and grief, with all bad things which flow from them – the whole entirely out of keeping with the religion of Christ.^[78]

Christian clerics in the Wesleyan-Holiness movement oppose the viewing of or participation in professional sports, believing that professional sports leagues profane the Sabbath as in the modern era, certain associations hold games on the Lord’s Day.^[79] They also criticise professional sports for its fostering of a commitment that competes with a Christian’s primary commitment to God in opposition to 1 Corinthians 7:35, what they perceive to be a lack of modesty in the players’ and cheerleaders’ uniforms (which are not in conformity with the Methodistic doctrine of outward holiness), its association with violence in opposition to Hebrews 7:26, what they perceive to be the extensive use of profanity among many players that contravenes Colossians 3:8–10, and the frequent presence of gambling, as well as alcohol and other drugs at sporting events, which go against a commitment to teetotalism.^[79]

Popularity

Popularity in 2018 of major sports by size of fan base:^[7]

Rank	Sport	Estimated Global Following	Sphere of Influence
1	Association football (Soccer)	4 billion	Globally
2	Cricket	2.5 billion	primarily UK and Commonwealth, South Asia (Indian subcontinent)
3	Hockey (Ice and Field)	2 billion	Europe, North America, Africa, Asia and Australia
4	Tennis	1 billion	Globally
5	Volleyball (along with Beach Volleyball)	900 million	Americas, Europe, Asia, Oceania
6	Table tennis	875 million	Mainly East Asia
7	Basketball	825 million	Globally
8	Baseball	500 million	primarily United States, Caribbean and East Asia
9	Rugby (League and Union)	475 million	primarily UK, Ireland, France, Italy, Oceania, South Africa, Argentina, and Japan.
10	Golf	450 million	primarily Western Europe, East Asia and North America

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Sources

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References

Sources

• European Commission (2007), The White Paper on Sport.
• Council of Europe (2001), The European sport charter.

Further reading

• The Meaning of Sports by Michael Mandel (PublicAffairs, ISBN 1-58648-252-1).
• Journal of the Philosophy of Sport
• Sullivan, George. The Complete Sports Dictionary. New York: Scholastic Book Services, 1979. 199 p. ISBN 0-590-05731-6

спорт, спортивные соревнования, щеголять, заниматься спортом, играть

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lent a fillip of danger to the sport — придало этому виду спорта толику опасности  
sport / sports jacket — спортивная куртка  
physical sport — контактный вид спорта  
amateur sport — любительский спорт  
professional sport — профессиональный спорт  
to sport a rose in one’s buttonhole — щеголять розой в петлице  
sport shirt — спортивная рубашка  
become the sport of fortune — стать игрушкой судьбы  
sport-orientated fragrance — парфюмерное изделие для занятия спортом  
sport-oriented fragrance — парфюмерное изделие для занятий спортом  
he is very partial to sport — он очень любит спорт  
sport hunting — спортивная охота  

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Возможные однокоренные слова

sportful  — забавный, веселый
sporting  — спортивный, охотничий, игра, охота, забава
sportive  — спортивный, веселый, игривый, увлекающийся спортом
sports  — спортивный, верхняя одежда
sporty  — спортсменский, лихой, удалой, щегольской, показной
sportdom  — мир, спорта, мир спорта

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verb
I/you/we/they: sport
he/she/it: sports
ing ф. (present participle): sporting
2-я ф. (past tense): sported
3-я ф. (past participle): sported

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ед. ч.(singular): sport
мн. ч.(plural): sports

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sport [spɔ:t]

1) спорт, спорти́вные и́гры; охо́та; ры́бная ло́вля;

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спорти́вные соревнова́ния

3) заба́ва, развлече́ние; шу́тка;

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пове́са, безде́льник

1) игра́ть, весели́ться, резви́ться; развлека́ться

2) носи́ть, выставля́ть напока́з; щеголя́ть;

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5) шути́ть

Англо-русский словарь Мюллера > sport

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sport

sport спорт, почковая мутация

sport спорт, соматическая мутация, точковая мутация

accidental sport соматическая мутация, внезапно возникшее у единичных растений или у их отдельных побегов наследственное отклонение от нормы

bud sport почковая мутация, спорт; соматическая мутация у растений

English-Russian dictionary of biology and biotechnology > sport

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sport

Персональный Сократ > sport

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sport

[spɔ:t]

sport спорт, спортивные игры; охота; рыбная ловля; athletic sports атлетика; to go in for sports заниматься спортом; to have good sport хорошо поохотиться sport забава, развлечение; шутка; to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы; in sport в шутку; what sport! как весело! sport спорт, спортивные игры; охота; рыбная ловля; athletic sports атлетика; to go in for sports заниматься спортом; to have good sport хорошо поохотиться sport забава, развлечение; шутка; to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы; in sport в шутку; what sport! как весело! sport посмешище; to make sport of высмеивать sport биол. давать мутацию; sport away проматывать, растрачивать; to sport one’s oak унив. sl. закрыть дверь для посетителей; не принимать гостей sport забава, развлечение; шутка; to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы; in sport в шутку; what sport! как весело! sport заниматься спортом sport играть, веселиться, резвиться; развлекаться sport амер. игрок sport биол. мутация sport разг. носить, выставлять напоказ; щеголять; to sport a rose in one’s buttonhole щеголять розой в петлице sport посмешище; to make sport of высмеивать sport разг. славный малый sport спорт, спортивные игры; охота; рыбная ловля; athletic sports атлетика; to go in for sports заниматься спортом; to have good sport хорошо поохотиться sport pl спортивные соревнования sport спортивный; sport clothes спортивная одежда sport разг. спортсмен sport шутить sports: sports = sport sport разг. носить, выставлять напоказ; щеголять; to sport a rose in one’s buttonhole щеголять розой в петлице sport биол. давать мутацию; sport away проматывать, растрачивать; to sport one’s oak унив. sl. закрыть дверь для посетителей; не принимать гостей sport спортивный; sport clothes спортивная одежда sport биол. давать мутацию; sport away проматывать, растрачивать; to sport one’s oak унив. sl. закрыть дверь для посетителей; не принимать гостей sport забава, развлечение; шутка; to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы; in sport в шутку; what sport! как весело!

English-Russian short dictionary > sport

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spɔ:t
1. сущ.
1) а) спорт б) вид спорта, спортивные игры в) редк. охота;
рыбная ловля ∙ amateur sports ≈ любительские занятия спортом aquatic sports, water sports ≈ водные виды спорта athletic sports ≈ атлетика intercollegiate sport ≈ соревнования между университетами interuniversity sport ≈ соревнования между университетами intramural sports ≈ спортивные игры, проходящие в помещении outdoor sports ≈ спортивные игры, проходящие на открытом воздухе professional sports ≈ профессиональные занятия спортом varsity sports ≈ университетские спортивные игры winter sports ≈ зимние виды спорта
2) мн. спортивные соревнования, состязания
3) человек, занимающийся каким-л. видом спорта или чем-л., похожим на спорт а) разг. спортсмен б) амер. игрок
4) разг. славный малый Syn: chap, lad, fellow
5) а) забава, развлечение;
шутка to become the sport of chance ≈ стать зависимым от случайностей Syn: hobby б) шут, клоун, посмешище
6) биол. мутация
2. прил. спортивный
3. гл.
1) а) играть, веселиться, резвиться You can see the big sea animals in the water, sporting with their young ones. ≈ Вы можете увмдеть, как большие морские животные играют в воде с молодыми особями. Syn: play б) развлекаться, шутить, подшучивать (над чем-л. ≈ with) It’s unkind to sport with a young girl’s feelings like that. ≈ Нельзя так зло шутить над чувствами молодой девушки. Syn: laugh at
2) заниматься спортом
3) разг. носить, выставлять напоказ;
щеголять
4) биол. вызывать мутацию, давать мутацию ∙ sport away to sport one’s oak универ.;
сл. ≈ закрыть дверь для посетителей;
не принимать гостей
спорт, спортивные игры — athletic *s атлетика — * shirt спортивная рубашка — to go in for *s заниматься спортом pl спортивные соревнования — inter-university *s межуниверситетские соревнования любительская охота, рыбная ловля — to have good * хорошо поохотиться забава, развлечение, игра, потеха — for *’s sake для забавы, ради шутки — what *! вот потеха! — the children thought it great * to dress up as pirates детям очень нравилось наряжаться пиратами шутка, проделка;
насмешка — to say smth. in * сказать что-л. шутки ради — to make * of smb. высмеивать кого-л., потешаться /подшучивать/ над кем-л. (книжное) посмешище, объект шуток, насмешек — to become the * of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы — to be the * of circumstances быть жертвой обстоятельств (американизм) спортсмен (американизм) человек, обладающий моральными качествами, присущими хорошему спортсмену — he’s a good * about losing он не вешает носа /не злится/ при проигрыше (разговорное) молодчина, молодчага;
парень что надо;
отличный парень — be a *! будь человеком! — he’s a good *! он парень что надо! друг, приятель (обращение) — come on, *! ну давай, друг! — now lay off, *! ты это брось, приятель! (американизм) азартный игрок( в карты, на скачках и т. п.) (американизм) (разговорное) щеголь, стиляга;
кутила > * of kings скачки;
(историческое) соколиная охота;
(королевская) охота (разговорное) выставлять напоказ;
щеголять (чем-л.) — to * a diamond ring выставлять напоказ бриллиантовое кольцо — to * one’s learning щеголять эрудицией (книжное) резвиться — lambs *ing in the meadow ягнята, резвящиеся на лугу — the children *ed upon the shore дети играли на берегу( with) шутить, высмеивать — he’s *ing with us! он смеется над нами! — *ing with things he can’t understand издеваясь над тем, чего он не в силах понять заниматься спортом, спортивными играми, охотой и т. п. транжирить, тратить;
сорить, швыряться (деньгами и т. п.;
часто * away) > to * one’s oak (университетское) (жаргон) не принимать, отказывать гостям (ботаника) спорт, почковая мутация (ботаника) мутировать, давать почковую мутацию
~ спорт, спортивные игры;
охота;
рыбная ловля;
athletic sports атлетика;
to go in for sports заниматься спортом;
to have good sport хорошо поохотиться
~ забава, развлечение;
шутка;
to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы;
in sport в шутку;
what sport! как весело!
~ спорт, спортивные игры;
охота;
рыбная ловля;
athletic sports атлетика;
to go in for sports заниматься спортом;
to have good sport хорошо поохотиться
~ забава, развлечение;
шутка;
to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы;
in sport в шутку;
what sport! как весело!
~ посмешище;
to make sport of высмеивать
sport биол. давать мутацию;
sport away проматывать, растрачивать;
to sport one’s oak унив. sl. закрыть дверь для посетителей;
не принимать гостей ~ забава, развлечение;
шутка;
to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы;
in sport в шутку;
what sport! как весело! ~ заниматься спортом ~ играть, веселиться, резвиться;
развлекаться ~ амер. игрок ~ биол. мутация ~ разг. носить, выставлять напоказ;
щеголять;
to sport a rose in one’s buttonhole щеголять розой в петлице ~ посмешище;
to make sport of высмеивать ~ разг. славный малый ~ спорт, спортивные игры;
охота;
рыбная ловля;
athletic sports атлетика;
to go in for sports заниматься спортом;
to have good sport хорошо поохотиться ~ pl спортивные соревнования ~ спортивный;
sport clothes спортивная одежда ~ разг. спортсмен ~ шутить sports: sports = sport
~ разг. носить, выставлять напоказ;
щеголять;
to sport a rose in one’s buttonhole щеголять розой в петлице
sport биол. давать мутацию;
sport away проматывать, растрачивать;
to sport one’s oak унив. sl. закрыть дверь для посетителей;
не принимать гостей
~ спортивный;
sport clothes спортивная одежда
sport биол. давать мутацию;
sport away проматывать, растрачивать;
to sport one’s oak унив. sl. закрыть дверь для посетителей;
не принимать гостей
~ забава, развлечение;
шутка;
to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы;
in sport в шутку;
what sport! как весело!

Большой англо-русский и русско-английский словарь > sport

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English-Russian combinatory dictionary > sport

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спорт
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Англо-русский синонимический словарь > sport

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I

1. 1) спорт, спортивные игры

sport shirt [equipment, shoes] — спортивная рубашка [-ое оборудование, -ая обувь]

2)

спортивные соревнования

2. любительская охота, рыбная ловля

3. забава, развлечение, игра, потеха

for sport’s sake — для забавы, ради шутки

what sport! — вот потеха!

the children thought it great sport to dress up as pirates — детям очень нравилось наряжаться пиратами

4. шутка, проделка; насмешка

to say smth. in sport — сказать что-л. шутки ради

to make sport of smb. — высмеивать кого-л., потешаться /подшучивать/ над кем-л.

5.

посмешище, объект шуток, насмешек

1) спортсмен

2) человек, обладающий моральными качествами, присущими хорошему спортсмену

he’s a good sport about losing — он не вешает носа /не злится/ при проигрыше

1) молодчина, молодчага; парень что надо; отличный парень

be a sport! — будь человеком!

he’s a good sport! — он парень что надо!

come on, sport! — ну давай, друг!

now lay off, sport! — ты это брось, приятель!

9.

разг. щёголь, стиляга; кутила

sport of kings — а) скачки; б) соколиная охота; в) (королевская) охота

1.

выставлять напоказ; щеголять ()

to sport a diamond ring [medals] — выставлять напоказ бриллиантовое кольцо [медали]

lambs sporting in the meadow — ягнята, резвящиеся на лугу

3. (with) шутить, высмеивать

he’s sporting with us! — он смеётся над нами!

sporting with things he can’t understand — издеваясь над тем, чего он не в силах понять

4. заниматься спортом, спортивными играми, охотой

5. транжирить, тратить; сорить, швыряться (; sport away)

to sport one’s oak — жарг. не принимать, отказывать гостям

II

спорт, почковая мутация

мутировать, давать почковую мутацию

НБАРС > sport

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1. n спорт, спортивные игры

2. n спортивные соревнования

3. n любительская охота, рыбная ловля

4. n забава, развлечение, игра, потеха

5. n шутка, проделка; насмешка

6. n книжн. посмешище, объект шуток, насмешек

7. n амер. спортсмен

8. n амер. человек, обладающий моральными качествами, присущими хорошему спортсмену

9. n разг. молодчина, молодчага; парень что надо; отличный парень

10. n разг. друг, приятель

come on, sport! — ну давай, друг!

11. n разг. амер. азартный игрок

12. n разг. амер. разг. щёголь, стиляга; кутила

13. v разг. выставлять напоказ; щеголять

14. v книжн. резвиться

15. v шутить, высмеивать

16. v транжирить, тратить; сорить, швыряться

17. n бот. спорт, почковая мутация

18. v бот. мутировать, давать почковую мутацию

Синонимический ряд:

1. change (noun) change; innovation; mutation; novelty; permutation; vicissitude

2. laughingstock (noun) amusement; athletics; butt; derision; disport; diversion; entertainment; frolic; fun; game; jest; jestee; jesting; joke; laughingstock; mock; mockery; mummery; pilgarlic; play; playfulness; recreation; ridicule

4. play (verb) caper; disport; frolic; gambol; play; recreate; romp; skip

5. show (verb) brandish; display; exhibit; expose; flash; flaunt; parade; show; show off

Антонимический ряд:

English-Russian base dictionary > sport

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[spɔːt]
1.

сущ.

aquatic / water sports — водные виды спорта

outdoor sports — виды спорта, которыми занимаются на открытом воздухе

3) брит. спортивные соревнования, состязания

Syn:

6) отдых, приятное времяпрепровождение

Great sport to them was jumping in a sack. — Самым приятным времяпрепровождением для них были прыжки в мешках.

Syn:

7)

разг.

приятный в общении, компанейский человек

разг.

шутка; остро́та; насмешка

He made sport of us and of our laws. — Он насмехался над нами и нашими законами.

Syn:

9) предмет осмеяния, насмешек; шут, посмешище

Syn:

11)

разг.

колонка спортивных новостей

12)

разг.

спортивный автомобиль; спортивная марка автомобиля

13) охота; рыбная ловля

There’s good sport to be had at a nearby lake. — На близлежащем озере можно хорошо порыбачить.

2.

амер.; = sports
3.

гл.

1)

книжн.

играть, веселиться, резвиться

You can see the big sea animals in the water, sporting with their young ones. — Видно, как большие морские животные играют в воде со своими малышами.

Syn:

2) вертеть , легкомысленно обращаться

The opinions of the electors should not be sported with. — Не следует легкомысленно относиться к мнению избирателей.

My misery is too great to be sported with. (Reade) — Моя печаль слишком велика, чтобы ею пренебречь.

It’s unkind to sport with a young girl’s feelings like that. — Нельзя так играть чувствами девушки.

Syn:

4)

разг.

носить, выставлять напоказ; щеголять

5)

биол.

вызывать мутацию, давать мутацию

6) расточать, попусту тратить, транжирить

He had sported away thirty thousand lives. — Он просто так отправил на смерть тридцать тысяч людей.

Syn:

7)

уст.

оживлять, веселить, развлекать

Syn:

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Англо-русский современный словарь > sport

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1.

n

2) охо́та ж, ры́бная ло́вля, рыба́лка ж

3) заба́ва ж, игра́ ж, поте́ха ж

5)

разг

молодчи́на

м

; прия́тный челове́к; па́рень что на́до

— sport shirt
2.

v

1) игра́ть, развле́кать(ся)

3.

a

спорти́вный

— sport coat

The Americanisms. English-Russian dictionary. > sport

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1) спорт, спортивные игры; охота; рыбная ловля; athletic sports атлетика; to go in for sports заниматься спортом; to have good sport хорошо поохотиться

2) (

pl.

) спортивные соревнования

4)

collocation

славный малый

6) забава, развлечение; шутка; to become the sport of fortune стать игрушкой судьбы; in sport в шутку; what sport! как весело!

7) посмешище; to make sport of высмеивать

Syn:

hobby

спортивный; sport clothes спортивная одежда

1) играть, веселиться, резвиться; развлекаться

2) заниматься спортом

3) шутить

4)

collocation

носить, выставлять напоказ; щеголять; to sport a rose in one’s buttonhole щеголять розой в петлице

sport away

to sport one’s oak univ.

slang

закрыть дверь для посетителей; не принимать гостей

* * *

* * *

* * *

[spɔrt /spɔːt]
спорт; повеса, славный малый; спортивные игры, спортивные соревнования; охота, рыбная ловля; забава, развлечение, шутка; бездельник
выставлять напоказ, щеголять; резвиться, веселиться; шутить, играть; заниматься спортом

* * *

спорт

спортивен

спортивный

* * *

1. сущ.
1) а) спорт
б) вид спорта, спортивные игры
в) редк. охота; рыбная ловля
2) мн. спортивные соревнования
3) а) разг. спортсмен
б) амер. игрок
4) отдых, приятное времяпрепровождение
5) разг. славный малый; компанейский человек
2. прил.
спортивный, относящийся к спорту (особ. о стиле одежды)
3. гл.
1) а) играть
б) развлекаться, шутить, подшучивать (над чем-л. — with)
в) устар. оживлять, веселить, развлекать (кого-л.)
2) вертеть (чем-л.), легкомысленно обращаться (с чем-л.)
3) заниматься спортом
4) разг. носить, выставлять напоказ

Новый англо-русский словарь > sport

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1)

He’s a good sport, he doesn’t mind losing — Он такой человек, что не будет выступать, если проиграет

Come on, be a sport — Ну ладно, не обижайся

Go on, be a sport. There’s hardly any damage done to your car so there’s no need to report the accident to the police — Будь человеком, в самом деле. Ничего с твоей машиной не случилось, и не стоит об этом сообщать в полицию

Sol asked Babs to talk to him and she promised she would, sport that she is — Я попросила Бэбс поговорить с ним, и она мне это обещала как настоящий друг

2)

Well, sport, looks like we have a little problem here — Да, дружище, похоже, здесь у нас небольшая загвоздка

The new dictionary of modern spoken language > sport

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English-Russian big medical dictionary > sport

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Англо-русский словарь по машиностроению > sport

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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > SPORT

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Универсальный англо-русский словарь > sport

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Politics english-russian dictionary > sport

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I.

 adj.

sportivny · спортивны

II.

Dictionary English-Interslavic > sport

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1. почковая мутация

почковая мутация
Соматическая мутация, возникающаяя в клетке меристематической ткани развивающейся почки растения, часто приводящая к появлению химер (например, химерных побегов — мериклинальных, периклинальных, сериальных); П.м. может длительное время поддерживаться посредством вегетативного размножения.
[Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А. Англо-русский толковый словарь генетических терминов 1995 407с.]

Тематики

• генетика

EN

• bud mutation
• sport

Англо-русский словарь нормативно-технической терминологии > 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