sport

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• Received-Pronunciation: /spɔːt/
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• General-American: /spɔɹt/
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• General-American: [spɔɹʔ]
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• Tasmanian: /spɔː/
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• /spo(ː)ɹt/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• /spoət/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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• US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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• rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)t
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• CMU ARPABET: S P AO1 R T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh1 Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des- Proto-Indo-European *per- Proto-Indo-European *-téh2 Proto-Indo-European *pr̥téh2 Proto-Italic *portā Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Proto-Italic *portāō Latin portāre Old French porter Anglo-Norman desporterbor. Middle English disporten Middle English sporten English sport From Middle English sporten (“to divert, disport”, verb) and sport, spoort, sporte (noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten (verb) and disport, disporte (noun), from Old French desporter (“to divert, amuse, please, play; to seek amusement”), etymologically meaning "to carry away (the mind from serious matters)," from des- + porter, from Latin dis- + Latin portāre, ultimately from Latin deportāre, from de- + portāre, from Proto-Indo-European *per- (“to lead, pass over”)). Replaced native English laik, lake (“sport, fun, amusement”), and Middle English spile, spyl (“fun, sport, play”). More at disport. Doublet of disport and deport.

235 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Albanian: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Amharic: ስፖርት (səport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Arabic: رِيَاضَة (riyāḍa) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Aragonese: esporte — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Armenian: սպորտ (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Assamese: ক্ৰীড়া (krira) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Assamese: খেল (khel) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Asturian: deporte — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Azerbaijani: idman — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Azerbaijani: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Bashkir: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Basque: kirol — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Belarusian: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Bengali: ক্রীড়া (kriṛa) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Bengali: খেল (khel) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Bulgarian: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Burmese: အားကစား (a:ka.ca:) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Buryat: тамир (tamir) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Buryat: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Carpathian Rusyn: шпорт (šport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Catalan: esport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Catalan: deport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Chechen: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Chinese Cantonese: 運動 /运动 — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Chinese: йүндун (yündun) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Eastern Min Chinese: 運動 /运动 (ông-dông) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hakka Chinese: 運動 /运动 (yun-thung) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Chinese: 運動 /运动 (ūn-tōng / ūn-tǒng) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Chinese Mandarin: 運動 /运动 (yùndòng) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Wu Chinese: 運動 /运动 — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Chuvash: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Crimean Tatar: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Czech: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Danish: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Danish: idræt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Dutch: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Esperanto: sporto — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Estonian: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Extremaduran: deporti — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Faroese: ítróttur — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Faroese: ítrótt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Finnish: urheilulaji — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Finnish: kilpailulaji — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Finnish: urheilu — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• French: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Galician: deporte — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Galician: xogo — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Georgian: სპორტი (sṗorṭi) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• German: Sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Greek: άθλημα (áthlima) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Ancient Greek: ἄθλημα (áthlēma) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Ancient Greek: ἀγών (agṓn) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Gujarati: રમતગમત (ramtagmat) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Gujarati: ખેલ (khel) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Haitian Creole: espò — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hebrew: סְפּוֹרְט (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hebrew: מלעב (milʿav) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hindi: वर्ज़िश (varziś) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hindi: खेल (khel) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hindi: खेल-कूद (khel-kūd) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hindi: स्पोर्ट (sporṭ) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Hungarian: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Icelandic: íþrótt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Ido: sporto — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Indonesian: olahraga — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Irish: spórt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Italian: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Italian: diporto — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Japanese: 運動 (undō) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Japanese: スポーツ (supōtsu) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Kannada: ಕ್ರೀಡೆಗಳು (krīḍegaḷu) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Kapampangan: pasiknangan — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Kashubian: szpòrt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Kazakh: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Khmer: កីឡា (kəylaa) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Korean: 운동 (undong) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Korean: 스포츠 (seupocheu) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Central Kurdish: وەرزش (werziş) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Northern Kurdish: sîpor — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Northern Kurdish: werziş — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Kyrgyz: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Lao: ກິລາ (ki lā) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Latvian: sports — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Lithuanian: spòrtas — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Macedonian: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Malay: sukan — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Malayalam: കായികവിനോദം (kāyikavinōdaṁ) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Malayalam: ക്രീഡ (krīḍa) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Maltese: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Manchu: ᡴᠠᡨᡠ᠋ᡵᡝᠪᡠᠨ (katurebun) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Māori: hākinakina — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Marathi: खेळ (kheḷ) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Mirandese: çporto — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Mizo: infiamna — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Mongolian: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Mongolian: ᠰᠫᠣᠷᠲ᠋ (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Nepali: खेल (khel) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Norwegian Bokmål: idrett — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Norwegian Bokmål: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Norwegian Nynorsk: idrett — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Norwegian Nynorsk: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Odia: ଖେଳ (kheḷa) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Odia: କ୍ରୀଡା (kriḍā) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Pali: kīḷā — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Pannonian Rusyn: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Pannonian Rusyn: шпорт (šport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Pashto: ورزش (warzᶕš) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Pashto: سپورټ (sporṭ) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Persian: وَرْزِش (warziš) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Iranian Persian: وَرْزِش (varzeš) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Polish: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Portuguese: esporte — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Portuguese: desporto — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Punjabi: ਖੇਡ (kheḍ) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Romanian: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Russian: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Sanskrit: क्रीडा (krīḍā) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Scottish Gaelic: spòrs — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Serbo-Croatian: спо̏рт — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Serbo-Croatian: шпо̏рт — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Serbo-Croatian: spȍrt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Serbo-Croatian: špȍrt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Sinhalese: ක්රීඩා (krīḍā) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Slovak: šport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Slovene: šport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Lower Sorbian: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Spanish: deporte — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Spanish: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Swahili: spoti — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Swahili: riadha — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Swedish: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Swedish: idrott — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Tagalog: palakasan — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Tajik: варзиш (varziš) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Tajik: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Tamil: விளையாட்டு (viḷaiyāṭṭu) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Tatar: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Telugu: ఆటలు (āṭalu) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Thai: กีฬา (gii-laa) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Thai: สปอร์ต (sà-bpɔ̀ɔt) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Tibetan: ལུས་རྩལ (lus rtsal) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Tigrinya: ስፖርት (səport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Turkish: spor — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Turkish: yöndün — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Turkmen: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Ukrainian: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Urdu: وَرْزِش (varziś) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Urdu: کھیل (khel) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Urdu: سْپورْٹ (sporṭ) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Uyghur: سپورت (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Uyghur: تەنتەربىيە (tenterbiye) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Uzbek: sport — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Vietnamese: thể thao — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Volapük: spot — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Walloon: spôrt — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Yakut: спорт (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Yiddish: ספּאָרט (sport) — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Zhuang: yindung — any athletic activity that uses physical skills
• Arabic: ذو روح رياضية (Thu rouh riyadhiyya) — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Bulgarian: спорти́ст (sportíst) — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Bulgarian: спорти́стка (sportístka) — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Finnish: urheilija — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• German: Sportsmann — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• German: Sportsfrau — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Hungarian: sportember — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Maltese: sportiv — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Polish: sportowiec — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Polish: sportowczyni — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Russian: спортсме́н (sportsmén) — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Russian: спортсме́нка (sportsménka) — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Slovene: športnik — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Slovene: športnica — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Spanish: deportista — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Swahili: spoti — person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship
• Arabic: خلوق (kha-louq) — somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner
• Finnish: ihailtava ihminen — somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner
• Finnish: kova tyyppi — somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner
• Hungarian: sportember — somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner
• Swahili: spoti — somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirable manner
• Finnish: leikkikalu — toy
• Spanish: juguete — toy
• Spanish: burla — toy
• Swahili: spoti — toy
• Finnish: pelaaminen — gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing
• Finnish: uhkapeli — gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing
• Swahili: spoti — gaming for money as in racing, hunting, fishing
• Finnish: epämuodostuma — abnormal plant or animal
• Spanish: espécimen raro — abnormal plant or animal
• Swahili: spoti — abnormal plant or animal
• Finnish: pelimies — slang: sportsman; gambler
• Swahili: spoti — slang: sportsman; gambler
• Finnish: teerenpeli — amorous dalliance
• French: flirt — amorous dalliance
• Spanish: aventura — amorous dalliance
• Swahili: spoti — amorous dalliance
• Bulgarian: забавлявам се (zabavljavam se) — amuse oneself
• Finnish: leikkiä — amuse oneself
• Finnish: kisailla — amuse oneself
• French: jouer — amuse oneself
• German: spielen — amuse oneself
• German: sich vergnügen — amuse oneself
• German: herumtollen — amuse oneself
• Māori: hākinakina — amuse oneself
• Māori: tākaro — amuse oneself
• Persian: سرگرمی — amuse oneself
• Portuguese: recrear-se — amuse oneself
• Scottish Gaelic: sùgair — amuse oneself
• Bulgarian: шегувам се (šeguvam se) — mock or tease
• Bulgarian: закачам се (zakačam se) — mock or tease
• Finnish: leikkiä — mock or tease
• French: taquiner — mock or tease
• French: moquer — mock or tease
• German: herumspielen — mock or tease
• German: Spott treiben — mock or tease
• Portuguese: zombar — mock or tease
• Spanish: jugar — mock or tease
• Spanish: burlarse — mock or tease
• Bulgarian: демонстрирам (demonstriram) — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Czech: předvádět — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Czech: ukazovat — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Czech: nosit — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Czech: vystavovat na odiv — display, have as feature — see also wear
• German: tragen — display, have as feature — see also wear
• German: präsentieren — display, have as feature — see also wear
• German: zur Schau stellen — display, have as feature — see also wear
• German: angeben mit — display, have as feature — see also wear
• German: protzen mit — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Persian: ورزش — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Russian: демонстрировать (demonstrirovatʹ) — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Spanish: lucir — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Spanish: mostrar — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Spanish: llevar — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Swedish: sporta — display, have as feature — see also wear
• Swedish: visa upp — display, have as feature — see also wear