sportsman

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Possibly an altered form of Dutch Sportmans.

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 English -s English sports Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Middle English man Middle English -man English -man English sportsman From sports + -man.

102 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: sportist — (male) athlete
• Albanian: atlet — (male) athlete
• Arabic: رِيَاضِيّ (riyāḍiyy) — (male) athlete
• Arabic: رياضي (reyāḍi) — (male) athlete
• Armenian: սպորտսմեն (sportsmen) — (male) athlete
• Armenian: մարզիկ (marzik) — (male) athlete
• Azerbaijani: idmançı — (male) athlete
• Belarusian: спартсме́н (spartsmjén) — (male) athlete
• Belarusian: спарто́вец (spartóvjec) — (male) athlete
• Belarusian: атле́т (atljét) — (male) athlete
• Bulgarian: спорти́ст (sportíst) — (male) athlete
• Bulgarian: атле́т (atlét) — (male) athlete
• Bulgarian: спортсме́н (sportsmén) — (male) athlete
• Burmese: အားကစားသမား (a:ka.ca:sa.ma:) — (male) athlete
• Chinese Mandarin: 運動員 /运动员 (yùndòngyuán) — (male) athlete
• Czech: sportovec — (male) athlete
• Danish: sportsmand — (male) athlete
• Danish: idrætsmand — (male) athlete
• Dutch: sportman — (male) athlete
• Esperanto: sportisto — (male) athlete
• Estonian: sportlane — (male) athlete
• Finnish: urheilija — (male) athlete
• French: sportif — (male) athlete
• French: athlète — (male) athlete
• Georgian: სპორტსმენი (sṗorṭsmeni) — (male) athlete
• Georgian: ათლეტი (atleṭi) — (male) athlete
• German: Sportler — (male) athlete
• German: Athlet — (male) athlete
• Greek: αθλητικός τύπος (athlitikós týpos) — (male) athlete
• Greek: αθλητικός (athlitikós) — (male) athlete
• Greek: αθλητής (athlitís) — (male) athlete
• Hebrew: סְפּוֹרְטַאי (sportái) — (male) athlete
• Hindi: खिलाड़ी (khilāṛī) — (male) athlete
• Hungarian: sportoló — (male) athlete
• Icelandic: íþróttamaður — (male) athlete
• Indonesian: olahragawan — (male) athlete
• Italian: sportivo — (male) athlete
• Japanese: 運動選手 (undō senshu) — (male) athlete
• Japanese: 選手 (senshu) — (male) athlete
• Japanese: スポーツ選手 (supōtsu senshu) — (male) athlete
• Japanese: スポーツマン (supōtsuman) — (male) athlete
• Kazakh: спортшы (sportşy) — (male) athlete
• Khmer: អត្តពលិក (ʼattaʼpŏəllɨk) — (male) athlete
• Khmer: អ្នកកីឡា (nĕək kəylaa) — (male) athlete
• Korean: 운동선수 (undongseonsu) — (male) athlete
• Korean: 선수 (seonsu) — (male) athlete
• Korean: 스포츠 선수 (seupocheu seonsu) — (male) athlete
• Korean: 스포츠맨 (seupocheumaen) — (male) athlete
• Northern Kurdish: werziştkar — (male) athlete
• Kyrgyz: спортчу (sportcu) — (male) athlete
• Lao: ນັກກິລາ (nak ki lā) — (male) athlete
• Latvian: sportists — (male) athlete
• Latvian: atlēts — (male) athlete
• Lithuanian: sportininkas — (male) athlete
• Macedonian: спорти́ст (sportíst) — (male) athlete
• Malay: olahragawan — (male) athlete
• Malay: ahli sukan — (male) athlete
• Malay: atlet — (male) athlete
• Mongolian: тамирчин (tamirčin) — (male) athlete
• Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠮᠢᠷᠴᠢᠨ (tamirčin) — (male) athlete
• Norwegian Bokmål: idrettsmann — (male) athlete
• Norwegian Nynorsk: idrettsmann — (male) athlete
• Pannonian Rusyn: спортиста (sportista) — (male) athlete
• Pannonian Rusyn: спортист (sportist) — (male) athlete
• Pashto: ورزشکار (warzǝškãr) — (male) athlete
• Iranian Persian: وَرْزِشْکار (varzeškâr) — (male) athlete
• Polish: sportowiec — (male) athlete
• Polish: sportsmen — (male) athlete
• Polish: atleta — (male) athlete
• Portuguese: esportivo — (male) athlete
• Portuguese: esportista — (male) athlete
• Romanian: sportiv — (male) athlete
• Romanian: atlet — (male) athlete
• Russian: спортсме́н (sportsmén) — (male) athlete
• Russian: атле́т (atlét) — (male) athlete
• Serbo-Croatian: спортиста — (male) athlete
• Serbo-Croatian: спо̀рта̄ш — (male) athlete
• Serbo-Croatian: sportista — (male) athlete
• Serbo-Croatian: spòrtāš — (male) athlete
• Slovak: športovec — (male) athlete
• Slovene: športnik — (male) athlete
• Spanish: deportista — (male) athlete
• Swedish: idrottsman — (male) athlete
• Swedish: idrottare — (male) athlete
• Tajik: варзишгар (varzišgar) — (male) athlete
• Tatar: спортчы (sportçı) — (male) athlete
• Thai: นักกีฬา (nák-gii-laa) — (male) athlete
• Turkish: sporcu — (male) athlete
• Turkmen: sportçy — (male) athlete
• Ukrainian: спортсме́н (sportsmén) — (male) athlete
• Ukrainian: спорто́вець (sportóvecʹ) — (male) athlete
• Ukrainian: атле́т (atlét) — (male) athlete
• Urdu: کِھلاڑی (khilāṛī) — (male) athlete
• Uyghur: ئىسپورتچى (isportchi) — (male) athlete
• Uzbek: sportchi — (male) athlete
• Uzbek: sportsmen — (male) athlete
• Uzbek: atlet — (male) athlete
• Vietnamese: vận động viên — (male) athlete
• Vietnamese: nhà thể thao — (male) athlete
• Yiddish: ספּאָרטסמאַן (sportsman) — (male) athlete
• Finnish: erämies — man who engages in country sports
• Polish: sportowiec uczestniczący w sportach wiejskich — man who engages in country sports