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sportsperson

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • General-American: /spɔɹtspɝsən/
  • General-American: /spoɹtspɝsən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /spɔːtspɜːsən/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /spɔətspɜːsən/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • Tasmanian: /spɔːspɜːsən/

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noun

Meaning 1

Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From sports + person.

Across languages

Translations

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sportist — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Albanian: sportiste — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Arabic: رِيَاضِيّ (riyāḍiyy) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Arabic: رِيَاضِيَّة (riyāḍiyya) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Armenian: մարզիկ (marzik) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Armenian: սպորտսմեն (sportsmen) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Azerbaijani: idmançı — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Belarusian: спартсме́н (spartsmjén) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Belarusian: спартсме́нка (spartsmjénka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Belarusian: спарто́вец (spartóvjec) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Belarusian: спарто́ўка (spartówka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Bengali: ক্রীড়াবিদ (kriṛabid) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Bulgarian: спорти́ст (sportíst) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Bulgarian: спорти́стка (sportístka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Burmese: အားကစားသမား (a:ka.ca:sa.ma:) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Chinese Cantonese: 運動員 /运动员 — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運動員 /运动员 (yùndòngyuán) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Czech: sportovec — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Czech: sportovkyně — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Danish: sportsudøver — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Dutch: sportman — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Dutch: sporter — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Esperanto: sportisto — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Estonian: sportlane — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Finnish: urheilija — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • French: sportif — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • French: sportive — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Georgian: სპორტსმენი (sṗorṭsmeni) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • German: Sportler — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • German: Sportlerin — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Hebrew: סְפּוֹרְטַאי (sportáy) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Hindi: खिलाड़ी (khilāṛī) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Hungarian: sportoló — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Icelandic: íþróttamaður — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Indonesian: olahragawan — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Irish: lúthchleasaí — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Italian: sportivo — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Italian: sportiva — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Japanese: 運動選手 (undō senshu) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Japanese: 選手 (senshu) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Kazakh: спортшы (sportşy) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Khmer: អ្នកកីឡា (nĕək kəylaa) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Korean: 운동선수 (undongseonsu) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Korean: 선수 (seonsu) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Northern Kurdish: werzişkar — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Northern Kurdish: werzişvan — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Northern Kurdish: sporvan — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Kyrgyz: спортчу (sportcu) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Lao: ນັກກິລາ (nak ki lā) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Latvian: sportists — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Latvian: sportiste — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Lithuanian: sportininkas — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Lithuanian: sportininkė — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Macedonian: спорти́ст (sportíst) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Macedonian: спорти́стка (sportístka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Malay: olahragawan — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Malay: ahli sukan — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Malay: atlet — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Maltese: sportiv — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Mongolian: тамирчин (tamirčin) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠮᠢᠷᠴᠢᠨ (tamirčin) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Norwegian Bokmål: idrettsutøver — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Pannonian Rusyn: спортиста (sportista) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Pannonian Rusyn: спортист (sportist) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Pannonian Rusyn: спортистка (sportistka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Pashto: ورزشکار (warzǝškãr) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Iranian Persian: وَرْزِشْکار (varzeškâr) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Polish: sportowiec — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Polish: sportsmen — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Polish: sportsmenka — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Polish: atleta — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Polish: atletka — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Portuguese: esportista — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Romanian: sportiv — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Romanian: sportivă — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Russian: спортсме́н (sportsmén) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Russian: спортсме́нка (sportsménka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: спортиста — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: спо̀рта̄ш — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: sportista — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Serbo-Croatian: spòrtāš — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Slovak: športovec — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Slovak: športovkyňa — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Slovene: športnik — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Slovene: športnica — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Spanish: deportista — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Swedish: idrottare — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Tajik: варзишгар (varzišgar) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Tajik: варзишкор (varziškor) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Tatar: спортчы (sportçı) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Thai: นักกีฬา (nák-gii-laa) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Turkish: sporcu — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان (pehlevân, pehlivân) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Turkmen: sportçy — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Ukrainian: спортсме́н (sportsmén) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Ukrainian: спортсме́нка (sportsménka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Ukrainian: спорто́вець (sportóvecʹ) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Ukrainian: спорто́вка (sportóvka) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Urdu: کِھلاڑی (khilāṛī) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Urdu: وَرْزِش کار (varziś kār) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Uyghur: ئىسپورتچى (isportchi) — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Uzbek: sportchi — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Uzbek: sportsmen — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Vietnamese: nhà thể thao — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Vietnamese: vận động viên — someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
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