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sportswoman

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: UK

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

someone who engages in sports

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: sport, sportsman

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: athlete, jock

History

Etymology

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-Germanic *wībą Proto-West Germanic *wīb Old English wīf Proto-Indo-European *mon- Proto-Germanic *mann- Proto-West Germanic *mann Old English mann Old English wīfmann Middle English woman Middle English -woman English -woman English sportswoman From sports + -woman.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: sportiste — woman who engages in sports
  • Arabic: رِيَاضِيَّة (riyāḍiyya) — woman who engages in sports
  • Arabic: رياضية (reyāḍeya) — woman who engages in sports
  • Belarusian: спартсме́нка (spartsmjénka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Belarusian: спарто́ўка (spartówka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Belarusian: атле́тка (atljétka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Bulgarian: спорти́стка (sportístka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Bulgarian: атле́тка (atlétka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Chinese Mandarin: 運動員 /运动员 (yùndòngyuán) — woman who engages in sports
  • Chinese Mandarin: 女運動員 /女运动员 (nǚ yùndòngyuán) — woman who engages in sports
  • Czech: sportovkyně — woman who engages in sports
  • Danish: sportskvinde — woman who engages in sports
  • Danish: idrætskvinde — woman who engages in sports
  • Dutch: sportvrouw — woman who engages in sports
  • Esperanto: sportistino — woman who engages in sports
  • Finnish: urheilijatar — woman who engages in sports
  • Finnish: urheilija — woman who engages in sports
  • French: sportive — woman who engages in sports
  • German: Sportlerin — woman who engages in sports
  • Greek: αθλήτρια (athlítria) — woman who engages in sports
  • Hungarian: sportolónő — woman who engages in sports
  • Icelandic: íþróttakona — woman who engages in sports
  • Italian: sportiva — woman who engages in sports
  • Japanese: スポーツウーマン (supōtsu ūman) — woman who engages in sports
  • Korean: 스포츠우먼 (seupocheuumeon) — woman who engages in sports
  • Latvian: sportiste — woman who engages in sports
  • Lithuanian: sportininkė — woman who engages in sports
  • Macedonian: спорти́стка (sportístka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Norwegian Bokmål: idrettskvinne — woman who engages in sports
  • Pannonian Rusyn: спортистка (sportistka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Polish: sportsmenka — woman who engages in sports
  • Polish: atletka — woman who engages in sports
  • Portuguese: esportiva — woman who engages in sports
  • Romanian: sportivă — woman who engages in sports
  • Russian: спортсме́нка (sportsménka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Russian: атле́тка (atlétka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Serbo-Croatian: спортисткиња — woman who engages in sports
  • Serbo-Croatian: sportiskinja — woman who engages in sports
  • Slovak: športovkyňa — woman who engages in sports
  • Slovene: športnica — woman who engages in sports
  • Spanish: deportista — woman who engages in sports
  • Swedish: idrottskvinna — woman who engages in sports
  • Ukrainian: спортсме́нка (sportsménka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Ukrainian: спорто́вка (sportóvka) — woman who engages in sports
  • Ukrainian: атле́тка (atlétka) — woman who engages in sports