adj
Meaning 1
Fond of sports.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- He's perfect for me, as he's both studious and sporty.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sporty
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: /ˈspɔɹti/
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈspɔːti/
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Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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/ˈspo(ː)ɹti/ rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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/ˈspoəti/ non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger
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rhymes with -ɔː(ɹ)ti
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CMU ARPABET: S P AO1 R T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Suitable for use in sport.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a sporty tennis outfit
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
stylish with a fun, bold, vibrant quality or appearance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- My new car looks sporty but is actually very practical.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 4
appropriate for sport or engagement in a sport
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 5
(used especially of clothes) marked by conspicuous display
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: flashy, gaudy, jazzy, showy
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 6
exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- a clean fight
- a sporting solution of the disagreement
- sportsmanlike conduct
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clean, sporting, sportsmanlike
Antonyms: none provided
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 Proto-Indo-European *-kos Proto-Germanic *-gaz Proto-West Germanic *-g Old English -iġ Middle English -y English -y English sporty From sport + -y.
Across languages
Translations
30 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Belarusian: спарты́ўны (spartýwny) — fond of sports
- Belarusian: спарто́вы (spartóvy) — fond of sports
- Bulgarian: спортен (sporten) — fond of sports
- Czech: sportovní — fond of sports
- Dutch: sportief — fond of sports
- Esperanto: sportema — fond of sports
- Finnish: urheilullinen — fond of sports
- Finnish: sporttihenkinen — fond of sports
- French: sportif — fond of sports
- German: sportlich — fond of sports
- Icelandic: sportlegur — fond of sports
- Italian: sportivo — fond of sports
- Latvian: sportisks — fond of sports
- Macedonian: спортски (sportski) — fond of sports
- Polish: sportowy — fond of sports
- Polish: wysportowany — fond of sports
- Russian: спо́ртивный (spórtivnyj) — fond of sports
- Slovak: športový — fond of sports
- Slovene: športen — fond of sports
- Spanish: deportivo — fond of sports
- Swedish: sportig — fond of sports
- Ukrainian: спорти́вний (sportývnyj) — fond of sports
- Bulgarian: показен (pokazen) — flashy in appearance
- Bulgarian: демонстративен (demonstrativen) — flashy in appearance
- Dutch: sportief — flashy in appearance
- Finnish: urheilullinen — flashy in appearance
- Finnish: sporttinen — flashy in appearance
- German: sportlich — flashy in appearance
- Polish: okazały — flashy in appearance
- Swedish: sportig — flashy in appearance
Real reading context