sports
See also: Sports
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EnglishEdit
PronunciationEdit
- (General American) IPA(key): /spɔɹts/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɔːts/
- (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /spo(ː)ɹts/
- (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /spoəts/
- Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
sports
Derived termsEdit
sport plural
VerbEdit
sports
- Third-person singular simple present indicative form of sport
VerbEdit
sports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)
- To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
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There's a lot of sportsing happening in Brazil this summer.[said of the 2014 FIFA World Cup]
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AnagramsEdit
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LatvianEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably via other European languages, ultimately a borrowing from English sport.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
sports m (1st declension)
- sport, sports
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nodarboties ar sportu ― to occupy oneself with, to practice sports
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sporta veidi ― (types of) sports
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sporta būve / sporta bāze ― gymnasium, sports facility
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sporta skola ― sports school
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sporta medicīna ― sports medicine
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sporta meistars ― sports master
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cīņas sports ― martial arts (lit. fighting sports)
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slēpošana ir patīkams sports' ― skiing is an enjoyable sport
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- activity about which one is passionate
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sēņošana viņam ir sports ― mushroom picking is a sport to him
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DeclensionEdit
Declension of sports (1st declension)
| singular (vienskaitlis) | plural (daudzskaitlis) | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative (nominatīvs) | sports | — |
| accusative (akuzatīvs) | sportu | — |
| genitive (ģenitīvs) | sporta | — |
| dative (datīvs) | sportam | — |
| instrumental (instrumentālis) | sportu | — |
| locative (lokatīvs) | sportā | — |
| vocative (vokatīvs) | sports | — |
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