sprint
English
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editEtymology
editAlteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).
Pronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /spɹɪnt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - Rhymes: -ɪnt
Noun
editsprint (plural sprints)
- A short race at top speed.
- A burst of speed or activity.
- (software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.
Descendants
edit- → Catalan: esprint
- → Czech: sprint
- → Dutch: sprint
- → French: sprint
- → German: Sprint
- → Serbo-Croatian: šprint
- → Greek: σπριντ (sprint)
- → Italian: sprint
- → Japanese: スプリント (supurinto)
- → Korean: 스프린트 (seupeurinteu)
- → Polish: sprint
- → Portuguese: sprint, ⇒ sprintar
- → Russian: спринт (sprint)
- → Serbo-Croatian: sprȉnt, спри̏нт
- → Spanish: esprint, sprint
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Verb
editsprint (third-person singular simple present sprints, present participle sprinting, simple past sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprant, past participle sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprunt)
- (transitive, intransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.
- 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
- "So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.
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editCzech
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editNoun
editsprint m inan
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editDutch
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editNoun
editsprint m (plural sprints or sprinten, diminutive sprintje n)
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editFrench
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editNoun
editsprint m (plural sprints)
- sprint, short top-speed race
Further reading
edit- “sprint”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
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editAudio: (file)
Verb
editsprint
Indonesian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English sprint
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editNoun
editsprint (plural sprint-sprint, first-person possessive sprintku, second-person possessive sprintmu, third-person possessive sprintnya)
- (sports) sprint: a short race at top speed.
- Synonym: lari cepat
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editFurther reading
edit- “sprint” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English sprint.
Pronunciation
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editsprint m (invariable)
Noun
editsprint f (invariable)
- (automotive) a car having strong acceleration
Polish
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English sprint, from Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of *sprintaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ-, from *sper-.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editsprint m inan
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editFurther reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English sprint.
Pronunciation
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Noun
editsprint m (plural sprints)
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editsprint n (plural sprinturi)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) sprint | sprintul | (niște) sprinturi | sprinturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) sprint | sprintului | (unor) sprinturi | sprinturilor |
vocative | sprintule | sprinturilor |
Serbo-Croatian
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editsprȉnt m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нт)
Spanish
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editNoun
editsprint m (plural sprints)
- Alternative spelling of esprint
Further reading
edit- “sprint”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish
editNoun
editsprint c
- a small (metal) pin (in a lock, grenade, fire extinguisher or the like)
- dra ur sprinten
- pull out the pin
- a sprint (short race)
Declension
editDeclension of sprint | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | sprint | sprinten | sprintar | sprintarna |
Genitive | sprints | sprintens | sprintars | sprintarnas |
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