Note: these 'words' (valid or invalid) are all the permutations of the word sport. These words are obtained by scrambling the letters in sport.
Definitions and meaning of sport
sport
Etymology
From Middle Englishsporten(verb) and sport, spoort, sporte(noun), apheretic shortenings of disporten(verb) and disport, disporte(noun). More at disport.
Pronunciation
(Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /spɔːt/
(General American) IPA(key): /spɔɹt/
(Tasmanian) IPA(key): /spɔː/
(rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /spo(ː)ɹt/
(non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA(key): /spoət/
Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)t
Noun
sport (countable and uncountable, pluralsports)
(countable) Any activity that uses physical exertion or skills competitively under a set of rules that is not based on aesthetics.
(countable) A person who exhibits either good or bad sportsmanship.
(countable) Somebody who behaves or reacts in an admirably good-natured manner, e.g. to being teased or to losing a game; a good sport.
(obsolete) That which diverts, and makes mirth; pastime; amusement.
a. 1765, year of origin unknown, Hey Diddle Diddle (traditional rhyme)
The little dog laughed to see such sport, and the dish ran away with the spoon.
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:hobby
(obsolete) Mockery, making fun; derision.
(countable) A toy; a plaything; an object of mockery.
(uncountable) Gaming for money as in racing, hunting, or fishing.
(biology, botany, zoology, countable) A plant or an animal, or part of a plant or animal, which has some peculiarity not usually seen in the species; an abnormal variety or growth. The term encompasses both mutants and organisms with non-genetic developmental abnormalities such as birth defects.
(slang, countable) A sportsman; a gambler.
(slang, countable) One who consorts with disreputable people, including prostitutes.
(obsolete, uncountable) An amorous dalliance.
(informal, usually singular) A friend or acquaintance (chiefly used when speaking to the friend in question)
Synonyms:see Thesaurus:friend
Term of endearment used by an adult for a child, usually a boy.
(obsolete) Play; idle jingle.
1725-1726, William Broome, The Odyssey
An author who should introduce such a sport of words upon our stage […]would meet with small applause.
Derived terms
Descendants
From plural sports:
Japanese: スポーツ(supōtsu)
Korean: 스포츠(seupocheu)
Translations
Verb
sport (third-person singular simple presentsports, present participlesporting, simple past and past participlesported)
(intransitive) To amuse oneself, to play.
(intransitive) To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
(transitive) To display; to have as a notable feature.
(reflexive) To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
(transitive) To represent by any kind of play.
To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
(transitive, archaic) To close (a door).
Derived terms
sport one's oak, sport the oak
Translations
References
(sportsman, gambler):1873, John Camden Hotten, The Slang Dictionary
sport in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
sport in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /spɔrt/
Hyphenation: sport
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishsport, from Middle Englishsport, from Middle Englishsport, from older disport, from Old Frenchdesport. First attested in the 19th century. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
sportf (pluralsporten, diminutivesportjen)
(countable) A sport; (uncountable)sports.
Mijn buurman is dol op sport. ― My neighbour is keen on sports.
Darts is de gezondste sport op aarde. ― Darts is the most healthy sport on Earth.
Derived terms
Descendants
→ Caribbean Javanese: sport
→ Papiamentu: spòrt
→ West Frisian: sport
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutchsporte, metathesised form of sprote. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.
Noun
sportf (pluralsporten, diminutivesportjen)
rung, step on a ladder
Descendants
→ Papiamentu: spor, sport
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
“sport”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé[Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Hungarian
Pronunciation
IPA(key): [ˈʃport]
Hyphenation: sport
Rhymes: -ort
Noun
sport (pluralsportok)
sport
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
sport in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Englishsport.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈspɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Hyphenation: spòrt
Noun
sportm (invariable)
sport (activity that uses physical skills, often competitive)
hobby, pastime
fare qualcosa per sport ― to do something for fun
Derived terms
Lower Sorbian
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishsport.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /spɔrt/
Noun
sportm inan
sport (athletic activity that uses physical skills)
Declension
References
Starosta, Manfred (1999) “sport”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag
Norman
Noun
sportm (pluralsports)
(Jersey) sport (physical activity pitting two or more opponents against each other)
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology 1
From Englishsport.
Noun
sportm (definite singularsporten, uncountable)
sport
Synonym:idrett
Derived terms
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Alternative forms
spora, sporet
Verb
sport
past participle of spore
References
“sport” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Englishsport.
Noun
sportm (definite singularsporten, uncountable)
sport
Synonym:idrett
Derived terms
hestesport
kampsport
References
“sport” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishsport.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /spɔrt/
Rhymes: -ɔrt
Syllabification: sport
Noun
sportm inan
sport
Declension
Derived terms
Further reading
sport in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
sport in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Frenchsport.
Pronunciation
Noun
sportn (pluralsporturi)
sport
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
špȍrt(Croatia)
Etymology
Borrowed from Englishsport.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /spôrt/
Noun
spȍrtm (Cyrillic spellingспо̏рт)
sport
Declension
Derived terms
Swedish
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Englishsport, first used in 1857.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈspɔʈ/
Homophone: spott(southeastern Sweden)
Noun
sportc
(uncountable) sports
(countable) a sport
Declension
Derived terms
See also
idrott
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /ˈspʊʈ/
Verb
sport
supine of spörja
References
sport in Svensk ordbok (SO)
sport in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
sport in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
sport in Nationalencyklopedin (needs an authorization fee).
Anagrams
ports, prost, torps
West Frisian
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutchsport, from Englishsport.
Pronunciation
IPA(key): /spɔ(r)t/
Noun
sportc (pluralsporten)
sport (physical activity)
Further reading
“sport”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011