sportsperson

English

Etymology

sports +‎ person

Pronunciation

(General American) IPA^(key): /spɔɹtspɝsən/, /spoɹtspɝsən/
(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /spɔːtspɜːsən/, /spɔətspɜːsən/
(Tasmanian) IPA^(key): /spɔːspɜːsən/
Hyphenation: sports‧per‧son

Noun

sportsperson (plural sportspersons or sportspeople)

Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.

Hypernyms

person

Hyponyms

Derived terms

sportspersonship

Translations

Translations

Czech: sportovec (cs) m
Finnish: urheilija (fi)
German: Sportler (de) m, Sportlerin (de) f
Hungarian: sportoló (hu)

Polish: sportowiec (pl) m
Swedish: idrottare (sv) c
Turkish: sporcu (tr)

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