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

someone who plays sport, regardless of gender

Albanian: sportist (sq) m, sportiste (sq) f
Arabic: رِيَاضِيّ m (riyāḍiyy), رِيَاضِيَّة (ar) f (riyāḍiyya)
Armenian: մարզիկ (hy) (marzik)
Belarusian: спартсме́н m (spartsmjén), спартсме́нка f (spartsmjénka), спарто́вец m (spartóvjec), спарто́ўка f (spartóŭka)
Bulgarian: спорти́ст (bg) m (sportíst), спорти́стка f (sportístka)
Burmese: အားကစားသမား (a:ka.ca:sa.ma:)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運動員／运动员 (zh) (yùndòngyuán)
Czech: sportovec (cs) m, sportovkyně (cs) f
Esperanto: sportisto
Finnish: urheilija (fi)
French: sportif (fr) m, sportive (fr) f
German: Sportler (de) m, Sportlerin (de) f
Hindi: खिलाड़ी m (khilāṛī)
Hungarian: sportoló (hu)
Italian: sportivo (it) m, sportiva (it) f
Japanese: 運動選手 (ja) (うんどうせんしゅ, undō senshu)
Khmer: អ្នកកីឡា (nĕək kəylaa)
Korean: 운동선수 (undongseonsu)
Lao: ນັກກິລາ (lo) (nak ki lā)
Latvian: sportists m, sportiste f
Lithuanian: sportininkas m, sportininkė f
Macedonian: спорти́ст m (sportíst), спорти́стка f (sportístka)
Persian: ورزشکار (fa) (varzeškâr)
Polish: sportowiec (pl) m, sportsmenka (pl) f
Portuguese: esportista (pt) m or f
Romanian: sportiv (ro) m, sportivă (ro) f
Russian: спортсме́н (ru) m (sportsmén), спортсме́нка (ru) f (sportsménka)
Slovak: športovec m, športovkyňa f
Slovene: športnik (sl) m, športnica f
Spanish: deportista (es) m or f
Swedish: idrottare (sv) c
Thai: นักกีฬา (th) (nák-gii-laa)
Turkish: sporcu (tr)
Ukrainian: спортсме́н m (sportsmén), спортсме́нка f (sportsménka), спорто́вець m (sportóvecʹ), спорто́вка f (sportóvka)
Urdu: کهلڑی m (khilāṛī)
Vietnamese: nhà thể thao

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