sportsperson

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)

1. Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.

Hypernyms

• person

Hyponyms

• sportsman
• sportswoman

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)