# sports
## English
### Etymology

From sport +‎ -s.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /spɔːts/
* (General American) IPA: /spɔɹts/
* (rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /spo(ː)ɹts/
* (non-rhotic, without the horse–hoarse merger) IPA: /spoəts/
* Audio (US):(file)
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)ts

### Noun

sports
* plural of sport

### Noun

sports (uncountable)
* Synonym of sport (“the class of physical activies; athletics”)

#### Derived terms

* air sports
* airsports
* disabled sports
* e-sports
* eSports
* motorsports
* multisports
* nonsports
* parasports
* powersports
* rotisserie sports
* sportsaholic
* sportsball
* sports bar
* sports-bet
* sportsbook
* sports car
* sports card
* sportscast
* sportscaster
* sportscasting
* sportscoat
* sports coat
* sportsdom
* sportsfest
* sportsfield
* sportsfinder
* sportsfishing
* sports game
* sportsgirl
* sportsground
* sportshall
* sports hall
* sportsification
* sportslike
* sportsluxe
* sportsman
* sportsmedical
* sportsperson
* sportsplex
* sports tape
* sportswash
* sportswashing
* sportswatching
* sportswear
* sportswise
* sportswoman
* sportswriter
* sportswriting
* sportsy
* watersports
* water sports
* winter sports
* wintersports

### Verb

sports
* third-person singular simple present indicative of sport

### Verb

sports (third-person singular simple present sportses, present participle sportsing, simple past and past participle sportsed)
* To participate in sports; typically used by a person with little interest in the subject to derisively elide details of the activity in question.
** 1981, Broadcasting, Broadcasting Publications, page 84:But I have a feeling that in many senses the American consumer is getting over-sportsed.
** 2011, Sean Ahern, What It Tastes Like to Be Sane, self-published through Lulu.com, page 140:And so sports they did! They put on their very own athletic shorts and jerseys and headed down to the field. There, they met other people similarly attired, who also desired to sports with them. And so they sportsed.

### Anagrams

* Prosts, strops

## French
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

sports m
* plural of sport

## Latvian
### Etymology

Probably via other European languages, ultimately borrowed from English sport.

### Pronunciation

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### Noun

sports m (1st declension)
* sport, sports
    nodarboties ar sportu ― to occupy oneself with, to practice sports
    sporta veidi ― (types of) sports
    sporta būve / sporta bāze ― gymnasium, sports facility
    sporta skola ― sports school
    sporta medicīna ― sports medicine
    sporta meistars ― sports master
    cīņas sports ― martial arts (lit. fighting sports)
    slēpošana ir patīkams sports ― skiing is an enjoyable sport
* activity about which one is passionate
    sēņošana viņam ir sports ― mushroom picking is a sport to him

#### Derived terms

* orientēšanās sports
* sportisks, sportiskums
* sportists, sportiste

## Swedish
### Verb

sports
* passive supine of spörja

### Noun

sports
* indefinite genitive singular of sport

### Anagrams

* prosts