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masculine

/spɔʁ/

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Translation

sport

Word origin

Borrowed in the nineteenth century from English 'sport', which was itself a shortening of Old French desport ('amusement, diversion'), from se desporter ('to amuse oneself'). The word therefore returned to French after several centuries in England.

Origin
English
Root
sport
English cognates
sport, disport

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralsports

Examples

- week-end ?

What sport do you play at the weekend?

rugby -.

Rugby is the most followed sport in the south west.

.

She does sport three times a week.

' .

Winter sports are expensive.

.

My brother reads the sports pages before anything else.

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This word is part of lesson 29.