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/spɔʁ/
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
Examples
- week-end ?
What sport do you play at the weekend?
rugby -.
Rugby is the most followed sport in the south west.
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She does sport three times a week.
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Winter sports are expensive.
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My brother reads the sports pages before anything else.
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