sprinter
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈspɹɪn.tə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈspɹɪn.tɚ/
- Rhymes: -ɪntə(ɹ)
Etymology 1
Noun
sprinter (plural sprinters)
- One who sprints.
- A person who runs.
- A competitive cyclist who can finish a race by accelerating rapidly.
- A sprint car.
Translations
one who sprints
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Etymology 2
Noun
sprinter (uncountable)
- The transition period between winter and spring: late winter.
Coordinate terms
Translations
late winter
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Anagrams
Czech
Alternative forms
Noun
sprinter m anim (female equivalent sprinterka)
Declension
Declension of sprinter (hard masculine animate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “sprinter”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “sprinter”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
French
Etymology 1
Borrowed from English sprinter.
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spʁin.tœʁ/
Noun
sprinter m (plural sprinters)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /spʁin.te/
Verb
sprinter
- to sprint (run quickly over a short distance)
Conjugation
Conjugation of sprinter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | sprinter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | sprintant /spʁin.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | sprinté /spʁin.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sprinte /spʁint/ |
sprintes /spʁint/ |
sprinte /spʁint/ |
sprintons /spʁin.tɔ̃/ |
sprintez /spʁin.te/ |
sprintent /spʁint/ |
| imperfect | sprintais /spʁin.tɛ/ |
sprintais /spʁin.tɛ/ |
sprintait /spʁin.tɛ/ |
sprintions /spʁin.tjɔ̃/ |
sprintiez /spʁin.tje/ |
sprintaient /spʁin.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | sprintai /spʁin.te/ |
sprintas /spʁin.ta/ |
sprinta /spʁin.ta/ |
sprintâmes /spʁin.tam/ |
sprintâtes /spʁin.tat/ |
sprintèrent /spʁin.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | sprinterai /spʁin.tə.ʁe/ |
sprinteras /spʁin.tə.ʁa/ |
sprintera /spʁin.tə.ʁa/ |
sprinterons /spʁin.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
sprinterez /spʁin.tə.ʁe/ |
sprinteront /spʁin.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | sprinterais /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/ |
sprinterais /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/ |
sprinterait /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/ |
sprinterions /spʁin.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
sprinteriez /spʁin.tə.ʁje/ |
sprinteraient /spʁin.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | sprinte /spʁint/ |
sprintes /spʁint/ |
sprinte /spʁint/ |
sprintions /spʁin.tjɔ̃/ |
sprintiez /spʁin.tje/ |
sprintent /spʁint/ |
| imperfect2 | sprintasse /spʁin.tas/ |
sprintasses /spʁin.tas/ |
sprintât /spʁin.ta/ |
sprintassions /spʁin.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
sprintassiez /spʁin.ta.sje/ |
sprintassent /spʁin.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | sprinte /spʁint/ |
— | sprintons /spʁin.tɔ̃/ |
sprintez /spʁin.te/ |
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| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “sprinter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprinter.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈsprin.tɛr/
- Rhymes: -intɛr
- Syllabification: sprin‧ter
Noun
sprinter m pers (female equivalent sprinterka)
- sprinter (one who sprints)
Declension
Declension of sprinter
Derived terms
adjective
Related terms
noun
Further reading
- “sprinter”, in Wielki słownik języka polskiego[1] (in Polish), Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- “sprinter”, in Polish dictionaries at PWN[2] (in Polish)
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sprinter.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈspɾĩ.tɛɾ/, /ˈspɾĩ.tɐɾ/
Noun
sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)
- alternative form of sprínter (one who sprints)
Further reading
- “sprinter”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
- “sprinter”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sprinter.
Noun
sprinter m (plural sprinteri)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative-accusative | sprinter | sprinterul | sprinteri | sprinterii |
| genitive-dative | sprinter | sprinterului | sprinteri | sprinterilor |
| vocative | sprinterule | sprinterilor | ||
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprinter.
Noun
sprȉnter m anim (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нтер)
Derived terms
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /esˈpɾinteɾ/ [esˈpɾĩn̪.t̪eɾ]
- Rhymes: -inteɾ
Noun
sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)