sprint

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See also: šprint and Sprint

English

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Etymology

Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɹɪnt/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

sprint (plural sprints)

  1. A short race at top speed.
  2. A burst of speed or activity.
  3. (software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

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Verb

sprint (third-person singular simple present sprints, present participle sprinting, simple past sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprant, past participle sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprunt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprint m inan

  1. sprint

Declension

Declension of sprint (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative sprint sprinty
genitive sprintu sprintů
dative sprintu sprintům
accusative sprint sprinty
vocative sprinte sprinty
locative sprintu sprintech
instrumental sprintem sprinty

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints or sprinten, diminutive sprintje n)

  1. sprint

Derived terms

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

  1. sprint, short top-speed race

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German

Pronunciation

Verb

sprint

  1. singular imperative of sprinten

Indonesian

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Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint

Pronunciation

Noun

sprint (plural sprint-sprint, first-person possessive sprintku, second-person possessive sprintmu, third-person possessive sprintnya)

  1. (sports) sprint: a short race at top speed.
    Synonym: lari cepat

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Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsprint/
  • Rhymes: -int
  • Hyphenation: sprìnt

Noun

sprint m (invariable)

  1. sprint (short, fast race)
    sprint finale ― final sprint
  2. vivacity, brio

Noun

sprint f (invariable)

  1. (automotive) a car having strong acceleration

Polish

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Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint, from Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of *sprintaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ-, from *sper-.

Pronunciation

Noun

sprint m inan

  1. (athletics) sprint (short race at top speed)
  2. sprint (burst of speed or activity)

Declension

Declension of sprint
singular plural
nominative sprint sprinty
genitive sprintu sprintów
dative sprintowi sprintom
accusative sprint sprinty
instrumental sprintem sprintami
locative sprincie sprintach
vocative sprincie sprinty

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adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • sprint in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sprint in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint.

Pronunciation

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

  1. sprint (short race at top speed)
  2. sprint (burst of speed or activity)

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sprint.

Noun

sprint n (plural sprinturi)

  1. sprint

Declension

Declension of sprint
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) sprint sprintul (niște) sprinturi sprinturile
genitive/dative (unui) sprint sprintului (unor) sprinturi sprinturilor
vocative sprintule sprinturilor

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprȉnt m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нт)

  1. sprint

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

  1. Alternative spelling of esprint

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

sprint c

  1. a small (metal) pin (in a lock, grenade, fire extinguisher or the like)
    dra ur sprinten
    pull out the pin
  2. a sprint (short race)

Declension

Declension of sprint 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sprint sprinten sprintar sprintarna
Genitive sprints sprintens sprintars sprintarnas

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