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English
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
Noun
sprint (plural sprints )
A short race at top speed .
A burst of speed or activity .
( software engineering ) In Agile software development , a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings .
Descendants
Translations
short race at top speed
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Bulgarian: спринт ( sprint )
Catalan: esprint m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 短跑 (zh) ( duǎnpǎo ) , 衝刺 / 冲刺 (zh) ( chōngcì )
Czech: sprint (cs) m
Dutch: sprint (nl) m
Finnish: pikajuoksu (fi) , pikamatka (fi)
French: sprint (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Kurzstreckenlauf m , Sprint (de) m
Greek: σπριντ (el) n ( sprint )
Hebrew: מאוץ m ( maóts ) , ריצה מהירה f ( ritsá mehirá ) , ספרינט m ( sprint )
Indonesian: sprint (id) , lari cepat (id)
Irish: ráib f , rúid f , ruthag m , aga reatha m
Italian: velocità (it) f , sprint (it) m
Japanese: スプリント (ja) ( supurinto ) , 短距離走 (ja) ( たんきょりそう, tankyorisō )
Korean: 스프린트 ( seupeurinteu )
Macedonian: спринт m ( sprint )
Malay: lari pecut (ms)
Polish: sprint (pl) m
Portuguese: sprint (pt) m , esprinte (pt) m
Romanian: sprint (ro) n
Russian: спринт (ru) m ( sprint ) ( бег на коро́ткую диста́нцию )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спри̏нт m
Roman: sprȉnt (sh) m
Slovak: šprint m
Spanish: sprint (es) m , esprint (es) m
Swedish: sprinterlopp
Thai: please add this translation if you can
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Vietnamese: chạy nước rút
Walloon: sprine (wa) m
burst of speed or activity
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 )
( transitive , intransitive ) To run , cycle , etc. at top speed for a short period .
Translations
To run etc at top speed for a short period
Derived terms
Anagrams
Czech
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprint .
Noun
sprint m inan
sprint
Declension
Declension of sprint (hard masculine inanimate )
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprint .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /sprɪnt/
Hyphenation: sprint
Rhymes: -ɪnt
Noun
sprint m (plural sprints or sprinten , diminutive sprintje n )
sprint
Derived terms
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprint .
Pronunciation
Noun
sprint m (plural sprints )
sprint , short top-speed race
Further reading
German
Pronunciation
Verb
sprint
singular imperative of sprinten
Indonesian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sprint
Pronunciation
Noun
sprint (plural sprint -sprint , first-person possessive sprintku , second-person possessive sprintmu , third-person possessive sprintnya )
( sports ) sprint : a short race at top speed.
Synonym: lari cepat
Derived terms
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English sprint .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˈsprint/
Rhymes: -int
Hyphenation: sprìnt
Noun
sprint m (invariable )
sprint (short, fast race)
sprint finale ― final sprint
vivacity , brio
Noun
sprint f (invariable )
( automotive ) a car having strong acceleration
Polish
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
IPA (key ) : /ˈsprint/
Rhymes: -int
Syllabification: sprint
Noun
sprint m inan
( athletics ) sprint ( short race at top speed )
sprint ( burst of speed or activity )
Declension
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 )
sprint ( short race at top speed )
sprint ( burst of speed or activity )
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French sprint .
Noun
sprint n (plural sprinturi )
sprint
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
Borrowed from English sprint .
Noun
sprȉnt m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нт )
sprint
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
sprint m (plural sprints )
Alternative spelling of esprint
Further reading
Swedish
Noun
sprint c
a small (metal) pin (in a lock, grenade, fire extinguisher or the like)
dra ur sprinten pull out the pin
a sprint (short race)
Declension
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