sprinter

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See also: Sprinter and sprínter

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From sprint +‎ -er.

Noun

sprinter (plural sprinters)

  1. One who sprints.
Translations

Etymology 2

Blend of spring +‎ winter

Noun

sprinter (uncountable)

  1. Transition period between winter and spring: late winter.
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Czech

Alternative forms

Noun

sprinter m anim (female equivalent sprinterka)

  1. sprinter

Declension

Declension of sprinter (hard masculine animate)
singular plural
nominative sprinter sprinteři
genitive sprintera sprinterů
dative sprinterovi, sprinteru sprinterům
accusative sprintera sprintery
vocative sprintere sprinteři
locative sprinterovi, sprinteru sprinterech
instrumental sprinterem sprintery

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

Noun

sprinter m (plural sprinters)

  1. sprinter

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

Verb

sprinter

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
simple — sprinte
/spʁint/ 		— sprintons
/spʁin.tɔ̃/ 		sprintez
/spʁin.te/ 		—
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprinter.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsprin.tɛr/
  • Rhymes: -intɛr
  • Syllabification: sprin‧ter

Noun

sprinter m pers (female equivalent sprinterka)

  1. sprinter (one who sprints)

Declension

Declension of sprinter
singular plural
nominative sprinter sprinterzy/sprintery (deprecative)
genitive sprintera sprinterów
dative sprinterowi sprinterom
accusative sprintera sprinterów
instrumental sprinterem sprinterami
locative sprinterze sprinterach
vocative sprinterze sprinterzy

Derived terms

adjective
noun

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprinter.

Pronunciation

Noun

sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)

  1. Alternative form of sprínter (one who sprints)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sprinter.

Noun

sprinter m (plural sprinteri)

  1. sprinter

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 (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нтер)

  1. sprinter

Derived terms

Spanish

Pronunciation

Noun

sprinter m or f by sense (plural sprinters)

  1. sprinter
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