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sportiv
athletic (sports-related); also used as a noun for "athlete" /sporˈtiv/
adjective#5334 most common
Also: sports (attributive, e.g. sports club), sportsman/athlete (as a noun), sporty
Example sentences
El este sportiv.
He is athletic.
Maria este foarte sportivă și joacă tenis în fiecare weekend.
Maria is very athletic and plays tennis every weekend.
Copiii participă la un concurs sportiv la școală.
The children are taking part in a sports competition at school.
Clubul sportiv din oraș are peste o mie de membri.
The sports club in the city has more than a thousand members.
Guvernul a alocat fonduri pentru dezvoltarea infrastructurii sportive.
The government allocated funds for developing sports infrastructure.
Performanțele sportivilor români la ultimele Jocuri Olimpice au impresionat întreaga lume.
The performances of the Romanian athletes at the last Olympic Games impressed the whole world.
Declension
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | sportiv | sportivi |
| Genitive | sportivului | sportivilor |
| Accusative | sportiv | sportivi |
| Vocative | sportivule | sportivilor |
Word family
sportsport (the activity itself)
sportivăfemale athlete, sportswoman
sportivitatesportsmanship, fair play
nesportivunsportsmanlike
Etymology
Romanian borrowed "sportiv" from French "sportif" in the 19th and early 20th centuries, during a wave of French loanwords tied to modern institutions and leisure. French "sportif" itself derives from "sport," which English took from Old French "desport," meaning amusement or diversion. That word breaks down to the prefix "de-" plus "porter," from Latin "portare," to carry. So the sense shifted from "carrying oneself away" (from work, from care) to "amusement" to modern organized athletics.
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