sporting en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ˈspo(ː)ɹtɪŋ/ without the horse–hoarse merger
- [ˈspɔːtɪŋɡ] without the NG-coalescence
- /ˈspɔːtɪŋ/ non-rhotic
- /ˈspoətɪŋ/ without the horse–hoarse merger
- /ˈspɔɹtɪŋ/ rhotic
- spōrt'ĭng
- /ˈspɔːtɪnɡ/ without the NG-coalescence
Etymology
By surface analysis, sport + -ing.
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Pertaining to sports
He got a job in a sporting goods store.
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(comparable) Exhibiting sportsmanship.
Quite sporting of you to call that foul on yourself.
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(comparable) Fair, generous; game.
It was very sporting of her to let us off like that.
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.
New Yorkers coined the term “sporting culture” to identify the boisterous male culture then on display on the city's streets.
2015, Michael Pierson, “Stephen Spaulding's Fourth of July in New Orleans”, in Slap, Andrew L., Towers, Frank, editors, Confederate Cities: The Urban South during the Civil War Era, University of Chicago Press, page 137:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most sporting | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more sporting | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Deriveds
nonsporting · sporting goods · sporting house · sporting door · unsporting · sporting chance · sportingly · sporting lady · sporting woman · sportingness · sporting girl · sporting clays
Translations (22)
pl sportowy (pertaining to sports) · fi urheilu- (pertaining to sports) · nl sportief (pertaining to sports) · bg спортсменски (exhibiting sportsmanship) · ru спорти́вный (pertaining to sports) · es deportivo (pertaining to sports) · gl deportivo (pertaining to sports) · de sportiv (pertaining to sports) · nl sportief (exhibiting sportsmanship) · lv sportisks (pertaining to sports) · ca esportiu (pertaining to sports) · fi reilu (exhibiting sportsmanship) · pt esportivo (pertaining to sports) · pt desportivo (pertaining to sports) · fr sportif (pertaining to sports) · cs sportovní (pertaining to sports) · nb idrettslig (pertaining to sports) · it sportivo (pertaining to sports) · fi urheilijamainen (exhibiting sportsmanship) · be спартыўны (pertaining to sports) · bg спортен (pertaining to sports) · uk спорти́вний (pertaining to sports)