Meanings
nounsports car (plural sports cars)
plural sports cars · alternative sportscar
- countableAn automobile designed for high speed and power, tight handling, and flashy looks.First known use 1914
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna small low car with a high-powered engine; usually seats two persons
Similar
sport car
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Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 跑車 /跑车
- 跑車 /跑车 (pǎochē)automobile designed for high speed
Danish sportsvogn
- sportsvognautomobile designed for high speed
Esperanto sportaŭto
- sportaŭtoautomobile designed for high speed
Finnish urheiluauto
- urheiluautoautomobile designed for high speed
French voiture de sport, voiture sportive
- voiture de sportautomobile designed for high speed
- voiture sportiveautomobile designed for high speed
German Sportwagen
- Sportwagenautomobile designed for high speed
Hungarian sportautó, sportkocsi
- sportautóautomobile designed for high speed
- sportkocsiautomobile designed for high speed
Icelandic sportbíll
- sportbíllautomobile designed for high speed
Italian vettura sportiva
- vettura sportivaautomobile designed for high speed
Japanese スポーツカー
- スポーツカー (supōtsukā)automobile designed for high speed
Norwegian Bokmål sportsbil
- sportsbilautomobile designed for high speed
Polish samochód sportowy
- samochód sportowyautomobile designed for high speed
Portuguese carro desportivo, carro esportivo
- carro desportivoautomobile designed for high speed
- carro esportivoautomobile designed for high speed
Russian спорти́вный автомоби́ль, спорти́вная маши́на
- спорти́вный автомоби́ль (sportívnyj avtomobílʹ)automobile designed for high speed
- спорти́вная маши́на (sportívnaja mašína)automobile designed for high speed
Spanish automóvil deportivo, coche deportivo
- automóvil deportivoautomobile designed for high speed
- coche deportivoautomobile designed for high speed
- carro deportivoautomobile designed for high speed
Swedish sportbil
- sportbilautomobile designed for high speed
Turkish spor araba, spor otomobil
- spor arabaautomobile designed for high speed
- spor otomobilautomobile designed for high speed
Cite this entry
APA
sports car. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports%20car
MLA
“sports car.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports%20car. Accessed November 5, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sports car,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sports%20car.
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