sportsperson

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noun

Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.

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Meanings

nounsportsperson (plural sportspersons or sportspeople)

plural sportspersons · plural sportspeople

  1. Someone who plays sport, regardless of gender.

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
athlete

Origin

From sports + -person.

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Arabic رِيَاضِيّ, رِيَاضِيَّة
  • رِيَاضِيّ (riyāḍiyy)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • رِيَاضِيَّة (riyāḍiyya)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Bengali ক্রীড়াবিদ
  • ক্রীড়াবিদ (kriṛabid)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Bulgarian спорти́ст, спорти́стка
  • спорти́ст (sportíst)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • спорти́стка (sportístka)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Chinese Cantonese 運動員 /运动员
  • 運動員 /运动员someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Chinese Mandarin 運動員 /运动员
  • 運動員 /运动员 (yùndòngyuán)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Czech sportovec, sportovkyně
  • sportovecsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportovkyněsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Danish sportsudøver
  • sportsudøversomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Dutch sportman, sporter
  • sportmansomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportersomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Esperanto sportisto
  • sportistosomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Estonian sportlane
  • sportlanesomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Finnish urheilija
  • urheilijasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
French sportif, sportive
  • sportifsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportivesomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
German Sportler, Sportlerin
  • Sportlersomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • Sportlerinsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Hebrew סְפּוֹרְטַאי
  • סְפּוֹרְטַאי (sportáy)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Hindi खिलाड़ी
  • खिलाड़ी (khilāṛī)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Hungarian sportoló
  • sportolósomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Icelandic íþróttamaður
  • íþróttamaðursomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Indonesian olahragawan
  • olahragawansomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Irish lúthchleasaí
  • lúthchleasaísomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Italian sportivo, sportiva
  • sportivosomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportivasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Japanese 運動選手, 選手
  • 運動選手 (undō senshu)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • 選手 (senshu)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Korean 운동선수, 선수
  • 운동선수 (undongseonsu)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • 선수 (seonsu)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Latvian sportists, sportiste
  • sportistssomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportistesomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Lithuanian sportininkas, sportininkė
  • sportininkassomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportininkėsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Malay olahragawan, ahli sukan
  • olahragawansomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • ahli sukansomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • atletsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Norwegian Bokmål idrettsutøver
  • idrettsutøversomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Polish sportowiec, sportsmen
  • sportowiecsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportsmensomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportsmenkasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • atletasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • atletkasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Portuguese esportista
  • esportistasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Romanian sportiv, sportivă
  • sportivsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • sportivăsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Russian спортсме́н, спортсме́нка
  • спортсме́н (sportsmén)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • спортсме́нка (sportsménka)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Slovak športovec, športovkyňa
  • športovecsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • športovkyňasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Spanish deportista
  • deportistasomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Swedish idrottare
  • idrottaresomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Thai นักกีฬา
  • นักกีฬา (nák-gii-laa)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Turkish sporcu
  • sporcusomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Ukrainian спортсме́н, спортсме́нка
  • спортсме́н (sportsmén)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • спортсме́нка (sportsménka)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • спорто́вець (sportóvecʹ)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • спорто́вка (sportóvka)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Urdu کِھلاڑی, وَرْزِش کار
  • کِھلاڑی (khilāṛī)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • وَرْزِش کار (varziś kār)someone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Vietnamese nhà thể thao, vận động viên
  • nhà thể thaosomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
  • vận động viênsomeone who plays sport, regardless of gender
Cite this entry
APA

sportsperson. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsperson

MLA

“sportsperson.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsperson. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sportsperson,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sportsperson.

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