sportif
French, noun/spɔʁ.tif/
sportif is spelled S-P-O-R-T-I-F (7 letters) and appears 25 times per million words in written French, the 3,192nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sportif is a French masculine noun meaning “sportsman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Personne qui pratique un sport”.
What does sportif mean in English?
adjective
- 1
athletic; enjoying and frequently participating in sports, sporty
- 2
sports; athletic
noun
- 1
masculinesportsman
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui se rapporte ; qui est propre au sport. 2. Qui pratique un sport. 3. Qui atteste de sportivité. 4. Qui correspond à l'esprit du sport.
noun: 1. Personne qui pratique un sport.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of sportif
- sportive feminine
- sportifs masculine plural
- sportives feminine plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sportif?
- /spɔʁ.tif/
- \spɔʁ.tif\
- [spɔʁ.tif]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sportif
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sportif in French?
sportif appears 25 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).