sportive
French, noun/spɔʁ.tiv/
sportive is spelled S-P-O-R-T-I-V-E (8 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,118th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sportive is a French feminine noun meaning “sportswoman” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of sportif. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Femme qui pratique un sport”.
What does sportive mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesportswoman
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of sportif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Femme qui pratique un sport. 2. Voiture sportive.
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 sportive
- sportives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sportive?
- /spɔʁ.tiv/
- \spɔʁ.tiv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sportive
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sportive in French?
sportive appears 14 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).