sportivité
French, noun/spɔʁ.ti.vi.te/
sportivité is spelled S-P-O-R-T-I-V-I-T-É (10 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written French, the 65,044th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Sportivité is a French feminine noun meaning “sportsmanship” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Caractéristique sportive d'une personne, d'un objet”.
What does sportivité mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininesportsmanship
- 2
femininesportiness
la sportivité d'une voiture
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Caractéristique sportive d'une personne, d'un objet. 2. Ensemble de traits éthiques et personnels considérés comme dignes d'un athlète, dont l'honnêteté, la courtoisie envers les opposants et l'acceptation gracieuse de la victoire ou la défaite.
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 sportivité
- sportivités plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce sportivité?
- /spɔʁ.ti.vi.te/
- \spɔʁ.ti.vi.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to sportivité
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is sportivité in French?
sportivité appears about once in every 4 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).