sprint

See also: šprint and Sprint

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sprent (to leap; bound; dart), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (to jump up; bounce), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (to flinch; jump), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (to sprinkle; splash), Swedish spritta (to startle), Icelandic spretta (to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spɹɪnt/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

sprint (plural sprints)

  1. A short race at top speed.
  2. A burst of speed or activity.
  3. (software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

Descendants

Translations

Verb

sprint (third-person singular simple present sprints, present participle sprinting, simple past sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprant, past participle sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprunt)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.
    • 1912, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World:
      "So I broke away early this mornin', gave my guard a kick in the tummy that laid him out, and sprinted for the camp.

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Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprint m

  1. sprint

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sprɪnt/
  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: sprint
  • Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints or sprinten, diminutive sprintje n)

  1. sprint

Derived terms


French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /spʁint/
  • (file)

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

  1. sprint, short top-speed race

Further reading


German

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Verb

sprint

  1. singular imperative of sprinten

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈsprint/
  • Rhymes: -int
  • Hyphenation: sprìnt

Noun

sprint m (invariable)

  1. sprint (short, fast race)
  2. vivacity, brio

Noun

sprint f (invariable)

  1. (automotive) a car having strong acceleration

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint, from Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of *sprintaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ-, from *sper-.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /sprint/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -int
  • Syllabification: sprint

Noun

sprint m inan

  1. (athletics) sprint (short race at top speed)
  2. sprint (burst of speed or activity)

Declension

adjective
nouns

Further reading

  • sprint in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • sprint in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

From French sprint.

Noun

sprint n (plural sprinturi)

  1. sprint

Declension


Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprȉnt m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нт)

  1. sprint

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /esˈpɾint/ [esˈpɾĩn̪t̪]
  • Rhymes: -int

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

  1. Alternative spelling of esprint

Further reading


Swedish

Noun

sprint c

  1. a small (metal) pin (in a lock, grenade, fire extinguisher or the like)
    Dra ur sprinten
    Pull out the pin
  2. a sprint (short race)

Declension

Declension of sprint 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative sprint sprinten sprintar sprintarna
Genitive sprints sprintens sprintars sprintarnas

References

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