sportive
English
Derived terms
Translations
gay, frolicsome, merry — see merry
playful, coltish — see playful
interested in sport
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good at sport — see sporty
Noun
sportive (plural sportives)
- (cycling) cyclosportive
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
- Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.
- 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track
French
Further reading
- “sportive” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Adjective
sportive
- inflection of sportiv:
- strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
- strong nominative and accusative plural
- weak nominative all-gender singular
- weak accusative feminine and neuter singular
Italian
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ive
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