sportive

From sport +‎ -ive.

• IPA^(key): /ˈspɔː(ɹ)tɪv/

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sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)

1. (archaic) lively; merry; spritely
   • c. 1604–1605 (date written), William Shakespeare, “All’s Well, that Ends Well”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii]:

     Is it I
     That drive thee from the sportive court?

2. Playful, coltish.
3. Interested in sport.
4. Sporty, good at sport.

sportive (plural sportives)

1. (cycling) Synonym of cyclosportive.
   • 2012 July 15, Richard Williams, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track‎^[1], Guardian Unlimited:

     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.

• overtips, pivoters, sorptive, tips over, repivots, tip overs

• IPA^(key): /spɔʁ.tiv/

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sportive

1. feminine singular of sportif

sportive f (plural sportives)

1. sportswoman

• “sportive”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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sportive

1. inflection of sportiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

• IPA^(key): /sporˈti.ve/
• Rhymes: -ive
• Hyphenation: spor‧tì‧ve

sportive

1. feminine plural of sportivo

sportive f

1. plural of sportiva

• Prevosti, previsto, prevosti, proviste