"sports car" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sports cars [plural]
Etymology: sports + car Etymology templates: {{compound|en|sports|car}} sports + car Head templates: {{en-noun}} sports car (plural sports cars)
  1. An automobile designed for high speed and power, tight handling, and flashy looks. Wikipedia link: sports car Categories (topical): Vehicles Hypernyms: car Hyponyms: supercar, hypercar Related terms: coupe Translations (automobile designed for high speed): 跑車 (Chinese Mandarin), 跑车 (pǎochē) (Chinese Mandarin), sportsvogn [common-gender] (Danish), sportaŭto (Esperanto), urheiluauto (Finnish), voiture de sport [feminine] (French), voiture sportive [feminine] (French), Sportwagen [masculine] (German), sportautó (Hungarian), sportkocsi (Hungarian), sportbíll [masculine] (Icelandic), vettura sportiva [feminine] (Italian), スポーツカー (supōtsukā) (Japanese), спортски автомобил (sportski avtomobil) [masculine] (Macedonian), спортска кола (english: sportska kola) [feminine] (Macedonian), sportsbil [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sportsbil [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), samochód sportowy [masculine] (Polish), carro desportivo [Portugal, masculine] (Portuguese), carro esportivo [Brazil, masculine] (Portuguese), спорти́вный автомоби́ль (sportívnyj avtomobílʹ) [masculine] (Russian), спорти́вная маши́на (sportívnaja mašína) [feminine] (Russian), automóvil deportivo [masculine] (Spanish), coche deportivo [masculine] (Spanish), carro deportivo [masculine] (Spanish), sportbil [common-gender] (Swedish)

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