"sportswoman" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sportswomen [plural]
Etymology: sports + -woman. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|sports|woman}} sports + -woman Head templates: {{en-noun|sportswomen}} sportswoman (plural sportswomen)
  1. (UK) A woman who engages in sports; a female athlete. Wikipedia link: sportswoman Tags: UK Categories (topical): Athletes, Female people Related terms: sportsman Translations (woman who engages in sports): sportiste [feminine] (Albanian), رِيَاضِيَّة (riyāḍiyya) [feminine] (Arabic), رياضية (reyāḍeya) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), спартсме́нка (spartsmjénka) [feminine] (Belarusian), спарто́ўка (spartóŭka) [feminine] (Belarusian), атле́тка (atljétka) [feminine] (Belarusian), спорти́стка (sportístka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), атле́тка (atlétka) [feminine] (Bulgarian), 運動員 (Chinese Mandarin), 运动员 (yùndòngyuán) (english: either gender) (Chinese Mandarin), 女運動員 (Chinese Mandarin), 女运动员 (nǚ yùndòngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), sportovkyně [feminine] (Czech), sportskvinde [common-gender] (Danish), idrætskvinde [common-gender] (Danish), sportvrouw [feminine] (Dutch), sportistino (Esperanto), urheilijatar (Finnish), urheilija (Finnish), sportive [feminine] (French), Sportlerin [feminine] (German), αθλήτρια (athlítria) [feminine] (Greek), íþróttakona [feminine] (Icelandic), sportiva [feminine] (Italian), スポーツウーマン (supōtsu ūman) [specific, uncommon] (Japanese), 스포츠우먼 (seupocheuumeon) [specific, uncommon] (Korean), sportiste [feminine] (Latvian), sportininkė [feminine] (Lithuanian), спорти́стка (sportístka) [feminine] (Macedonian), idrettskvinne [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sportsmenka [feminine] (Polish), esportiva [feminine] (Portuguese), sportivă [feminine] (Romanian), спортсме́нка (sportsménka) [feminine] (Russian), атле́тка (atlétka) [feminine] (Russian), спортисткиња [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sportiskinja [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), športovkyňa [feminine] (Slovak), športnica [feminine] (Slovene), deportista [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), idrottskvinna [common-gender] (Swedish), спортсме́нка (sportsménka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), спорто́вка (sportóvka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), атле́тка (atlétka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)

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      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sportiste"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sportininkė"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "sportístka",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спорти́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "idrettskvinne"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sportsmenka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "esportiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sportivă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sportsménka",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спортсме́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "atlétka",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "атле́тка"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спортисткиња"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "sportiskinja"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "športovkyňa"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "športnica"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "deportista"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "idrottskvinna"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sportsménka",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спортсме́нка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "sportóvka",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "спорто́вка"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "atlétka",
      "sense": "woman who engages in sports",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "атле́тка"
    }
  ],
  "word": "sportswoman"
}

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