Sportsmanlike — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/spˈɔːɹtsmənlˌaɪk/

🇬🇧British English

/spˈɔːtsmənlˌaɪk/

🇮🇳Indian English

/spˈɔːtsmənlˌaɪk/

3 syllables Say it as /spˈɔːɹtsmənlˌaɪk/.

Examples

a clean fight
a sporting solution of the disagreement
sportsmanlike conduct

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

sporting clean sporty

Parts of Speech

adjective

exhibiting or calling for sportsmanship or fair play

“a clean fight”

Word Forms

cleanness

noun

without moral defects

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

sportlich

Sportlichkeit oder Fairplay zeigen oder fordern

🇫🇷French

sportif

manifester ou appeler à l’esprit sportif ou au fair-play

🇪🇸Spanish

caballeroso

exhibir o exigir espíritu deportivo o juego limpio

🇮🇹Italian

sportivo

esibire o incitare alla sportività o al fair play

🇳🇱Dutch

sportief

sportiviteit of fair play tentoonstellen of oproepen

🇵🇹Portuguese

esportivo

exibir ou exigir espírito esportivo ou fair play

🇷🇺Russian

спортивный

демонстрация или призыв к спортивному мастерству или честной игре

India

🇮🇳Hindi

खिलाड़ी का

खेल भावना या निष्पक्ष खेल का प्रदर्शन करना या उसका आह्वान करना

🇧🇩Bengali

ক্রীড়ানুসারী

প্রদর্শন করা বা খেলাধুলা বা ন্যায্য খেলার জন্য আহ্বান করা

🇮🇳Tamil

விளையாட்டு வீரர்

விளையாட்டுத்திறன் அல்லது நியாயமான விளையாட்டை வெளிப்படுத்துதல் அல்லது அழைப்பு விடுத்தல்

🇮🇳Telugu

క్రీడాకారుడు

క్రీడాస్ఫూర్తి లేదా సరసమైన ఆటను ప్రదర్శించడం లేదా పిలవడం

🇮🇳Marathi

खेळाडूसारखे

खेळाचे प्रदर्शन किंवा खेळासाठी बोलावणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સ્પોર્ટ્સમેન જેવું

ખેલદિલી અથવા વાજબી રમત માટે પ્રદર્શન અથવા બોલાવવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕ್ರೀಡಾಪ್ರೇಮಿ

ಕ್ರೀಡಾ ಮನೋಭಾವ ಅಥವಾ ನ್ಯಾಯೋಚಿತ ಆಟಕ್ಕಾಗಿ ಪ್ರದರ್ಶಿಸುವುದು ಅಥವಾ ಕರೆ ಮಾಡುವುದು

🇮🇳Malayalam

സ്പോർട്സ്മാൻ പോലെ

സ്പോർട്സ്മാൻഷിപ്പ് അല്ലെങ്കിൽ ഫെയർ പ്ലേ പ്രദർശിപ്പിക്കുകയോ വിളിക്കുകയോ ചെയ്യുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਖਿਡਾਰੀ ਵਰਗਾ

ਪ੍ਰਦਰਸ਼ਨੀ ਜਾਂ ਖੇਡ ਜਾਂ ਨਿਰਪੱਖ ਖੇਡ ਲਈ ਬੁਲਾਉਣ

🇵🇰Urdu

کھلاڑی کی طرح

کھیلوں کی نمائش کرنا یا اس کے لیے بلانا یا منصفانہ کھیل

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

运动员般的

展示或呼吁体育精神或公平竞争

🇯🇵Japanese

スポーツマンらしい

スポーツマンシップまたはフェアプレーを表明または呼びかける

🇰🇷Korean

운동가 다운

스포츠맨십이나 페어플레이를 요구하거나 전시하는 행위

🇻🇳Vietnamese

thích thể thao

phô trương hoặc kêu gọi tinh thần thể thao hoặc chơi đẹp

🇹🇭Thai

มีน้ำใจนักกีฬา

การแสดงหรือเรียกร้องน้ำใจนักกีฬาหรือการเล่นอย่างยุติธรรม

🇮🇩Indonesian

sportif

menunjukkan atau menyerukan sportivitas atau permainan yang adil

🇵🇭Filipino

parang sportsman

pagpapakita o pagtawag para sa pagiging palaro o patas na laro

🇲🇾Malay

suka sukan

mempamerkan atau menyeru semangat kesukanan atau permainan adil

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

رياضي

إظهار أو الدعوة إلى الروح الرياضية أو اللعب النظيف

🇮🇷Persian

ورزشکار

نمایش دادن یا دعوت به اخلاق ورزشی یا بازی جوانمردانه

🇹🇷Turkish

sportmenlik

sportmenlik veya adil oyun sergilemek veya çağrıda bulunmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

ספּוֹרטִיבִי

מציגים או קוראים לספורטיביות או משחק הוגן

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