sprint - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

• sprunt (dialectal)

Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Northern Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta (for later spretta), from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintaną (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ- (“to flinch; jump”), from Proto-Indo-European *sper- (“to twitch; fidget; flinch; jump; be quick”). Cognate with Middle High German sprenzen (“to sprinkle; splash”), Swedish spritta (“to startle”), Icelandic spretta (“to spring forth; emerge; arise; develop”).

• IPA^(key): /spɹɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

sprint (plural sprints)

1. A short race at top speed.
2. A burst of speed or activity.
3. (software engineering) In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

sprint (third-person singular simple present sprints, present participle sprinting, simple past sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprant, past participle sprinted or (nonstandard, humorous) sprunt)

1. (transitive, intransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.

• intprs., prints

Borrowed from English sprint.

sprint m inan

1. sprint

Borrowed from English sprint.

• IPA^(key): /sprɪnt/
• Hyphenation: sprint
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

sprint m (plural sprints or sprinten, diminutive sprintje n)

1. sprint

• eindsprint
• massasprint
• sprinten

Borrowed from English sprint.

• IPA^(key): /spʁint/

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. sprint, short top-speed race

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

sprint

1. singular imperative of sprinten

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɪn(t)/

sprint (plural sprint-sprint, first-person possessive sprintku, second-person possessive sprintmu, third-person possessive sprintnya)

1. (sports) sprint: a short race at top speed.

   Synonym: lari cepat

• “sprint” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprint/
• Rhymes: -int
• Hyphenation: sprìnt

sprint m (invariable)

1. sprint (short, fast race)

   sprint finale ― final sprint

2. vivacity, brio

sprint f (invariable)

1. (automotive) a car having strong acceleration

Borrowed from English sprint, from Middle English sprenten, from Old Norse *sprenta, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijaną, causative of *sprintaną, from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprendʰ-, from *sper-.

• IPA^(key): /sprint/
• Rhymes: -int
• Syllabification: sprint

sprint m inan

1. (athletics) sprint (short race at top speed)
2. sprint (burst of speed or activity)

• sprint in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• sprint in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint.

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. sprint (short race at top speed)
2. sprint (burst of speed or activity)

• sprintar
• sprinter

Borrowed from French sprint.

sprint n (plural sprinturi)

1. sprint

Borrowed from English sprint.

sprȉnt m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нт)

1. sprint

• IPA^(key): /esˈpɾint/ [esˈpɾĩn̪t̪]
• Rhymes: -int

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. Alternative spelling of esprint

• “sprint”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

sprint c

1. a small (metal) pin (in a lock, grenade, fire extinguisher or the like)

   dra ur sprinten

   pull out the pin

2. a sprint (short race)

• sprint in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• sprint in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• sprint in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)