sprint

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English

Alternative forms

• sprunt (dialectal)

Etymology

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”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spɹɪnt/
• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

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.

Descendants

Translations

Verb

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. (ambitransitive) To run, cycle, etc. at top speed for a short period.

Translations

Derived terms

Anagrams

• intprs., prints

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprint m inan

1. sprint

Declension

Related terms

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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

1. sprint

Derived terms

• eindsprint
• massasprint
• sprinten

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʁint/

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. sprint, short top-speed race

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

Verb

sprint

1. singular imperative of sprinten

Indonesian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsprɪn(t)/

Noun

sprint (plural sprint-sprint)

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

   Synonym: lari cepat

Derived terms

Further reading

• “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.

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sprint m (invariable)

1. sprint (short, fast race)

   sprint finale ― final sprint

2. vivacity, brio

Noun

sprint f (invariable)

1. (automotive) a car having strong acceleration

Polish

Etymology

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-.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sprint m inan

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

Declension

Related terms

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English sprint.

Pronunciation

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

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

Related terms

• sprintar
• sprinter

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French sprint.

Noun

sprint n (plural sprinturi)

1. sprint

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprȉnt m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нт)

1. sprint

Spanish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. Alternative spelling of esprint

Further reading

• “sprint”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

Swedish

Noun

sprint c

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

2. a sprint (short race)

Declension

References

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