sporty C2+ Topic:Describing Qualities US /ˈspɔrti/ UK /ˈspɔːti/ See IPA manual Meanings 1 adj interested in or suited to sport; stylishly athletic She traded the sedan for a sporty little convertible. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · interested in or suited to... athleticactivejauntydashingstylish ↔ Opposites unathleticstaidsedate Word family Derived forms sportiness Related forms sportsportive Etymology AI details From sport + -y; sport is a shortening of disport, from Old French desporter ('to amuse oneself'), from Latin dis- + portare ('to carry'). desporter Old French portare Latin View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities Word Formation & Derivatives External links Google Images Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary # sporty **Type:** Word **Level:** C2+ **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /ˈspɔrti/ **IPA (UK):** /ˈspɔːti/ ## Meanings 1. interested in or suited to sport; stylishly athletic ## Examples - She traded the sedan for a sporty little convertible. ## Synonyms - athletic - active - jaunty - dashing - stylish ## Antonyms - unathletic - staid - sedate ## Derived Forms - sportiness ## Related Forms - sport - sportive ## Roots and Affixes - Root: desporter - Root: portare - to carry ## Etymology From sport + -y; sport is a shortening of disport, from Old French desporter ('to amuse oneself'), from Latin dis- + portare ('to carry'). ## AI Etymology Sporty comes from sport + -y; sport is a shortening of disport, from Old French desporter ('to amuse oneself'), from Latin dis- + portare ('to carry'). The historical chain includes Old French desporter and Latin portare. The quoted older senses, "to amuse oneself" and "to carry", supply the semantic anchors for sporty. The formation is best read as suffixal, compound, and borrowed: the word sporty carries its older form-history into a compact English lexical shape. In present English it is used as a adj, "interested in or suited to sport; stylishly athletic". English derivatives include sportiness; related English forms include sport and sportive. The result is a adj whose etymology preserves both the older form and the later English specialization. ## Topics - Describing Qualities - Word Formation & Derivatives markdown