sportsmanship
sportsmanship noun: the good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy towards opponents, and winning or losing gracefully.
Noun
sportsmanship (usually uncountable, plural sportsmanships)
- The good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy towards opponents, and winning or losing gracefully.
- The behaviour exhibited in playing sports, either good or bad.
- James showed good sportsmanship in consoling Shankar after his wicket fell.
sportsmanship meaning in Tamil, Marathi, Urdu and Malayalam
sportsmanship in Tamil
- போட்டி நேர்மைப் பண்பு, விட்டுக் கொடுக்கும் தகைமை, போட்டியிலும் பெருந்தன்மை, போட்டியிலும் பொறாமையின்மை, போட்டியறம்
sportsmanship in Marathi
- क्रीडापटुत्व
sportsmanship in Urdu
- مردانگی, ورزش کاری
sportsmanship in Malayalam
- കളിക്കാരൻ എന്ന അവസ്ഥ, നായാട്ടുസാമർത്ഥ്യം, വിഹാരശീലം
More languagesFewer languages
- sportsmanship in Odia
- କ୍ରୀଡ଼ାମୂଳକ ମନୋଭାବ
- sportsmanship in Arabic
- رُوح رِيَاضِيَّة rūḥ riyāḍiyya
- sportsmanship in Indonesian
- sportivitas, kesportifan
Forms of sportsmanship
| plural | sportsmanships |
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Origin of sportsmanship
From sports + -manship.
Questions about sportsmanship
- What does sportsmanship mean?
- Sportsmanship means the good attitude/behaviour displayed by players of a game; fairness, determination, magnanimity, courtesy towards opponents, and winning or losing gracefully.
- What is sportsmanship in Tamil?
- Sportsmanship in Tamil is போட்டி நேர்மைப் பண்பு, விட்டுக் கொடுக்கும் தகைமை, போட்டியிலும் பெருந்தன்மை. See Sportsmanship meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is sportsmanship?
- Sportsmanship is a noun.
- What is the plural of sportsmanship?
- The plural of sportsmanship is sportsmanships.
Words near sportsmanship in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: sportsmanship (page history and authors); sportsmanship (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sportsmanship (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); sportsmanship (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sportsmanship (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); sportsmanship (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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