sport

sport

Activité où l’on utilise ses capacités physiques pour affronter d’autres participants selon des règles convenues.

En anglais simple : An activity in which people use physical effort or skill to compete under agreed rules.

• Tennis is my favourite sport.
• She enjoys several different sports.
• Is swimming a popular sport here?

Expressions courantes : competitive sport, professional sport, play sport, favourite sport

sport, sport collectif

Jeu physique où les participants jouent ensemble en équipes.

En anglais simple : A physical game in which people play together in teams.

• Football is a popular sport.
• We play team sports at school.
• Which sport does your team play?

Synonymes : game

Expressions courantes : team sport, play sport, school sport

bon joueur, chic type

Personne qui aide volontiers ou reste agréable, même quand les choses ne tournent pas à son avantage.

En anglais simple : Someone who helps willingly or behaves pleasantly, even when things do not go their way.

• Be a sport and help me.
• He was a good sport about losing.
• Thanks for being such a sport.

Expressions courantes : a good sport, be a sport, a bad sport, such a sport

amusement, divertissement

Plaisir ou divertissement, parfois pris en se moquant de quelqu’un.

En anglais simple : Enjoyment or amusement, sometimes gained by laughing at another person.

• They chased each other for sport.
• The children thought hiding his shoes was good sport.
• She disliked people who made sport of strangers.

Comment l'utiliser : make sport of someone/something (The boys made sport of his unusual hat.)

Synonymes : fun, amusement, entertainment

Expressions courantes : for sport, good sport, make sport of someone

arborer, porter

Porter ou avoir quelque chose que les autres remarquent facilement.

En anglais simple : To wear or have something that people easily notice.

• He sports a long beard.
• She sported a bright yellow jacket.
• The new buses sport the city's logo.

Synonymes : wear, display, have

Expressions courantes : sport a beard, sport a hat, sport a smile, sport a logo

s'amuser, folâtrer

Jouer et s’amuser, souvent en courant ou en bougeant joyeusement.

En anglais simple : To play and enjoy yourself, often by running or moving about happily.

• Lambs sport in the meadow.
• The children sported beside the stream.
• We watched dolphins sporting in the waves.

Synonymes : play, frolic, romp

Expressions courantes : sport in fields, sport on grass, sport in waves

se jouer de, se moquer de

Taquiner quelqu’un ou traiter ses sentiments ou une affaire sérieuse comme un jeu.

En anglais simple : To tease someone or treat their feelings or a serious matter as a game.

• Do not sport with her feelings.
• He sported with danger as though nothing could hurt him.
• She accused him of sporting with her affections.

Comment l'utiliser : sport with someone/something (He sported with her feelings and then left.)

Synonymes : toy with, trifle with, tease

Expressions courantes : sport with someone, sport with feelings, sport with danger