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Definition of sportif in English: sportifadjective spɔːˈtiːfspôrˈtēf 1(of a person) active or interested in athletic sports. he was sportif and ready for action - 1.1 (of a garment or style of dress) suitable for sport or informal wear; casual.
Example sentencesExamples - Spa-inspired clothing joins track suits, cross trainers and karate pants in the chic sportif tradition.
- You'll just have to settle for sportif chic, my dear.
Synonyms casual, relaxed, comfortable, everyday, sloppy, leisure
noun spɔːˈtiːfspôrˈtēf A person who is active or interested in sport. Example sentencesExamples - He doesn't have the time nowadays to be a sportif - he used to love playing football, rugby, cricket and enjoyed windsurfing.
- The hotel has been a favourite amongst winter sportifs ever since the Serane family opened it for business some 35 years ago.
- Paris will do it with great panache; actually the French aren't all sportifs and sportives but on the whole look indulgently on those who are.
Rhymes aperitif, beef, belief, brief, chief, enfeoff, fief, grief, interleaf, leaf, Leif, lief, Mazar-e-Sharif, misbelief, motif, naif, O'Keeffe, reef, seif, Sharif, sheaf, shereef, Tenerife, thief Definition of sportif in US English: sportifadjectivespôrˈtēf 1(of a person) active or interested in athletic sports. he was sportif and ready for action - 1.1 (of a garment or style of dress) suitable for sport or informal wear; casual.
Example sentencesExamples - You'll just have to settle for sportif chic, my dear.
- Spa-inspired clothing joins track suits, cross trainers and karate pants in the chic sportif tradition.
Synonyms casual, relaxed, comfortable, everyday, sloppy, leisure
nounspôrˈtēf A person who is active or interested in sport. Example sentencesExamples - He doesn't have the time nowadays to be a sportif - he used to love playing football, rugby, cricket and enjoyed windsurfing.
- The hotel has been a favourite amongst winter sportifs ever since the Serane family opened it for business some 35 years ago.
- Paris will do it with great panache; actually the French aren't all sportifs and sportives but on the whole look indulgently on those who are.
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