sprint

Alternative forms

• sprunt (dialectal)

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Middle English sprenten, from Old English *sprentan, 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

• Rhymes: -ɪnt

Noun

sprint (plural sprints)

1. A short race at top speed
2. A burst of speed or activity
3. In Agile software development, a period of development of a fixed time that is preceded and followed by meetings.

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

Anagrams

• prints

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

sprint m

1. sprint

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spʁint/

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. sprint, short top-speed race.

Further reading

• “sprint” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

sprint m (invariable)

1. sprint (short, fast race)
2. vivacity, brio

sprint f (invariable)

1. A motor car having strong acceleration

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprȉnt m (Cyrillic spelling спри̏нт)

1. sprint

Etymology

Borrowed from English.

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. sprint