different between sprint vs amble

English

Alternative forms

• sprunt (dialectal)

Etymology

Alteration of earlier sprent (“to leap; bound; dart”), from Middle English sprenten, from Old English *sprentan, from Proto-Germanic *sprantijan?, causative of Proto-Germanic *sprintan? (“to jump up; bounce”), from Proto-Indo-European *sprend-, *sprend?- (“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

• IPA^(key): /sp??nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

sprint (plural sprints)

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

Descendants

Translations

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.

Translations

Anagrams

• prints

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprint m

1. sprint

Related terms

• sprintovat
• sprinter m

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /spr?nt/
• Hyphenation: sprint
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints or sprinten, diminutive sprintje n)

1. sprint

Derived terms

• eindsprint
• massasprint
• sprinten

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sp?int/

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. sprint, short top-speed race.

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

sprint m (invariable)

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

sprint f (invariable)

1. A motor car having strong acceleration

Romanian

Etymology

From French sprint.

Noun

sprint n (plural sprinturi)

1. sprint

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English sprint.

Noun

spr?nt m (Cyrillic spelling ???????)

1. sprint

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /es?p?int/, [es?p??n?t?]

Noun

sprint m (plural sprints)

1. Alternative spelling of esprint

Further reading

• “sprint” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

English

Etymology

From Middle English amblen, from Old French ambler (“walk as a horse does”), from Old Occitan amblar, from Latin ambul? (“I walk”). Doublet of ambulate.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æm.b?l/
• Rhymes: -æmb?l

Noun

amble (plural ambles)

1. An unhurried leisurely walk or stroll.
2. An easy gait, especially that of a horse.

Translations

Verb

amble (third-person singular simple present ambles, present participle ambling, simple past and past participle ambled)

1. (intransitive) To stroll or walk slowly and leisurely.
2. (intransitive) Of a quadruped: to move along by using both legs on one side, and then the other.

Synonyms

• (walk slowly and leisurely): saunter

Derived terms

• ambler

Related terms

• ambulate
• ambulance
• ambulatory

Translations

References

Anagrams

• Embla, Lambe, Mabel, Mable, Melba, belam, blame, melba

French

Verb

amble

1. first-person singular present indicative of ambler
2. third-person singular present indicative of ambler
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of ambler
5. second-person singular imperative of ambler

Anagrams

• blâme, blâmé

Spanish

Verb

amble

1. Formal second-person singular (usted) imperative form of amblar.
2. First-person singular (yo) present subjunctive form of amblar.
3. Formal second-person singular (usted) present subjunctive form of amblar.
4. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted^?) present subjunctive form of amblar.