pratique du sport

Definitions of pratique du sport
  1. noun
    an active diversion requiring physical exertion and competition
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    gym, gymnastique
    a sport that involves exercises intended to display strength and balance and agility
    athlétisme
    participating in athletic sports performed on a running track or on the field associated with it
    ski
    a sport in which participants must travel on skis
    sport nautique
    sports that involve bodies of water
    aviron
    the act of rowing as a sport
    patin, patinage
    the sport of gliding on skates
    course
    the sport of engaging in contests of speed
    équitation
    the sport of siting on the back of a horse while controlling its movements
    cyclisme
    the sport of traveling on a bicycle or motorcycle
    athlétisme
    a game involving athletic activity
    judo
    a sport adapted from jujitsu (using principles of not resisting) and similar to wrestling; developed in Japan
    acrobatie
    the gymnastic moves of an acrobat
    saut
    the act of participating in an athletic competition in which you must jump
    saut en skis
    the act of performing a jump on skis from a high ramp overhanging a snow covered slope
    nage
    the act of swimming
    surf
    the sport of riding a surfboard toward the shore on the crest of a wave
    ski nautique
    skiing on water while being towed by a motorboat
    crabe
    a stroke of the oar that either misses the water or digs too deeply
    boxe, coup de poing
    fighting with the fists
    patinage artistique, patinage de vitesse
    skating on ice
    patin à roulettes
    skating on wheels
    hippisme
    a sport that tests horsemanship
    conduite en moto
    riding a motorcycle
    chasse
    the pursuit and killing or capture of wild animals regarded as a sport
    pêche
    the act of someone who fishes as a diversion
    hockey, hockey sur glace
    a game played on an ice rink by two opposing teams of six skaters each who try to knock a flat round puck into the opponents' goal with angled sticks
    water-polo
    a game played in a swimming pool by two teams of swimmers who try to throw an inflated ball into the opponents' goal
    jeux de plein air
    an athletic game that is played outdoors
    football, jeu de football
    any of various games played with a ball (round or oval) in which two teams try to kick or carry or propel the ball into each other's goal
    jeux sur court
    an athletic game played on a court
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    divertissement, détente, récréation
    an activity that diverts or amuses or stimulates
  2. noun
    the occupation of athletes who compete for pay
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    football professionnel
    football played for pay
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    métier, profession
    the principal activity in your life that you do to earn money
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