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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesavant-saison
Pronunciation / Transliteration: a-vahn-seh-zohn
"L'équipe s'entraîne dur pendant l'avant-saison."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
The period immediately before the official competitive season begins, used by teams for training, practice matches, and conditioning.
"The football team looked sharp during their final preseason training session."
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Occurring or taking place during the period prior to the official competitive season.
"They won three of their four preseason games."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from English roots, combining the prefix 'pre-' (from Latin 'prae-', meaning before) and 'season' (from Old French 'saison', from Latin 'satio', meaning sowing or season). It emerged in modern athletic terminology during the late 19th and early 20th centuries to describe the preparatory period preceding formal competitive sports leagues.
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avant-saison
Transliteration: a-vahn-seh-zohn
"L'équipe s'entraîne dur pendant l'avant-saison."
Saisonvorbereitung
Transliteration: zay-zohn-for-buh-ray-tung
"Die Mannschaft absolviert eine intensive Saisonvorbereitung."
precampionato
Transliteration: pre-kam-pyo-nah-to
"La squadra ha vinto la prima partita del precampionato."
pretemporada
Transliteration: pre-tem-po-rah-dah
"Los jugadores están listos para empezar la pretemporada."
pré-temporada
Transliteration: pre-tem-po-rah-dah
"O clube anunciou os jogos amistosos da pré-temporada."
सीज़न-पूर्व
Transliteration: season-poorva
"खिलाड़ी सीज़न-पूर्व अभ्यास में व्यस्त हैं।"
季前赛
Transliteration: jì qián sài
"球队正在积极备战季前赛。"
시즌 전
Transliteration: sijeun jeon
"선수들은 시즌 전 훈련에 집중하고 있습니다."
シーズン前
Transliteration: shiizun mae
"チームはシーズン前のトレーニングを行っています。"
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