🇰🇷Korean Source WordCode: KO

개인 스포츠

Pronunciation / Transliteration: gaein seupocheu

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Individual Sport/ˌɪndɪˈvɪdʒuəl spɔrt/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1500 frequency
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🇰🇷 Example Sentence in Korean:

"테니스는 인기 있는 개인 스포츠입니다."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A type of sport in which participants compete as single athletes rather than as part of a team.

    "Tennis is a popular individual sport that requires both skill and strategy."
  2. 2

    Any athletic activity where performance is assessed on an individual basis.

    "Athletics includes various individual sports like running and jumping."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'individual sport' combines 'individual', derived from the Latin 'individuum', meaning 'indivisible', and 'sport', which comes from the Old French 'desport', meaning 'leisure' or 'activity'. The phrase evolved to describe sports where participants compete alone rather than in teams.

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