splits

English

Noun

splits

1. plural of split

Noun

the splits pl (plural only)

1. (dance, cheerleading, gymnastics) A maneuver in which the legs are extended straight out and perpendicular to the body, either to the sides or in front and behind.

Derived terms

• in splits

Translations

manoeuvre, acrobatic feat

Bulgarian: шпага́т (bg) (špagát) Catalan: espagat m Chinese: Mandarin: 一字馬 / 一字马 (yīzìmǎ), 劈叉 (zh) (pǐchà) Czech: provaz (cs) m Danish: spagat Dutch: grand écart m, spagaat (nl), split (nl) m Finnish: spagaatti (fi) French: grand écart (fr) m German: Spagat (de) m Greek: σπαγγάτο (spangáto) Italian: spaccata (it) f Japanese: 開脚 (ja) (かいきゃく, kaikyaku), 股割り (またわり, matawari) Korean: 다리 찢기 (dari jjitgi) Norwegian: spagat Polish: szpagat (pl) m Portuguese: espacate (pt) m Romanian: șpagat (ro) n Russian: шпага́т (ru) m (špagát) Spanish: espagar m, spagat m Swedish: spagat (sv) Turkish: split (tr), şpagat Ukrainian: шпага́т m (špahát)

Verb

splits

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of split

Anagrams

• stilps

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Verb

splits

1. inflection of splitsen:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

Swedish

Noun

splits

1. indefinite genitive singular of split