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SPRING TRAINING [3 records]

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Record 1 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

A period, from mid-February to the beginning of April, during which professional baseball teams prepare for the regular season by playing exhition games between each other; the teams paired up not necessarily according to their being part of the National or the American League, but according to the closeness of the cities they are training in, in Florida (Grapefruit League) or Arizona (Cactus League).

OBS

For professional baseball, "training camp" means "spring training". This is not true for other sports.

Key term(s)
  • spring training camp

French

Domaine(s)
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Période allant de la mi-février au début d'avril au cours de laquelle les équipes professionnelles de baseball se préparent pour la saison régulière en jouant des matchs hors-concours entre elles; les rencontres se font non d'après leur appartenance à la Ligue nationale ou à la Ligue américaine, mais selon la proximité de leurs lieux d'entraînement en Floride (Ligue des pamplemousses) ou en Arizona (Ligue des cactus).

OBS

Pour le baseball professionnel, «camp d'entraînement» et «entraînement du printemps» sont synonymes; ce n'est pas le cas pour les autres sports. On peut en dire autant de «période d'entraînement» qui comporte d'autres particularités lorsqu'il s'agit d'autres sports.

Key term(s)
  • camp d'entraînement du printemps

Spanish

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Record 2 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

The name given to the unofficial league formed by the teams of the National League and the American League who train in Arizona and in southwestern United States during the Canadian winter and in the spring, and play exhibition games against each other.

OBS

Was written "cactus league" before being more official, with spectators attending both the training sessions and the games. The expression "winter league" is a generic for both the Grapefruit League and the Cactus League; in the baseball world, both names are synonyms of "spring training". The custom of training in the South before the regular season originated in Florida in 1870.

Key term(s)
  • spring training

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Nom donné à la ligue non officielle formée des équipes de la Ligue nationale et de la Ligue américaine qui s'entraînent en Arizona et dans le sud-ouest des États-Unis durant ce qui est la fin de l'hiver au Canada et le printemps dans le reste de l'Amérique du Nord; elles jouent des parties hors-concours les unes contre les autres, ce qui constitue un attrait touristique pour les mordus du baseball.

OBS

L'expression «ligue d'hiver» est un générique pour la Ligue des pamplemousses et la Ligue des cactus.

Key term(s)
  • entraînement de printemps

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-08-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Various Proper Names
  • Baseball and Softball
DEF

The name given to the unofficial league formed by the teams of the National League and the American League who train in Florida during the Canadian winter and in the spring, and play exhibition games against each other.

OBS

Was written "grapefruit league" before being more official, with spectators attending both the training sessions and the games. The expression "winter league" is a generic for both the Grapefruit League and the Cactus League; in the baseball world, both names are synonyms of "spring training". The custom of training in the South before the regular season originated in 1870.

Key term(s)
  • spring training

French

Domaine(s)
  • Appellations diverses
  • Baseball et softball
DEF

Nom donné à la ligue non officielle formée des équipes de la Ligue nationale et de la Ligue américaine qui s'entraînent en Floride durant ce qui est la fin de l'hiver au Canada et le printemps dans le reste de l'Amérique du Nord; elles jouent des parties hors-concours les unes contre les autres, ce qui constitue un attrait touristique pour les mordus du baseball.

OBS

L'expression «ligue d'hiver» est un générique pour la Ligue des pamplemousses et la Ligue des cactus.

Key term(s)
  • entraînement de printemps

Spanish

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