pentathlon

pentathlon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”).

Noun

pentathlon (plural pentathlons or pentathla)

1. An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus

   Synonyms: ancient pentathlon, Greek pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon

2. (athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run
3. (athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon.; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills

Related terms

• pentathlete

Translations

ancient pentathlon

Bulgarian: петобой m (petoboj) Catalan: pentatló m Czech: pětiboj m Dutch: pentatlon (nl) m or n Finnish: antiikin viisiottelu Galician: péntatlon m Italian: pentathlon (it) m Portuguese: pentatlo (pt) m Romanian: pentatlon (ro) n Russian: пятибо́рье (ru) n (pjatibórʹje) Spanish: pentatlón (es) m

20th-century women's pentathlon

modern pentathlon

Armenian: հնգամարտ (hy) (hngamart) Bulgarian: модерен петобой m (moderen petoboj) Catalan: pentatló m Chinese: Mandarin: 五項全能／五项全能 (zh) (wǔxiàng quánnéng) Czech: pětiboj m Danish: femkamp c Dutch: vijfkamp (nl) m Estonian: viievõistlus Finnish: nykyaikainen viisiottelu Galician: péntatlon m Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: Fünfkampf (de) m Greek: πένταθλο (el) n (péntathlo) Hungarian: öttusa (hu) Icelandic: fimmþraut f Japanese: 五種競技 (ごしゅきょうぎ, goshu kyōgi) Korean: 오종경기 (ko) (ojonggyeonggi) Latvian: pieccīņa f Lithuanian: penkiakovė Norwegian: Bokmål: femkamp m Nynorsk: femkamp m Polish: pięciobój (pl) m Portuguese: pentatlo (pt) m Russian: пятибо́рье (ru) n (pjatibórʹje) Slovak: päťboj m Spanish: pentatlón (es) m Swedish: femkamp (sv) c

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.ta.tlɔ̃/

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Noun

pentathlon m (plural pentathlons)

1. pentathlon (discipline made up of five events)

Derived terms

• pentathlon des neiges

Further reading

• “pentathlon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Alternative forms

• pentatlon, pentatlo (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.ta.tlon/
• Rhymes: -ɛntatlon
• Hyphenation: pèn‧tath‧lon

Noun

pentathlon m (invariable)

1. pentathlon

Further reading

• pentathlon in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• pentathlon in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
• pentathlon in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• pentathlon in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pèntathlon in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• pèntathlon o pèntatlon o pèntatlo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• pèntatlon in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana