triathlon

triathlon

See also: Triathlon

English

Etymology

tri- +‎ -athlon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɹaɪˈæθlɒn/

Noun

triathlon (plural triathlons)

1. An athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running in turn.
2. (historical) A former Olympic athletics event in which contestants compete in long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash.
3. Generally, a sports event in which contestant compete in a combination of three sports.

Derived terms

• cross triathlon
• equestrian triathlon
• winter triathlon
• triathlete

Translations

athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running

Catalan: triatló (ca) m Danish: triatlon c Finnish: triathlon (fi) French: triathlon (fr) m Galician: tríatlon m Georgian: ტრიათლონი (ṭriatloni) German: Triathlon (de) m Icelandic: þríþraut (is) Kazakh: үшсайыс (üşsaiys) Norwegian: Bokmål: triatlon m Nynorsk: triatlon m Polish: triathlon (pl) m, triatlon (pl) m Portuguese: triatlo (pt) m Romanian: triatlon (ro) Russian: триатло́н (ru) m (triatlón) Spanish: triatlón (es) m Tamil: நெடுமுப்போட்டி (neṭumuppōṭṭi) Thai: ไตรกีฬา (tịr kīḷā) Vietnamese: ba môn phối hợp

athletic event in which contestants compete in long jump, shot put, and 100-yard dash

Finnish: kolmiottelu

event in which contestants compete in three different sports

Armenian: եռամարտ (hy) (eṙamart) Chinese: Mandarin: 三項全能／三项全能 (zh) (sānxiàng quánnéng) Finnish: kolmiottelu German: Dreikampf (de) m

See also

• cross training
• biathlon
• pentathlon
• hexathlon
• heptathlon
• octathlon
• decathlon

Anagrams

• thorntail

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Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English triathlon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtriɑthlon/, [ˈt̪riɑt̪hlo̞n]
• Rhymes: -iɑthlon
• Syllabification^(key): tri‧ath‧lon

Noun

triathlon

1. triathlon (swimming, cycling and running)

Declension

Inflection of triathlon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		triathlon	triathlonit
genitive		triathlonin	triathlonien triathloneiden triathloneitten
partitive		triathlonia	triathloneita triathloneja
illative		triathloniin	triathloneihin
		singular	plural
nominative		triathlon	triathlonit
accusative	nom.	triathlon	triathlonit
	gen.	triathlonin
genitive		triathlonin	triathlonien triathloneiden triathloneitten
partitive		triathlonia	triathloneita triathloneja
inessive		triathlonissa	triathloneissa
elative		triathlonista	triathloneista
illative		triathloniin	triathloneihin
adessive		triathlonilla	triathloneilla
ablative		triathlonilta	triathloneilta
allative		triathlonille	triathloneille
essive		triathlonina	triathloneina
translative		triathloniksi	triathloneiksi
instructive		—	triathlonein
abessive		triathlonitta	triathloneitta
comitative		—	triathloneineen

Possessive forms of triathlon (type paperi)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	triathlonini	triathlonimme
2nd person	triathlonisi	triathloninne
3rd person	triathloninsa

Synonyms

• teräsmieskisa

See also

• kolmiottelu

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French

Pronunciation

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Noun

triathlon m (plural triathlons)

1. triathlon

Derived terms

• triathlon d'hiver

Further reading

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

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Italian

Noun

triathlon m (invariable)

1. triathlon

Derived terms

• triatleta

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Polish

Alternative forms

• triatlon

Etymology

Borrowed from English triathlon, French triathlon, or German Triathlon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtrjat.lɔn/
• Rhymes: -atlɔn
• Syllabification: triath‧lon

Noun

triathlon m inan

1. triathlon

Declension

Declension of triathlon

	singular
nominative	triathlon
genitive	triathlonu
dative	triathlonowi
accusative	triathlon
instrumental	triathlonem
locative	triathlonie
vocative	triathlonie

Derived terms

adjective

• triathlonowy

 

nouns

• triathlonista
• triathlonistka

 

Further reading

• triathlon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• triathlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Swedish

Alternative forms

• triatlon

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtriːatlɔn/

Noun

triathlon c

1. triathlon (swimming, cycling and running)

Usage notes

• For notes on the spelling, see -athlon.

References

• triathlon in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• triathlon in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• triathlon in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)