world record

English

Noun

world record (plural world records)

1. Any characteristic or accomplishment that exceeds all other instances of that characteristic or accomplishment.
2. (sports) The world's best score or time for a certain event.

Synonyms

• world's record
• WR

Translations

the world's best score or time

• Catalan: rècord mundial m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 世界記錄／世界记录 (shìjiè jìlù)

• Danish: verdensrekord c
• Dutch: wereldrecord (nl) n
• Estonian: maailmarekord (et)
• Faroese: heimsmet n
• Finnish: maailmanennätys (fi)
• French: record du monde m, record mondial m
• German: Weltrekord (de) m
• Hungarian: világrekord (hu), világcsúcs (hu)
• Icelandic: heimsmet (is) n
• Irish: curiarracht dhomhanda f
• Italian: record del mondo m, record mondiale m, primato mondiale m
• Korean: 세계 기록(世界 記錄), 월드 레코드 (woldeu rekodeu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdensrekord (no) m

  Nynorsk: verdsrekord m

• Portuguese: recorde mundial m
• Russian: мирово́й реко́рд m (mirovój rekórd)
• Swahili: muda bora, rekodi ya dunia
• Swedish: världsrekord (sv) n
• Ukrainian: світови́й реко́рд m (svitovýj rekórd)
• Vietnamese: kỷ lục thế giới
• Welsh: record y byd f