Olympic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

Pronunciation

• (US): IPA^(key): /oʊˈlɪm.pɪk/, /əˈlɪm.pɪk/

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Adjective

Olympic (not comparable)

1. Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.

   Olympic torch

   Olympic champion

   Olympic medal

   Olympic qualifiers

2. (rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.

   Synonym: Olympian

3. (rare) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.

Derived terms

• Olympically, Olympicly
• Olympic Games, Olympics
• Olympic Rings
• Olympic Valley
• Olympic village

Related terms

• Olympionic

Translations

of or pertaining to the Olympic Games

• Arabic: أُولِمْبِيّ (ʔulimbiyy)
• Armenian: օլիմպիական (hy) (ōlimpiakan)
• Bulgarian: олимпийски (olimpijski)
• Catalan: olímpic (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 奧林匹克／奥林匹克 (zh) (àolínpǐkè)

• Dutch: olympisch (nl), olympische (nl)
• Esperanto: olimpia (eo)
• Finnish: olympialainen, olympia- (fi)
• French: olympique (fr)
• German: olympisch (de)
• Hebrew: אוֹלִימְפִּי (he) m (olimpí)
• Hungarian: olimpiai (hu)
• Irish: Oilimpeach
• Italian: olimpico (it)
• Japanese: オリンピック (ja) (orimpikku), 五輪 (ja) (ごりん, gorin)
• Khmer: អូឡាំពិក (km) (ʼoulampɨk)
• Korean: 올림픽 (ko) (ollimpik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: olympisk, (Olympic Games) OL pl, olympiske leker m pl

  Nynorsk: olympisk

• Polish: olimpijski (pl)
• Portuguese: olímpico (pt)
• Romanian: olimpic (ro)
• Russian: олимпи́йский (ru) (olimpíjskij)
• Spanish: olímpico (es)
• Swedish: olympisk (sv)
• Turkish: olimpik (tr)
• Ukrainian: олімпі́йський (olimpíjsʹkyj)
• Welsh: Olympaidd

of or pertaining to mountain Olympus

• Arabic: أُولِمْبِيّ (ʔulimbiyy)
• Armenian: օլիմպիական (hy) (ōlimpiakan)
• Catalan: olímpic (ca)
• Dutch: Olympisch (nl)
• Esperanto: olimpia (eo)
• Finnish: olympolainen (fi)
• German: olympisch (de)
• Greek: Ολυμπικός (el) (Olympikós)

  Ancient: Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós)

• Hungarian: olümposzi
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} Oilimpeach
• Japanese: オリンポス山の
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: olympisk

  Nynorsk: olympisk

• Portuguese: olímpico (pt)
• Romanian: olimpian (ro)
• Russian: олимпи́йский (ru) (olimpíjskij)

of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia

• Catalan: olímpic (ca)
• Hungarian: olümpiai
• Irish: ^{(please verify)} Oilimpeach
• Japanese: オリンピアの
• Khmer: អូឡាំព្យា (ʼoulampyiə)
• Romanian: olimpian (ro)