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Etymology [edit]
From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques.
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Olympic Games
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus. [from 16th c.]
- 1603, John Florio, translating Michel de Montaigne, Essays, II.17:
- In the times of the Olimpike games, with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poets and musitians to present his verses, with tents and pavillions gilt and most suinptuously tapistried.
- An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year. [from 19th c.]
- 2009, Owen Gibson, The Guardian, 28 Sep 2009:
- Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a boost yesterday when its most famous former resident, the American president, Barack Obama, ended months of speculation by announcing that he would fly to Copenhagen before Friday's vote, in order to lobby on the city's behalf.
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modern sport event
- Arabic: ألعاب أولمبية (ar) (ʾalʿāb ʾulimbíyya) f pl, أولمبية (ar) (ʾulimbíyya) f
- Aragonese: Chuegos Olimpicos m pl
- Armenian: օլիմպիական խաղեր (hy) (ōlimpiakan xałer) pl
- Asturian: Xuegos Olímpicos m pl
- Azeri: Olimpiya oyunları (az)
- Banyumasan: Olimpiade
- Basque: Olinpiar Jokoak (eu)
- Belarusian: Алімпійскія гульні (be) (Alimpíjskija húlʹni) f pl
- Bengali: অলিম্পিক গেমস (bn) (ôlimpik gemôs), অলিম্পিক্স (bn) (ôlimpiks)
- Breton: C'hoarioù Olimpek (br)
- Bulgarian: Олимпийски игри (bg) (Olimpíjski ígri) f pl
- Burmese: အိုလံပစ် (my) (ou lan pi'), အိုလံပစ် အားကစားပွဲတော် (my) (ou lan pi' a: gaza: pwe: do)
- Catalan: Jocs Olímpics m pl
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 奧林匹克運動會, 奥林匹克运动会 (ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui6), 奧運會, 奥运会 (ou3 wan6 wui6)
- Mandarin: 奧林匹克運動會 (cmn), 奥林匹克运动会 (cmn) (Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì), 奧運會 (cmn), 奥运会 (cmn) (Àoyùnhuì), 奧林匹克 (cmn), 奥林匹克 (cmn) (Àolínpǐkè)
- Min Nan: Olympia Ūn-tōng-hoē
- Czech: olympijské hry (cs) f pl
- Danish: Olympiske lege pl
- Dutch: Olympische Spelen (nl) pl
- Esperanto: Olimpiaj ludoj (eo)
- Estonian: Nüüdisaegsed olümpiamängud (et)
- Faroese: olympiskir leikir m pl, OL
- Finnish: Olympialaiset (fi), olympiakisat (fi)
- French: Jeux olympiques (fr) m pl
- Middle French: jeux Olympiques m pl
- Galician: Xogos Olímpicos (gl) m pl
- Georgian: ოლიმპიური თამაშები (ka) (olimpiuri t'amašebi)
- German: Olympische Spiele (de) n pl, Olympiade (de) f
- Greek: Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες (el) (Olympiakoí Agónes) m pl
- Hebrew: המשחקים האולימפיים (he) pl
- Hindi: ओलम्पिक खेल (hi) (olampik khel) m, ओलंपिक (hi) (olampik)
- Hungarian: olimpiai játékok (hu)
- Icelandic: Ólympíuleikar (is) m pl
- Indonesian: Olimpiade (id), Pertandingan Olimpiade (id)
- Interlingua: Jocos Olympic (ia)
- Irish: Cluichí Oilimpeacha (ga)
- Italian: giochi olimpici (it) m pl
- Japanese: オリンピック (ja) (Orimpikku), オリンピック競技大会 (ja) (Orinpikku kyōgi taikai)
- Jèrriais: Gammes Olympiques f pl
- Kannada: ಒಲಂಪಿಕ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟ (kn) (olampik krīḍākūṭa)
- Kazakh: Олимпияда ойындары (kk) (Olïmpïyada oyındarı)
- Khmer: កីឡាអូឡាំពិក (km) (kəylaa olimpik)
- Korean: 올림픽 경기 (ko) (Ollimpik gyeonggi), 올림픽 (ko) (Ollimpik)
- Kyrgyz: Олимпиада (ky) (Olimpiada)
- Lao: ກີລາແຫລມທອງ (lo)
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