biathlon

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English

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Etymology

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PIE word
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Biathlon involves cross-country skiing (top) and rifle shooting. It is contested at both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.

From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) +‎ -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.[1]

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Noun

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biathlon (countable and uncountable, plural biathlons)

  1. (winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

Usage notes

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Not to be confused with biathle (an athletic contest consisting of running and swimming) or duathlon (an athletic contest consisting of cycling and running).

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See also

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References

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  1. ^ biathlon, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021; biathlon, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

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Anagrams

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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biathlon m (plural biathlons)

  1. Superseded spelling of biatlon.

French

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French Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia fr

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Noun

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biathlon m (uncountable)

  1. biathlon
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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia it

Noun

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biathlon m (invariable)

  1. biathlon

Polish

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Polish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia pl

Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English biathlon, French biathlon, or German Biathlon, ultimately from bi- +‎ Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon).[1] First attested in 1891, but in common usage only as of 1958.[2][3][4]

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Noun

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biathlon m inan

  1. biathlon
    Synonym: dwubój zimowy
    mistrzostwa w biathloniebiathlon championship
    uprawiać biathlonto do a biathlon

Declension

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Derived terms

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adjective
nouns

References

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  1. ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “biathlon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. ^ Encyklopedya powszechna kieszonkowa wraz ze słownikiem wyrazów obcych w języku polskim używanych[1], 1891
  3. ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “biathlon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. ^ biathlon in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Further reading

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

Swedish

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Noun

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biathlon c

  1. (winter sports) biathlon

Usage notes

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  • For notes on the spelling, see -athlon.

Declension

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Invariable besides the genitive form biathlons.