marathon

See also Marathon

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Greek Μαραθών (Marathōn), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈmærəθən/, X-SAMPA: "m{r@T@n
• (US) IPA: /ˈmærəˌθɑn/, /ˈmɛrəˌθɑn/, X-SAMPA: "m{r@%TAn, "mEr@%TAn
• Hyphenation: mar‧a‧thon

Noun

marathon (plural marathons)

1. A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.

   He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

Translations

Road race

• Arabic: ماراثون (ar) (maaraathuun) m
• Bulgarian: маратон (bg) (maraton) m
• Catalan: marató (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 馬拉松 (cmn), 马拉松 (cmn) (mǎlāsōng)

• Czech: maraton (cs) m
• Danish: maraton (da) n and c, maratonløb (da) n
• Dutch: marathon (nl) m
• Finnish: maraton (fi)
• French: marathon (fr) m
• German: Marathon (de) m
• Greek: μαραθώνιος (el) (marathónios) m
• Gujarati: મેરેથોન (gu)
• Hungarian: maraton (hu)

• Interlingua: Marathon (ia)
• Italian: maratona (it) f
• Japanese: マラソン (ja) (marason)
• Korean: 마라톤 (ko) (maraton)
• Latin: Marathon (la)
• Maltese: maratona (mt) f
• Polish: maraton (pl) m
• Portuguese: maratona (pt) f
• Russian: марафон (ru) (marafón) m
• Spanish: maratón (es) m
• Swedish: maraton (sv) n, maratonlopp (sv) n
• Turkish: maraton (tr)

Any extended or sustained activity

• Catalan: marató (ca) f
• Finnish: maraton (fi)
• French: marathon (fr) m
• German: Marathon (de) m

• Greek: μαραθώνιος (el) (marathónios) m
• Russian: марафон (ru) (marafón) m
• Spanish: maratón (es) m

Derived terms

• marathoner
• half marathon
• ultramarathon

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

marathon m (plural marathons, diminutive marathonnetje)

1. marathon

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French

Wikipedia ^fr

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Μαραθών (Marathōn)

Noun

marathon m (plural marathons)

1. marathon

Derived terms

• marathonien