Greco-Roman

English

Alternative forms

• Graeco-Roman (British)

Etymology

Greco- +‎ Roman

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːkəʊˈɹəʊmən/
• IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈɹoʊmən/

Adjective

Greco-Roman (comparative more Greco-Roman, superlative most Greco-Roman) (American spelling)

1. Of or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture.
2. (wrestling) Describing Greco-Roman wrestling, a form of wrestling where fighters may only attack above the waist.

Translations

of or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture

• Armenian: հունահռոմեական (hunahṙomeakan), հունա-հռոմեական (huna-hṙomeakan)
• Catalan: grecoromà
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 希臘羅馬／希腊罗马, 希腊罗马 (Xīlà-Luómǎ)

• Finnish: kreikkalais-roomalainen
• French: gréco-romain (fr)
• Galician: grecorromano m
• German: griechisch-römisch (de)
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• Greek: ελληνορωμαϊκός (el) (ellinoromaïkós)
• Irish: Gréag-Rómhánach
• Italian: greco-romano (it)
• Japanese: グレコローマン (gureko-rōman)
• Portuguese: greco-romano (pt)
• Russian: гре́ко-ри́мский (ru) (gréko-rímskij)
• Spanish: grecorromano m, grecorromana f
• Swedish: grekisk-romersk (sv)

referring to a wrestling style

• Armenian: հունահռոմեական (hunahṙomeakan), հունա-հռոմեական (huna-hṙomeakan)
• Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
• Catalan: grecoromà m
• Finnish: kreikkalais-roomalainen
• Irish: Gréag-Rómhánach
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• Persian: کشتی فرنگی (košti-e farangi)
• Portuguese: greco-romano (pt)
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: grecorromana f
• Swedish: grekisk-romersk (sv)