athlète
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See also: athlete
French
[edit]Etymology
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Learned borrowing from Latin āthlēta, borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ᾱ̓θλέω (āthléō, “to contend”) + -τής (-tḗs, masculine agentive suffix).
Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /at.lɛt/
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Noun
[edit]athlète m or f by sense (plural athlètes)
- athlete
- C'est un des plus grands athlètes de tous les temps.
- He is one of the greatest athletes of all time.
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “athlète”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
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