English [ edit ] Etymology [ edit ] From Ancient Greek ἀθλητής ( athlētḗs ) , from ἀθλέω ( athléō , “ compete for a prize ” ) , from ἆθλον ( âthlon , “ prize ” ) or ἆθλος ( âthlos , “ competition ” ) .
Pronunciation [ edit ] athlete (plural athletes
A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field , road running , cross country running and racewalking .
2013 March 1, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist [1] Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.
She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
( US , Canada ) A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson .An exceptionally physically fit person. Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] Related terms [ edit ] Translations [ edit ]
participant in one of several sporting activities
Albanian: atlet (sq) m atlete (sq) f
Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Armenian: please add this translation if you can
Belarusian: лёгкаатле́т m ( ljohkaatljét ) , лёгкаатле́тка f ( ljohkaatljétka )
Bulgarian: лекоатле́т m ( lekoatlét ) , лекоатле́тка f ( lekoatlétka )
Catalan: atleta (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 田徑 運動員 田径 运动员 ( tiánjìng yùndòngyuán )
Coptic: ⲁⲑⲗⲏⲧⲏⲥ ( athlētēs )
Czech: atlet (cs) m atletka (cs) f
Danish: atlet (da) c
Esperanto: atleto sportisto
Finnish: yleisurheilija (fi)
French: athlète (fr) m or f
Georgian: ათლეტი ( atleṭi )
German: Athlet (de) m Athletin (de) f Sportler (de) , Sportlerin (de) f
Greek: αθλητής (el) m ( athlitís ) , αθλήτρια (el) f ( athlítria )
Ancient: ἀθλητής m ( athlētḗs )
Hungarian: atléta (hu)
Icelandic: íþrottmaður m
Ido: atleto (io)
Indonesian: atlet (id)
Irish: lúthchleasaí m
Italian: atleta (it) m or f
Japanese: 陸上競技 の選手 ( りくじょうきょうぎのせんしゅ, rikujō kyōgi no senshu ) , 陸上 選手 ( りくじょうせんしゅ, rikujō senshu )
Kazakh: жеңіл атлет ( jeñil atlet )
Khmer: អត្តពលិក ( ʼattaʼpŏəllɨk ) , អ្នកកីឡា ( nĕək kəylaa )
Korean: 육상 경기 선수 (陸上競技選手)( yuksang gyeonggi seonsu )
Latin: āthlēta m
Lithuanian: atletas m atletė f sportininkas m sportininkė f
Mongolian: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: idrettsmann m idrettsutøver m
Nynorsk: idrettsmann m idrettsutøvar m
Polish: lekkoatleta (pl) m lekkoatletka (pl) f atleta (pl) m atletka (pl) f
Portuguese: atleta (pt) m or f
Russian: легкоатле́т (ru) m ( lexkoatlét ) , легкоатле́тка (ru) f ( lexkoatlétka )
Slovak: športovec m
Spanish: deportista (es) , atleta (es)
Swahili: mwanariadha (sw)
Swedish: friidrottare (sv)
Telugu: క్రీడాకారుడు ( krīḍākāruḍu ) , క్రీడాకారిణి ( krīḍākāriṇi )
Thai: นักกีฬา (th) ( nák-gii-laa )
Turkish: please add this translation if you can
Ukrainian: легкоатле́т (uk) m ( lehkoatlét ) , легкоатле́тка f ( lehkoatlétka )
Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can
person who actively participates in physical sports
Albanian: atlet (sq) m atlete (sq) f
Arabic: رِيَاضِيّ m ( riyāḍiyy ) , رِيَاضِيَّة (ar) f ( riyāḍiyya )
Armenian: սպորտսմեն (hy) ( sportsmen ) , մարզիկ (hy) ( marzik )
Azerbaijani: idmançı (az)
Belarusian: спартсме́н m ( spartsmjén ) , спартсме́нка f ( spartsmjénka ) , спарто́вец m ( spartóvjec ) , спарто́ўка f ( spartóŭka ) , атле́т m ( atljét ) , атле́тка f ( atljétka )
Bulgarian: атле́т m ( atlét ) , атле́тка f ( atlétka ) , спорти́ст (bg) m ( sportíst ) , спорти́стка f ( sportístka )
Burmese: အားကစားသမား ( a:ka.ca:sa.ma: )
Catalan: atleta (ca) m or f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運動員 (zh) , 运动员 (zh) ( yùndòngyuán )
Czech: sportovec (cs) m sportovkyně (cs) f
Danish: sportsudøver (da) c
Dutch: atleet (nl)
Esperanto: atleto
Estonian: sportlane
Finnish: atleetti (fi)
French: athlète (fr) m or f sportif (fr) m sportive (fr) f
Galician: atleta (gl) m or f
Georgian: ათლეტი ( atleṭi ) , სპორტსმენი (ka) ( sṗorṭsmeni )
German: Sportler (de) m Sportlerin (de) f Athlet (de) m Athletin (de) f
Greek: αθλητής (el) m ( athlitís ) , αθλήτρια (el) f ( athlítria )
Ancient: ἀθλητής m ( athlētḗs )
Hebrew: אַתְלֶט (he) m ( atlét )
Hindi: खिलाड़ी m ( khilāṛī )
Hungarian: atléta (hu)
Ido: atleto (io)
Indonesian: atlet (id)
Irish: lúthchleasaí m
Italian: atleta (it) m or f sportivo (it) m sportiva (it) f
Japanese: 運動選手 (ja) ( うんどうせんしゅ, undō senshu ) , 選手 (ja) ( せんしゅ, senshu )
Kazakh: спортшы ( sportşı )
Khmer: អត្តពលិក ( ʼattaʼpŏəllɨk ) , អ្នកកីឡា ( nĕək kəylaa )
Korean: 운동선수(運動選手) ( undongseonsu )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: palewan (ku) m werzişvan (ku) m
Kyrgyz: спортчу (ky) ( sportçu )
Lao: ນັກກິລາ (lo) ( nak ki lā )
Latin: āthlēta m
Latvian: atlēts m atlēte f sportists m sportiste f
Lithuanian: sportininkas m sportininkė f
Macedonian: спорти́ст m ( sportíst ) , спорти́стка f ( sportístka )
Malay: atlet olahragawan (ms)
Maori: kaipara
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: тамирчин (mn) ( tamirchin )
Mongolian: ᠲᠠᠮᠢᠷᠴᠢᠨ ( tamirčin )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: atlet m
Pashto: ورزشکار m ( warzǝškãr )
Persian: ورزشکار (fa) ( varzeškâr )
Polish: sportowiec (pl) m sportsmenka (pl) f atleta (pl) m atletka (pl) f
Portuguese: atleta (pt) m or f
Romanian: atlet (ro) m atletă (ro) f
Russian: спортсме́н (ru) m ( sportsmén ) , спортсме́нка (ru) f ( sportsménka ) , атле́т (ru) m ( atlét ) , атле́тка (ru) f ( atlétka )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: спортиста m
Roman: sportista m
Slovak: športovec m športovkyňa f
Slovene: športnik (sl) m športnica f
Spanish: atleta (es) m or f deportista (es) m or f
Swahili: mwanariadha (sw)
Swedish: atlet (sv) c
Tajik: варзишгар ( varzišgar )
Tatar: спортчы ( sportçı )
Thai: นักกีฬา (th) ( nák-gii-laa )
Turkish: sporcu (tr)
Turkmen: sportçy
Ukrainian: спортсме́н m ( sportsmén ) , спортсме́нка f ( sportsménka ) , спорто́вець m ( sportóvecʹ ) , спорто́вка f ( sportóvka ) , атле́т (uk) m ( atlét ) , атле́тка f ( atlétka )
Urdu: کهلڑی m ( khilāṛī )
Uyghur: تەنھەرىكەتچى ( tenheriketchi ) , ئىسپورتچى ( isportchi )
Uzbek: sportchi (uz) , atlet (uz)
Vietnamese: nhà thể thao
exceptionally physically fit person
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