decathlon

See also: décathlon

English

Etymology

deca- +‎ -athlon, coined for the 1912 Summer Olympics in analogy to the word pentathlon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diːˈkæθlɒn/, /dɪˈkæθlɒn/

Noun

decathlon (plural decathlons)

1. An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days.
2. A contest in science and math proving skill.

Translations

athletic contest

• Bulgarian: десетобой m (desetoboj)
• Catalan: decatló m
• Czech: desetiboj m
• Danish: tikamp c
• Finnish: kymmenottelu (fi)
• French: décathlon (fr) m
• German: Zehnkampf (de) m
• Hungarian: tízpróba
• Icelandic: tugþraut f
• Italian: decathlon m
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• Malay: dasalumba
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tikamp m

  Nynorsk: tikamp m

• Polish: dziesięciobój (pl) m
• Portuguese: decatlo (pt) m
• Romanian: decatlon (ro) n
• Russian: десятибо́рье (ru) n (desjatibórʹje)
• Spanish: decatlón m
• Swedish: tiokamp (sv) c

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Italian

Etymology

deca- +‎ -athlon

Noun

decathlon m (uncountable)

1. (athletics) decathlon

Derived terms

• decatleta