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Webster 1913 Edition

Olympic

{

O-lym′pi-an

(ō̍-lĭm′pĭ-an)

,

O-lym′pic

(ō̍-lĭm′pĭk)

, }

Adj.

[L.

Olympius

,

Olympicus

, Gr.

Ὀλύμπιος

,

Ὀλυμπικός

, fr.

Ὄλυμπος

: cf. F.

olympique

. See

.]

Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.

Definition 2024

Olympic

Olympic

English

Adjective

Olympic ‎(not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
(rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
(rare) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.

Synonyms

(of or pertaining to Olympus): Olympian

Derived terms

Related terms

Olympionic

Translations

of or pertaining to the Olympic Games

Arabic: أُولِمْبِيّ ‎(ʾulimbiyy)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧林匹克 (zh), 奥林匹克 (zh) ‎(àolínpǐkè)
Dutch: olympisch (nl), olympische (nl)
Esperanto: olimpia
Finnish: olympialainen, olympia- (fi)
French: olympique (fr)
German: olympisch (de)
Hebrew: אוֹלִימְפִּי (he) m ‎(olimpí)
Hungarian: olimpiai (hu)
Italian: olimpico (it)

Japanese: オリンピック (ja) ‎(orimpikku), 五輪 (ja) ‎(ごりん, gorin)
Korean: 올림픽 (ko) ‎(ollimpik)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: olympisk, (Olympic Games) OL pl, olympiske leker m pl

Nynorsk: olympisk
Portuguese: olímpico (pt)
Romanian: olimpic (ro)
Russian: олимпи́йский (ru) ‎(olimpíjskij)
Spanish: olímpico (es)
Swedish: olympisk (sv)

of or pertaining to mountain Olympus

Arabic: أُولِمْبِيّ ‎(ʾulimbiyy)
Dutch: Olympisch (nl)
Esperanto: olimpia
Finnish: olympolainen (fi)
German: olympisch (de)
Greek: Ολυμπικός ‎(Olympikós)
Ancient: Ὀλυμπικός ‎(Olumpikós)

Hungarian: olümposzi
Norwegian:

Bokmål: olympisk

Nynorsk: olympisk
Portuguese: olímpico (pt)
Romanian: olimpian (ro)
Russian: олимпи́йский (ru) ‎(olimpíjskij)

of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia

Hungarian: olümpiai

Romanian: olimpian (ro)