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Pentathlon

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Pen-tath′lon

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Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK]; [GREEK] five + [GREEK] a contest.]
(Gr. Antiq.)
1.
A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear.

Definition 2024

pentathlon

pentathlon

English

Noun

pentathlon ‎(plural pentathlons or pentathla)

  1. An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
  2. (athletics) Modern pentathlon.

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Translations

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek πένταθλον ‎(péntathlon).

Noun

pentathlon m ‎(plural pentathlons)

  1. pentathlon (discipline made up of five events)

Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek πένταθλον ‎(péntathlon).

Noun

pentathlon m ‎(invariable)

  1. pentathlon

Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek πένταθλον ‎(péntathlon).

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