athletics

See also: Athletics

English

Etymology

From athlete +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /æθˈlɛtɪks/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

athletics

(sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
(sports, especially US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.

Derived terms

Related terms

athleticism

Translations

(chiefly Britain) a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking

Finnish: yleisurheilu (fi)
Hungarian: atlétika (hu)
Indonesian: atletik (id)
Irish: lúthchleas m, cleasa lúith m pl
Macedonian: атлетика f (atletika)
Malay: olahraga (ms)
Polish: atletyka (pl) f

(chiefly US) physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill

Albanian: atletikë (sq)
Armenian: աթլետիկա (atʻletika)
Bulgarian: атлѐтика f (atlètika)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 運動／运动 (zh) (yùndòng), 競技／竞技 (zh) (jìngjì), 體育／体育 (zh) (tǐyù)
Czech: atletika (cs) f
Danish: friidræt c, atletik (da) c
Dutch: atletiek (nl) f
Finnish: urheilu (fi)
French: athlétisme (fr) m
German: Athletik f
Hindi: खेलकूद (khelkūd), व्यायाम (hi) m (vyāyām)
Hungarian: sport (hu), sportolás (hu)
Irish: lúthchleas m
Italian: atletica (it) f
Khmer: អត្តពលកម្ម (ʼattaʼpŏəlləkam)
Macedonian: атлетика f (atletika)
Maltese: atletika
Maori: kaipara
Norwegian:
Bokmål: friidrett m

Nynorsk: friidrett m
Polish: lekkoatletyka (pl), atletyka (pl) f
Portuguese: atletismo (pt) m
Romanian: atletism (ro)
Russian: атле́тика (ru) f (atlétika)
Spanish: atletismo (es) m
Swahili: riadha (sw)
Swedish: friidrott (sv) c

Noun

athletics

plural of athletic

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