decathlon

See also: décathlon

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /diːˈkæθlɒn/, /dɪˈkæθlɒn/
Audio (Southern England) (file)

Noun

decathlon (plural decathlons or decathla)

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

Related terms

decathlete

Translations

athletic contest

Armenian: տասնամարտ (hy) (tasnamart)
Bulgarian: десетобой m (desetoboj)
Catalan: decatló m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 十項全能／十项全能 (zh) (shíxiàng quánnéng)
Czech: desetiboj m
Danish: tikamp c
Dutch: tienkamp (nl) m
Finnish: kymmenottelu (fi)
French: décathlon (fr) m
Galician: décatlon m
Galician: décatlon m
German: Zehnkampf (de) m, Dekathlon m or n
Hungarian: tízpróba (hu)
Icelandic: tugþraut f
Italian: decathlon (it) m
Japanese: 十種競技 (ja) (じっしゅきょうぎ, jisshiukyōgi)
Kazakh: онсайыс (onsaiys)
Korean: 십종 경기(十種競技) (sipjong gyeonggi)
Macedonian: десетобој m (desetoboj), декатлон m (dekatlon)
Malay: dasalumba
Malayalam: ഡക്കാത്ത്‌ലോൺ (ḍakkātt‌lōṇ)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: tikamp m

Nynorsk: tikamp m
Persian: دهگانه (fa)
Polish: dziesięciobój (pl) m
Portuguese: decatlo (pt) m
Romanian: decatlon (ro) n
Russian: десятибо́рье (ru) n (desjatibórʹje)
Slovak: desaťboj m
Spanish: decatlón m
Swedish: tiokamp (sv) c
Vietnamese: mười môn phối hợp

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Italian

Etymology

From deca- +‎ -athlon.

Noun

decathlon m (invariable)

(athletics) decathlon

Derived terms

decatleta

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