kickboxing

See also: Kickboxing, kick-boxing, and kick boxing

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Possibly borrowed from Japanese キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu), coined by Osamu Noguchi in 1964 from English kick +‎ boxing.

Noun

kickboxing (uncountable)

  1. (martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches.
    The Japanese kickboxing gym, recently opened in the Thai capital, had been a great success (Black Belt Magazine, March 1973, p. 13)

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kickboxing.

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ki.kiˈbɔ.ki.sĩ/, /ki.kiˈbɔk.sĩ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ki.kiˈbɔk.sĩ/, /ki.kiˈbɔ.ki.sĩ/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /kikˈbɔ.ksĩɡ/ [kikˈβɔ.ksĩɡ]

Noun

kickboxing m (uncountable)

  1. (martial arts) kickboxing (sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet)
    Synonym: kickboxe

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kickboxing.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kiɡˈboɡsin/ [kiɣ̞ˈβ̞oɣ̞.sĩn]
  • Rhymes: -oɡsin

Noun

kickboxing m (uncountable)

  1. kickboxing

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.

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