-athlon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”).
Suffix
[edit]-athlon
Derived terms
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[edit]Swedish
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon), largely via English.
Pronunciation
[edit]Suffix
[edit]-athlon c
Usage notes
[edit]- Only used in reference to biathlons and triathlons. For competitions with more than three events, compounds of a numeral and kamp are used instead. For example, a quadrathlon is not known as a *kvadrathlon, but as a fyrkamp.
- SAOL, published in 2015, recommends the spelling -atlon,[1][2] but -athlon remains the dominant form. Both are pronounced the same.
Derived terms
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- English terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂weh₁-
- English terms borrowed from Ancient Greek
- English terms derived from Ancient Greek
- English lemmas
- English suffixes
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- Swedish terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Swedish terms borrowed from English
- Swedish terms derived from English
- Swedish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Swedish lemmas
- Swedish suffixes
- Swedish common-gender suffixes