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From Olympic games Middle French ieux olympiques
the Olympic Games pl plural only )
( historical , Ancient Greece ) festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus . [from 16th c.]
The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC.
1603 Michel de Montaigne , chapter 17, in John Florio , transl., The Essayes [ … ] [ … ] Val[ entine] Simmes for Edward Blount [ … ] →OCLC In the times of the Olimpike games , with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poets and musitians to present his verses, with tents and pavillions gilt and most suinptuously tapistried.
1840 The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated , London: Houlston and Stoneman, page 103 :Olympic Games Olympic games , which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual.
An international multi -sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year. [from 19th c.]
Every athlete's dream is to compete at the Olympic Games .
2009 September 28, Owen Gibson, The Guardian :Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a boost yesterday when its most famous former resident, the American president, Barack Obama, ended months of speculation by announcing that he would fly to Copenhagen before Friday's vote, in order to lobby on the city's behalf.
sporting festival held every four or five years in southern Greece
international multi-sport event inspired by the ancient festival
— see also Olympics Afrikaans: Olimpiese Spele
Albanian: Lojërat Olimpike f pl ( definite )
Arabic: أَلْعَاب أُولِمْبِيَّة f pl ( ʔalʕāb ʔulimbiyya ) , أُولِمْبِيَّة f ( ʔulimbiyya )
Aragonese: Chuegos Olimpicos m pl
Armenian: օլիմպիական խաղեր pl ( ōlimpiakan xaġer )
Asturian: Xuegos Olímpicos m pl
Azerbaijani: Olimpiya oyunları pl
Banyumasan: Olimpiade
Bashkir: Олимпия уйындары pl ( Olimpiya uyındarı )
Basque: Olinpiar Jokoak
Belarusian: Алімпі́йскія гу́льні f pl ( Alimpíjskija húlʹni )
Bengali: অলিম্পিক গেমস ( olimpik gemoś ) , অলিম্পিক্স ( olimpikśo )
Breton: C'hoarioù Olimpek
Bulgarian: Олимпи́йски и́гри f pl ( Olimpíjski ígri )
Burmese: အိုလံပစ် (my) ( uilampac ) , အိုလံပစ် အားကစားပွဲတော် ( uilampac a:ka.ca:pwai:tau )
Catalan: Jocs Olímpics m pl
Chechen: Олимпийн ловзарш ( Olimpiı̇n lovzarš )
Chinese:
Cantonese: 奧林匹克運動會 ／ 奥林匹克运动会 ( ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui6 ) , 奧運會 ／ 奥运会 ( ou3 wan6 wui6 )
Hokkien: Olympia 運動會 ／ Olympia 运动会 ( Olympia ūn-tōng-hōe )
Mandarin: 奧林匹克運動會 ／ 奥林匹克运动会 (zh) ( Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì ) , 奧運會 ／ 奥运会 (zh) ( Àoyùnhuì ) , 奧林匹克 ／ 奥林匹克 (zh) ( Àolínpǐkè )
Chuvash: Олимп вӑййисем ( Olimp văjjis̬em )
Czech: olympijské hry (cs) f pl
Danish: Olympiske lege c pl
Dhivehi: އޮލީމްޕީކްސް ( olīm̊pīk̊s )
Dutch: Olympische Spelen (nl) pl
Esperanto: Olimpiaj ludoj
Estonian: Nüüdisaegsed olümpiamängud pl
Faroese: olympiskir leikir m pl OL
Finnish: olympialaiset (fi) pl olympiakisat (fi) pl
French: Jeux olympiques (fr) m pl Middle French: jeux Olympiques m pl
Galician: Xogos Olímpicos m pl
Georgian: ოლიმპიური თამაშები pl ( olimṗiuri tamašebi )
German: Olympische Spiele (de) n pl Olympiade (de) f
Greek: Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες (el) m pl ( Olympiakoí Agónes )
Hebrew: הַמִשְׂחָקִים הַאוֹלִימְפִּיִּים m pl ( hamis'khakím ha'olimpiyim )
Hindi: ओलम्पिक खेल m ( olampik khel ) , ओलंपिक m ( olampik ) , ओलंपिक खेल m ( olampik khel )
Hungarian: olimpiai játékok (hu)
Icelandic: Ólympíuleikar m pl
Indonesian: Olimpiade Pertandingan Olimpiade
Interlingua: Jocos Olympic
Irish: Cluichí Oilimpeacha m pl
Italian: giochi olimpici m pl
Japanese: オリンピック (ja) ( Orimpikku ) , オリンピック競技大会 ( オリンピックきょうぎたいかい, Orinpikku kyōgi taikai ) , 五輪 (ja) ( ごりん, Gorin )
Kannada: ಒಲಂಪಿಕ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟ ( olampik krīḍākūṭa )
Kazakh: Олимпиада ойындары pl ( Olimpiada oiyndary )
Khmer: កីឡាអូឡាំពិក ( kəylaa ʼoulampɨk )
Korean: 올림픽 경기 ( Ollimpik gyeonggi ) , 올림픽 (ko) ( Ollimpik ) , 오륜(五輪) (ko) ( oryun )
Kyrgyz: Олимпиада ( Olimpiada ) , Олимпиада оюндары pl ( Olimpiada oyundarı )
Lao: ກີລາແຫລມທອງ ( kī lā lǣ ma thǭng ) , ກິລາໂອແລມປິກ ( ki lā ʼō lǣm pik )
Latin: Olympia
Latvian: Olimpiskās spēles pl
Limburgish: Olympische Speule n pl
Lithuanian: Olimpinės žaidynės pl
Luxembourgish: Olympesch Spiller n pl
Macedonian: Олимпи́ски игри f pl ( Olimpíski igri )
Malay: Sukan Olimpik
Malayalam: ഒളിമ്പിക്സ് ( oḷimpiksŭ )
Maltese: Logħob Olimpiku m pl
Maori: Ngā Taumāhekeheke o Te Ao
Marathi: ऑलिंपिक ( ŏlimpik )
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: Олимпийн наадам ( Olimpiin naadam )
Navajo: ahąą honinééh
Norman: Gammes Olŷmpiques ( Guernsey ) , Gammes Olympiques f pl ( Jersey )
Northern Sami: olympiagilvvut
Norwegian:
Bokmål: Olympiske leker m pl
Nynorsk: Olympiske leikar m pl
Persian:
Iranian Persian: بازیهایِ اُلَمْپیک pl ( bâzi-hâ-ye olampik )
Piedmontese: Gieugh olìmpich
Polish: Igrzyska olimpijskie n pl
Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos m pl Olimpíadas f pl
Quechua: Ulimpiku pukllaykuna
Romanian: Jocuri Olimpice n pl Olimpiadă (ro) f
Russian: Олимпи́йские и́гры (ru) f pl ( Olimpíjskije ígry ) , олимпиа́да (ru) f ( olimpiáda )
Samoan: Ta'aloga Olimipeka (sm)
Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan Oilimpigeach m pl
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: Олимпијске игре f pl
Roman: Olimpijske igre f pl
Sicilian: Jòcura Olìmpici m pl
Slovak: olympijské hry f pl
Slovene: Olimpijske igre (sl) f pl
Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos (es) m pl
Swahili: Michezo ya Olimpiki
Swedish: olympiska spelen (sv) n pl OS (sv) n pl
Tagalog: palarong olimpiko
Tajik: Бозиҳои Олимпӣ pl ( Boziho-yi Olimpi )
Tamil: ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் ( olimpik viḷaiyāṭṭukkaḷ )
Tatar: Олимпия уеннары pl ( Olimpiyäuyennarı )
Telugu: ఒలింపిక్ క్రీడలు ( olimpik krīḍalu )
Thai: กีฬาโอลิมปิก ( gii-laa-oo-lim-bpìk )
Turkish: Olimpiyat Oyunları (tr) pl
Turkmen: olimpiada oýunlary pl
Ukrainian: Олімпі́йські і́гри f pl ( Olimpíjsʹki íhry )
Urdu: اولَمْپِک m ( olampik ) , اولَمْپِک کھیل m ( olampik khel ) , اولَمْپِکْس ( olampiks )
Uyghur: ئولىمپىك يىغىنى ( olimpik yighini )
Uzbek: Olimpiya oʻyinlari pl
Venetan: Xoghi Ołinpeghi
Vietnamese: Thế vận hội
Volapük: lepleds lümpik Lepleds Lümpik
Võro: olümpiamängoq
Waray-Waray: pauyag olimpiko
Welsh: Gemau Olympaidd
West Frisian: Olympyske Spullen n pl
Yakut: Олимпия оонньуулара pl ( Olimpiya oonnyuulara )
Yiddish: אָלימפּיאַדעס pl ( olimpyades )
Yoruba: Idije Olympiki
