athletics

See also: Athletics

English

Etymology

From athlete +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æθˈlɛtɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

athletics

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

Derived terms

• athleisurewear
• cyberathletics
• para-athletics

 

Related terms

• athleticism

Translations

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

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 田徑 / 田径 (zh) (tiánjìng)

• Finnish: yleisurheilu (fi)
• French: athlétisme (fr)
• Hungarian: atlétika (hu)
• Indonesian: atletik (id)
• Irish: lúthchleas m, cleasa lúith m pl
• Macedonian: атлетика f (atletika)
• Malay: olahraga (ms)
• Polish: atletyka (pl) f
• Ukrainian: атле́тика (uk) f (atlétyka)

(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 (no) 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
• Ukrainian: атле́тика (uk) f (atlétyka)

Noun

athletics

1. plural of athletic