olympisk

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Danish

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Etymology

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Via German olympisch from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), Ὀλυμπιακός (Olumpiakós), Ὀλύμπιος (Olúmpios), derived partly from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, Mount Olympus), partly from Ὀλυμπος (Olumpos, Olympia).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [oˈlømˀb̥isɡ̊]

Adjective

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olympisk (plural and definite singular attributive olympiske)

  1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games, held at Olympia in Elis)
  2. Olympian (relating to the Ancient Greek and Roman gods, residing on Olympus)

Norwegian Bokmål

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Adjective

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olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)

  1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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Adjective

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olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)

  1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)

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Swedish

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Swedish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia sv

Adjective

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olympisk (not comparable)

  1. Olympic (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
  2. Olympian (of or pertaining to Olympus or the Greek gods once held to live there)
  3. (figuratively) Olympian (lofty)
    olympiskt lugn
    Olympian calm

Declension

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Inflection of olympisk
Indefinite Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular olympisk
Neuter singular olympiskt
Plural olympiska
Masculine plural3 olympiske
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 olympiske
All olympiska
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative.
3) Dated or archaic

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