pentathlon
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”), equivalent to penta- + -athlon.
Noun
[edit]pentathlon (plural pentathlons or pentathla)
- An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus
- (athletics) Ellipsis of women's pentathlon.; A 20th-century athletics discipline for women, the women's counterpart of the men's decathlon, the predecessor to the women's heptathlon, featuring five events: hurdles, shot put, high jump, long jump, and a run.
- (athletics) Ellipsis of modern pentathlon.; a discipline with five events based on late-19th century basic military skills.
- 2008 August 21, “The old school survives at the Olympics, amid new events”, in The New York Times[1]:
- In the end, why not be happy with both, with the BMXes and the pentathlons, with the swans of synchro and the Quasimodos of wrestling? Sweet.
- 2021 November 3, Victor Mather, “Modern Pentathlon Drops Equestrian Competition After Abuse Claims”, in The New York Times[2]:
- Dwindling interest and a reputation for being outdated couldn’t change modern pentathlon. A brief video clip of a coach punching a horse at the Tokyo Olympics has altered it forever.
Derived terms
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[edit]Descendants
[edit]- Japanese: ペンタスロン (pentasuron)
Translations
[edit]ancient pentathlon
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20th-century women's pentathlon
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modern pentathlon
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French
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pentathlon m (plural pentathlons)
- pentathlon (discipline made up of five events)
Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “pentathlon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]pentathlon m (invariable)
Further reading
[edit]- pentathlon in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
- pentathlon in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- pentathlon in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
- pentathlon in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
- pèntathlon in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
- pèntathlon o pèntatlon o pèntatlo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
- pèntatlon in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
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