pentathlon

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”), equivalent to penta- +‎ -athlon.

Noun

pentathlon (plural pentathlons or pentathla)

1. An ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus

   Synonyms: ancient pentathlon, Greek pentathlon, ancient Greek pentathlon

2. (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.
3. (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     Dwindling interest and a reputation for being outdated couldn’t change modern pentathlon.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

• snow pentathlon

 

Related terms

• pentathlete

Descendants

• Japanese: ペンタスロン (pentasuron)

Translations

ancient pentathlon

• Bulgarian: петобой m (petoboj)
• Catalan: pentatló m
• Czech: pětiboj m
• Dutch: pentatlon (nl) m or n
• Finnish: antiikin viisiottelu
• French: pentathlon (fr) m
• Galician: péntatlon m
• German: Fünfkampf (de) m, Pentathlon (de) n or m
• Italian: pentathlon (it) m
• Macedonian: петобој m (petoboj), пентатлон m (pentatlon)
• Portuguese: pentatlo (pt) m
• Romanian: pentatlon (ro) n
• Russian: пятибо́рье (ru) n (pjatibórʹje)
• Spanish: pentatlón (es) m
• Ukrainian: п'ятибо́рство n (pʺjatybórstvo)

20th-century women's pentathlon

• German: Fünfkampf (de) m, Frauenfünfkampf m
• Macedonian: петобој m (petoboj), пентатлон m (pentatlon)
• Ukrainian: п'ятибо́рство n (pʺjatybórstvo)

modern pentathlon

• Armenian: հնգամարտ (hy) (hngamart)
• Bulgarian: модерен петобой m (moderen petoboj)
• Catalan: pentatló m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 五項全能／五项全能 (zh) (wǔxiàng quánnéng)

• Czech: pětiboj m
• Danish: femkamp c
• Dutch: vijfkamp (nl) m
• Estonian: viievõistlus
• Finnish: nykyaikainen viisiottelu
• Galician: péntatlon m
• Georgian: please add this translation if you can
• German: Fünfkampf (de) m, Moderner Fünfkampf m
• Greek: πένταθλο (el) n (péntathlo)
• Hungarian: öttusa (hu)
• Icelandic: fimmþraut f
• Japanese: 五種競技 (ごしゅきょうぎ, goshu kyōgi)
• Korean: 오종경기 (ko) (ojonggyeonggi)
• Latvian: pieccīņa f
• Lithuanian: penkiakovė
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: femkamp m

  Nynorsk: femkamp m

• Polish: pięciobój (pl) m
• Portuguese: pentatlo (pt) m
• Romanian: pentatlon (ro) n
• Russian: пятибо́рье (ru) n (pjatibórʹje)
• Slovak: päťboj m
• Spanish: pentatlón (es) m
• Swedish: femkamp (sv) c
• Ukrainian: п'ятибо́рство n (pʺjatybórstvo)

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pɛ̃.ta.tlɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

pentathlon m (plural pentathlons)

1. pentathlon (discipline made up of five events)

Derived terms

• pentathlon des neiges

Further reading

• “pentathlon”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Alternative forms

• pentatlon, pentatlo (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɛn.ta.tlon/
• Rhymes: -ɛntatlon
• Hyphenation: pèn‧tath‧lon

Noun

pentathlon m (invariable)

1. pentathlon

Further reading

• 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