pentatlon

See also: pentatlón and péntatlon

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon), from πέντε (pénte, “five”) + ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈpɛntatlon]
• Hyphenation: pen‧tat‧lon

Noun

pentatlon m inan (related adjective pentatlonový)

1. (sports) pentathlon (ancient athletics discipline, featuring five events: stadion, wrestling, long jump, javelin and discus)

   Synonym: antický pětiboj

   Hypernym: pětiboj

Declension

Declension of pentatlon (hard masculine inanimate)

	singular	plural
nominative	pentatlon	pentatlony
genitive	pentatlonu	pentatlonů
dative	pentatlonu	pentatlonům
accusative	pentatlon	pentatlony
vocative	pentatlone	pentatlony
locative	pentatlonu	pentatlonech
instrumental	pentatlonem	pentatlony

See also

• biatlon m inan
• duatlon m inan
• kvadriatlon m inan
• triatlon m inan

 

Further reading

• “pentatlon”, in Kartotéka Novočeského lexikálního archivu (in Czech)
• “pentatlon”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “pentatlon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Noun

pentatlon m (invariable)

1. Alternative spelling of pentathlon

Further reading

• pentatlon in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• pèntatlon 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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French pentathlon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pen.taˈtlon/, /pent.aˈtlon/

Noun

pentatlon n (plural pentatloane)

1. (sports) pentathlon

Declension

Declension of pentatlon

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) pentatlon	pentatlonul	(niște) pentatloane	pentatloanele
genitive/dative	(unui) pentatlon	pentatlonului	(unor) pentatloane	pentatloanelor
vocative	pentatlonule		pentatloanelor

Derived terms

• pentatlonist

Related terms

• decatlon
• heptatlon
• octatlon

 

Further reading

• pentatlon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)