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English
Etymology
From Olympic + -s.
Pronunciation
Proper noun
the Olympics pl (plural only)
- The Olympic Games.
Derived terms
Translations
- Albanian: olimpiadë (sq) f
- Arabic: أُولِمْبِيَّة f (ʔulimbiyya)
- Armenian: օլիմպիադա (hy) (ōlimpiada)
- Azerbaijani: olimpiada
- Belarusian: алімпія́да f (alimpijáda)
- Bengali: অলিম্পিক (bn) (olimpik), অলিম্পিক্স (olimpikśo)
- Bulgarian: олимпиа́да f (olimpiáda)
- Burmese: အိုလံပစ် (my) (uilampac)
- Catalan: olimpíada (ca) f, olimpíades (ca) f pl
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 奧林匹克／奥林匹克 (zh) (Àolínpǐkè), 奧運會／奥运会 (zh) (Àoyùnhuì)
- Czech: olympiáda (cs) f
- Danish: olympiade c
- Dutch: olympiade (nl) f
- Esperanto: olimpikoj
- Estonian: olümpia
- Finnish: olympiakisat (fi) pl
- French: Olympiades (fr) f pl, Olympiques (fr)
- Georgian: ოლიმპიადა (olimṗiada)
- German: Olympia (de) n, Olympiade (de) f
- Hindi: ओलंपिक m (olampik)
- Hungarian: olimpia (hu)
- Indonesian: Olimpiade
- Italian: Olimpiadi f pl
- Japanese: オリンピック (ja) (Orinpikku), 五輪 (ja) (gorin)
- Kazakh: олимпиада (olimpiada)
- Korean: 올림픽 (ko) (ollimpik), 오륜(五輪) (ko) (oryun)
- Kyrgyz: олимпиада (ky) (olimpiada)
- Latvian: olimpiāde f
- Lithuanian: olimpiada f
- Macedonian: олимпија́да f (olimpijáda)
- Navajo: ahąą honinééh
- Pashto: المپيا f (olampyã)
- Persian: المپیک (fa) (olampik)
- Polish: olimpiada (pl) f
- Portuguese: Olimpíada f, Olimpíadas f pl
- Romanian: Jocurile Olimpice n pl, olimpiadă (ro) f
- Russian: олимпиа́да (ru) f (olimpiáda)
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: олимпијада f
- Roman: olimpijada (sh) f
- Sinhalese: ඔලිම්පික් (olimpik)
- Slovak: olympiáda (sk) f
- Slovene: olimpijada f
- Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos (es) m pl, olimpiada (es) f (may be capitalized), olimpiadas (es) f pl (may be capitalized), olimpíada (es) f (may be capitalized), olimpíadas (es) f pl (may be capitalized)
- Swedish: OS (sv) n, Olympiaden (sv) c
- Tagalog: Olimpiko
- Tajik: олимпиада (olimpiada)
- Thai: โอลิมปิก (th) (oo-lim-bpìk)
- Turkish: olimpiyat (tr)
- Turkmen: olimpiada
- Ukrainian: олімпіа́да (uk) f (olimpiáda)
- Urdu: اولمپک m (olampik)
- Uzbek: olimpiada (uz)
- Vietnamese: thế vận hội (vi), ô-lim-pích (vi)
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Noun
Olympics (uncountable)
- (slang, figurative, often derogatory) Any real or perceived competition.
A champion in the beauty Olympics
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