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Albanian
Noun
atlet m
- athlete
Czech
Noun
atlet m anim (female equivalent atletka)
- athlete (participant in track and field sports)
Declension
Declension of atlet (hard masculine animate)
Danish
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs, “contestant”).
Noun
atlet c (singular definite atleten, plural indefinite atleter)
- athlete (a participant in track and field sports)
Inflection
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch atleet, from Latin āthlēta, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs).
Pronunciation
Noun
atlet (plural atlet-atlet)
- athlete, a person who actively participates in physical sports, esp. one highly skilled in sports.
- Synonym: olahragawan
Derived terms
Further reading
Malay
Etymology
From English athlete, from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).
Pronunciation
Noun
atlet (Jawi spelling اتليت, plural atlet-atlet, informal 1st possessive atletku, 2nd possessive atletmu, 3rd possessive atletnya)
- An athlete:
- Synonyms: olahragawan m, olahragawati f, ahli sukan
- A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- Someone who is active in sports.
Further reading
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French athlète, from Latin athleta.
Noun
atlet m (plural atleți, feminine equivalent atletă)
- athlete
Declension
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology
From atlètika.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ǎtleːt/
- Hyphenation: a‧tlet
Noun
àtlēt m (Cyrillic spelling а̀тле̄т)
- (Croatia, historical) fighter (in ancient Greek Olympics)
- (Croatia) a bodybuilding competition winner
- (Croatia) a strongman, athletic person
Declension
References
- “atlet”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024
Turkish
Etymology
From French athlète.
Pronunciation
Noun
atlet (definite accusative atleti, plural atletler)
- athlete
- singlet
Declension