biathlon
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English
Etymology
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Biathlon involves cross-country skiing (top) and rifle shooting. It is contested at both the Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games.
From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /baɪˈæθlən/, /-lɒn/
- (General American) IPA(key): /baɪˈæθˌlɑn/
Audio (General American): (file) - Hyphenation: bi‧ath‧lon
Noun
biathlon (countable and uncountable, plural biathlons)
- (winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.
Usage notes
Not to be confused with biathle (“an athletic contest consisting of running and swimming”) or duathlon (“an athletic contest consisting of cycling and running”).
Hypernyms
Coordinate terms
- duathlon · triathlon · quadrathlon · tetrathlon · pentathlon · hexathlon · heptathlon · octathlon · decathlon · pentadecathlon
- aquathlon · skiathlon
Derived terms
Translations
racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race
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See also
References
- ^ “biathlon, n.”, in OED Online
, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, December 2021; “biathlon, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.
Further reading
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio: (file)
Noun
biathlon m (plural biathlons)
French
Pronunciation
Noun
biathlon m (uncountable)
Related terms
Italian
Noun
biathlon m (invariable)
Polish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English biathlon, French biathlon, or German Biathlon, ultimately from bi- + Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon). First attested in 1891, but in common usage only as of 1958.
Pronunciation
Noun
biathlon m inan
- biathlon
- Synonym: dwubój zimowy
- mistrzostwa w biathlonie ― biathlon championship
- uprawiać biathlon ― to do a biathlon
Declension
Declension of biathlon
| singular | |
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| nominative | biathlon |
| genitive | biathlonu |
| dative | biathlonowi |
| accusative | biathlon |
| instrumental | biathlonem |
| locative | biathlonie |
| vocative | biathlonie |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
References
- ^ Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “biathlon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
- ^ Encyklopedya powszechna kieszonkowa wraz ze słownikiem wyrazów obcych w języku polskim używanych, 1891
- ^ Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “biathlon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
- ^ biathlon in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
Further reading
- biathlon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- biathlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Swedish
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
Noun
biathlon c
Usage notes
- For notes on the spelling, see -athlon.
Declension
Invariable besides the genitive form biathlons.