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Czech
Etymology
From pěti- (“penta-”) + boj (“fight”). Calque of Ancient Greek πένταθλον (péntathlon).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key):
- Hyphenation: pě‧ti‧boj
Noun
pětiboj m inan
- pentathlon (discipline made up of five events)
- Hypernym: víceboj
- Coordinate terms: sedmiboj, desetiboj
Declension
Declension of pětiboj (soft masculine inanimate)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pětiboj”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
- “pětiboj”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
- “pětiboj”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)