pentatlon

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See also: pentatlón and péntatlon

Czech

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Etymology

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

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: pen‧tat‧lon

Noun

pentatlon m inan (relational 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

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

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

singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative-accusative pentatlon pentatlonul pentatloane pentatloanele
genitive-dative pentatlon pentatlonului pentatloane pentatloanelor
vocative pentatlonule pentatloanelor

Derived terms

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