triatlon
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Czech
Etymology
Internationalism; compare English triathlon, French triathlon, or German Triathlon. By surface analysis, Latin tri- + Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”).
Pronunciation
Noun
triatlon m inan (related adjective triatlonový)
- (sports) triathlon (athletics event in which contestants compete in swimming, cycling and running)
- Hypernym: trojboj
Declension
Declension of triatlon (hard masculine inanimate)
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | triatlon | triatlony |
| genitive | triatlonu | triatlonů |
| dative | triatlonu | triatlonům |
| accusative | triatlon | triatlony |
| vocative | triatlone | triatlony |
| locative | triatlonu | triatlonech |
| instrumental | triatlonem | triatlony |
Derived terms
- triatlonista m anim
See also
- biatlon m inan
- duatlon m inan
- kvadriatlon m inan
- pentatlon m inan
Further reading
- “triatlon”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)
Finnish
Alternative forms
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
triatlon
- triathlon (swimming, cycling and running)
Declension
| Inflection of triatlon (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | triatlon | triatlonit | |
| genitive | triatlonin | triatlonien triatloneiden triatloneitten | |
| partitive | triatlonia | triatloneita triatloneja | |
| illative | triatloniin | triatloneihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | triatlon | triatlonit | |
| accusative | nom. | triatlon | triatlonit |
| gen. | triatlonin | ||
| genitive | triatlonin | triatlonien triatloneiden triatloneitten | |
| partitive | triatlonia | triatloneita triatloneja | |
| inessive | triatlonissa | triatloneissa | |
| elative | triatlonista | triatloneista | |
| illative | triatloniin | triatloneihin | |
| adessive | triatlonilla | triatloneilla | |
| ablative | triatlonilta | triatloneilta | |
| allative | triatlonille | triatloneille | |
| essive | triatlonina | triatloneina | |
| translative | triatloniksi | triatloneiksi | |
| abessive | triatlonitta | triatloneitta | |
| instructive | — | triatlonein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
Derived terms
Further reading
- “triatlon”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From tri- + Ancient Greek ἆθλος (âthlos, “contest”).
Noun
triatlon m (definite singular triatlonen, indefinite plural triatloner, definite plural triatlonene)
References
- “triatlon” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From tri- + Ancient Greek ἆθλος (âthlos, “contest”).
Noun
triatlon m (definite singular triatlonen, indefinite plural triatlonar, definite plural triatlonane)
References
- “triatlon” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Pronunciation
Noun
triatlon m inan
- Alternative spelling of triathlon
Declension
Declension of triatlon
| singular | |
|---|---|
| nominative | triatlon |
| genitive | triatlonu |
| dative | triatlonowi |
| accusative | triatlon |
| instrumental | triatlonem |
| locative | triatlonie |
| vocative | triatlonie |
Derived terms
adjective
nouns
Further reading
- triatlon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- triatlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French triathlon.
Pronunciation
Noun
triatlon n (plural triatlonuri)
Declension
| singular | plural | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | ||
| nominative-accusative | triatlon | triatlonul | triatlonuri | triatlonurile | |
| genitive-dative | triatlon | triatlonului | triatlonuri | triatlonurilor | |
| vocative | triatlonule | triatlonurilor | |||
Derived terms
Further reading
- triatlon in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Swedish
Noun
triatlon c
- Alternative spelling of triathlon
Usage notes
- See the usage notes for -atlon.