biathlon

See also: Biathlon

English
WOTD – 5 March 2022

Etymology
PIE word
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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.[1]

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /baɪˈæθlən/, /-lɒn/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /baɪˈæθˌlɑn/
  • Audio (GA)(file)
  • Hyphenation: bi‧ath‧lon

Noun

biathlon (countable and uncountable, plural biathlons)

  1. (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

Derived terms

Translations

See also

References
  1. “biathlon, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required⁠, 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)

  1. Superseded spelling of biatlon.

French

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /bja.tlɔ̃/
  • Audio(file)

Noun

biathlon m (uncountable)

  1. biathlon

Italian

Noun

biathlon m (invariable)

  1. biathlon

Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Internationalism; compare English biathlon, French biathlon, or German Biathlon, ultimately from bi- +‎ Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon).[1] First attested in 1891, but in common usage only as of 1958.[2][3][4]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /biˈat.lɔn/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -atlɔn
  • Syllabification: bi‧ath‧lon

Noun

biathlon m inan

  1. biathlon
    Synonym: dwubój zimowy
    mistrzostwa w biathlonie ― biathlon championship
    uprawiać biathlon ― to do a biathlon

Declension
Declension of biathlon
singular
nominative biathlon
genitive biathlonu
dative biathlonowi
accusative biathlon
instrumental biathlonem
locative biathlonie
vocative biathlonie

Derived terms
adjective
nouns

References
  1. Mirosław Bańko, Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) “biathlon”, in Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Encyklopedya powszechna kieszonkowa wraz ze słownikiem wyrazów obcych w języku polskim używanych‎, 1891
  3. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), “biathlon”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  4. 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
  • IPA(key): /ˈbiːatlɔn/

Noun

biathlon c

  1. (winter sports) biathlon

Usage notes
  • For notes on the spelling, see -athlon.

Declension

Invariable besides the genitive form biathlons.

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