olympisk

Danish

Etymology

Via German olympisch from Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), Ὀλυμπιακός (Olumpiakós), Ὀλύμπιος (Olúmpios), derived partly from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, Mount Olympus), partly from Ὀλυμπος (Olumpos, Olympia).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [oˈlømˀb̥isɡ̊]

Adjective

olympisk (plural and definite singular attributive olympiske)

  1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games, held at Olympia in Elis)
  2. Olympian (relating to the Ancient Greek and Roman gods, residing on Olympus)

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)

  1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

olympisk (neuter singular olympisk, definite singular and plural olympiske)

  1. Olympic (relating to the Olympic Games)

References

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