athletics

See also: Athletics

English

Etymology

From athlete +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æθˈlɛtɪks/

• Audio (Southern England)

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Noun

athletics

1. (sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
2. (sports, especially US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.

Derived terms

• para-athletics

Related terms

• athleticism

Translations

(chiefly Britain) a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking

• Finnish: yleisurheilu (fi)
• Hungarian: atlétika (hu)
• Indonesian: atletik (id)
• Irish: lúthchleas m, cleasa lúith m pl
• Macedonian: атлетика f (atletika)
• Malay: olahraga (ms)
• Polish: atletyka (pl) f

(chiefly US) physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill

• Albanian: atletikë (sq)
• Armenian: աթլետիկա (atʻletika)
• Bulgarian: атлетика (atletika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運動／运动 (zh) (yùndòng), 競技／竞技 (zh) (jìngjì), 體育／体育 (zh) (tǐyù)

• Czech: atletika (cs) f
• Danish: friidræt c, atletik (da) c
• Dutch: atletiek (nl) f
• Finnish: urheilu (fi)
• French: athlétisme (fr) m
• German: Athletik f
• Hindi: खेलकूद (khelkūd), व्यायाम (hi) m (vyāyām)
• Hungarian: sport (hu), sportolás (hu)
• Irish: lúthchleas m
• Italian: atletica (it) f
• Khmer: អត្តពលកម្ម (ʼattaʼpŏəlləkam)
• Macedonian: атлетика f (atletika)
• Maltese: atletika
• Maori: kaipara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: friidrett m

  Nynorsk: friidrett m

• Polish: lekkoatletyka (pl), atletyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: atletismo (pt) m
• Romanian: atletism (ro)
• Russian: атле́тика (ru) f (atlétika)
• Spanish: atletismo (es) m
• Swahili: riadha (sw)
• Swedish: friidrott (sv) c

Noun

athletics

1. plural of athletic