"biathlon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /baɪˈæθlən/ [Received-Pronunciation], /-lɒn/ [Received-Pronunciation], /baɪˈæθˌlɑn/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-biathlon.oga Forms: biathlons [plural]
Etymology: PIE word *dwóh₁ From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon. Etymology templates: {{PIE word|en|dwóh₁}} PIE word *dwóh₁, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂weh₁-}}, {{glossary|prefix}} prefix, {{glossary|suffix}} suffix, {{confix|en|bi|athlon|pos1=prefix meaning ‘two; both’|pos2=suffix meaning ‘contest’}} bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) + -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’) Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Gun sports, Skiing, Winter sports Hypernyms: Nordic skiing Derived forms: biathlete, biathloner, para biathlon, para-biathlon Related terms: cross training Coordinate_terms: duathlon · triathlon · quadrathlon · tetrathlon · pentathlon · hexathlon · heptathlon · octathlon · decathlon · pentadecathlon, aquathlon · skiathlon Translations (racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race): biatlón [masculine] (Asturian), biatlon (Azerbaijani), biatloi (Basque), біятло́н (bijatlón) (Belarusian), биатло́н (biatlón) [masculine] (Bulgarian), biatló [masculine] (Catalan), 冬季兩項 (Chinese Mandarin), 冬季两项 (dōngjì liǎngxiàng) (Chinese Mandarin), 兩項比賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 两项比赛 (liǎngxiàng bǐsài) (Chinese Mandarin), 兩項競賽 (Chinese Mandarin), 两项竞赛 (liǎngxiàng jìngsài) (Chinese Mandarin), biatlon [masculine] (Czech), skiskydning [common-gender] (Danish), biathlon [masculine, obsolete] (Dutch), biatlon [masculine] (Dutch), biatlono (Esperanto), laskesuusatamine (Estonian), ampumahiihto (Finnish), biathlon [masculine] (French), ბიატლონი (biaṭloni) (Georgian), Biathlon [neuter] (German), δίαθλο (díathlo) (Greek), ביאתלון [masculine] (Hebrew), biatlon (Hungarian), skíðaskotfimi [feminine] (Icelandic), dé-atlan [masculine] (Irish), biathlon [masculine] (Italian), バイアスロン (baiasuron) (Japanese), 바이애슬론 (baiaeseullon) (Korean), biatlons [masculine] (Latvian), biatlon (Limburgish), biatlonas (Lithuanian), skiskyting [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), skiskyting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), biathlon [masculine] (Polish), biatlon [masculine] (Polish), dwubój zimowy [masculine] (Polish), biatlo [masculine] (Portuguese), biatlon (Romanian), биатло́н (biatlón) [masculine] (Russian), би̏атлон [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), bȉatlon [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), biatlon (Slovak), biatlon (Slovene), biatlón [masculine] (Spanish), skidskytte (Swedish), ทวิกีฬาฤดูหนาว (Thai), biatlon (Turkish), біатло́н (biatlón) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
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          "code": "th",
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          "word": "ทวิกีฬาฤดูหนาว"
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          "word": "biatlon"
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      "word": "biatlon"
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      "word": "biatloi"
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      "tags": [
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    },
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "biatló"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "冬季兩項"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "roman": "dōngjì liǎngxiàng",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "冬季两项"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "兩項比賽"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liǎngxiàng bǐsài",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
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    },
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "兩項競賽"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "liǎngxiàng jìngsài",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "两项竞赛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skiskydning"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biathlon"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlono"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "laskesuusatamine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "ampumahiihto"
    },
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
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      "word": "biathlon"
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      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "ბიატლონი"
    },
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
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      "word": "Biathlon"
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    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "díathlo",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "δίαθλο"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "ביאתלון"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "is",
      "lang": "Icelandic",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "skíðaskotfimi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "dé-atlan"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "biathlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "baiasuron",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "バイアスロン"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "baiaeseullon",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "바이애슬론"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biatlons"
    },
    {
      "code": "li",
      "lang": "Limburgish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlonas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
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      "word": "skiskyting"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "skiskyting"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biathlon"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
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        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "dwubój zimowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biatlo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "biatlón",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "биатло́н"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "би̏атлон"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
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      "word": "bȉatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "biatlón"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "skidskytte"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "ทวิกีฬาฤดูหนาว"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
      "word": "biatlon"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "biatlón",
      "sense": "racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; a particular instance of such a race",
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      "word": "біатло́н"
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}

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