"decathlon" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /diːˈkæθlɒn/ [UK], /dɪˈkæθlɒn/ [UK], /ɖᵻˈkat̪ʰ.lɔn/ (note: Indic), /ˈɖɛkət̪ʰlɔn/ (note: Indic) Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decathlon.wav Forms: decathlons [plural], decathla [plural]
Etymology: From dec- + -athlon, coined for the 1912 Summer Olympics in analogy to the word pentathlon. Etymology templates: {{af|en|dec-|-athlon}} dec- + -athlon Head templates: {{en-noun|+|decathla}} decathlon (plural decathlons or decathla)
  1. An athletic contest consisting of ten events which includes sprinting, hurdling, jumping, and throwing over a span of two days. Translations (athletic contest): dhjetëgarësh [masculine] (Albanian), տասնամարտ (tasnamart) (Armenian), дзесяцібо́р'е (dzjesjacibórʺje) [neuter] (Belarusian), десетобой (desetoboj) [masculine] (Bulgarian), decatló [masculine] (Catalan), 十項全能 /十项全能 (shíxiàng quánnéng) (Chinese Mandarin), desetiboj [masculine] (Czech), tikamp [common-gender] (Danish), tienkamp [masculine] (Dutch), dekatlono (Esperanto), kümnevõistlus (Estonian), kymmenottelu (Finnish), décathlon [masculine] (French), décatlon [masculine] (Galician), ათჭიდი (atč̣idi) (Georgian), Zehnkampf [masculine] (German), Dekathlon [masculine, neuter] (German), δέκαθλο (dékathlo) [neuter] (Greek), tízpróba (Hungarian), tugþraut [feminine] (Icelandic), decathlon [masculine] (Italian), 十種競技 (jisshiu kyōgi) (alt: じっしゅきょうぎ) (Japanese), デカスロン (dekasuron) (Japanese), онсайыс (onsaiys) (Kazakh), 십종경기 (sipjonggyeonggi) (alt: 十種競技) (Korean), desmitcīņa [feminine] (Latvian), dešim̃tkovė [feminine] (Lithuanian), десетобој (desetoboj) [masculine] (Macedonian), декатлон (dekatlon) [masculine] (Macedonian), dasalumba (Malay), ഡക്കാത്ത്ലോൺ (ḍakkāttlōṇ) (Malayalam), tikamp [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), tikamp [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), دهگانه (Persian), dziesięciobój [masculine] (Polish), decatlo [masculine] (Portuguese), decatlon [neuter] (Romanian), десятибо́рье (desjatibórʹje) [neuter] (Russian), desaťboj [masculine] (Slovak), deseteroboj [masculine] (Slovene), decatlón [masculine] (Spanish), tiokamp [common-gender] (Swedish), dekatlon (Turkish), десятибо́рство (desjatybórstvo) [neuter] (Ukrainian), mười môn phối hợp (Vietnamese)
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  2. A contest in science and math proving skill.
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Related terms: decathlete

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      "word": "dziesięciobój"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "word": "decatlo"
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      "code": "ro",
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      "sense": "athletic contest",
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      "word": "decatlon"
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      "word": "десятибо́рье"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "word": "десятибо́рство"
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      "code": "vi",
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      "sense": "athletic contest",
      "word": "mười môn phối hợp"
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-04-26 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-04-01 using wiktextract (7de0cf9 and 9452535). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.