"mixed martial arts" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From mixed + martial arts. Etymology templates: {{m|en|mixed}} mixed, {{m|en|martial art|martial arts}} martial arts Head templates: {{en-noun|p|head=mixed martial arts}} mixed martial arts pl (plural only)
  1. (sports, martial arts) A style of combat sport allowing a wide range of combat techniques such as striking and grappling. Wikipedia link: en:mixed martial arts Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Martial arts, Sports Synonyms: MMA Hypernyms: martial arts Derived forms: mixed martial artist, MMA Translations (Style of combat sport): gemengde vegkuns (Afrikaans), فُنُونٌ القِتَالِ الْمُخْتَلِطَة (funūnun al-qitāli l-muḵtaliṭa) [plural] (Arabic), ընդհանուր մենամարտեր (əndhanur menamarter) (Armenian), মিশ্র মার্শাল আর্টস (misro marśal arṭoś) (Bengali), 綜合格鬥 (Chinese Mandarin), 综合格斗 (zōnghé gédòu) (Chinese Mandarin), 混合武術 (Chinese Mandarin), 混合武术 (hùnhé wǔshù) (Chinese Mandarin), 無限制格鬥 (Chinese Mandarin), 无限制格斗 (wúxiànzhì gédòu) (Chinese Mandarin), mixed martial arts (Dutch), combat libre [masculine] (French), artes marciais mistas [feminine, plural] (Galician), შერეული საბრძოლო ხელოვნება (šereuli sabrʒolo xelovneba) (Georgian), Mixed Martial Arts [feminine, plural] (German), gemischte Kampfkünste [feminine, plural, singular] (German), arti marziali miste [feminine, plural] (Italian), 総合格闘技 (sōgō kakutōgi) (alt: そうごうかくとうぎ) (Japanese), аралас жекпе-жек (aralas jekpe-jek) (Kazakh), 종합격투기 (jonghapgyeoktugi) (alt: 綜合格鬥技) (Korean), 이종격투기 (ijonggyeoktugi) (alt: 異種格鬪技) (Korean), холимог тулааны урлаг (xolimog tulaany urlag) (Mongolian), mixed martial arts [plural] (Norwegian), artes marciais mistas (Portuguese), vale-tudo [masculine] (Portuguese), смешанные боевые искусства (smešannyje bojevyje iskusstva) [neuter, plural] (Russian), මිශ්ර සටන් ශිල්ප (miśra saṭan śilpa) (Sinhalese), artes marciales mixtas [feminine, plural] (Spanish), mixed martial arts [plural] (Swedish), ศิลปะการต่อสู้แบบผสม (Thai), karma dövüş sanatı (Turkish), karma dövüş sanatları [plural] (Turkish), võ thuật tổng hợp (Vietnamese)

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    {
      "alt": "異種格鬪技",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "ijonggyeoktugi",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "word": "이종격투기"
    },
    {
      "code": "mn",
      "lang": "Mongolian",
      "roman": "xolimog tulaany urlag",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "word": "холимог тулааны урлаг"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mixed martial arts"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "word": "artes marciais mistas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "vale-tudo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "smešannyje bojevyje iskusstva",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "tags": [
        "neuter",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "смешанные боевые искусства"
    },
    {
      "code": "si",
      "lang": "Sinhalese",
      "roman": "miśra saṭan śilpa",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "word": "මිශ්ර සටන් ශිල්ප"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "artes marciales mixtas"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "mixed martial arts"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "word": "ศิลปะการต่อสู้แบบผสม"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "word": "karma dövüş sanatı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "karma dövüş sanatları"
    },
    {
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "Style of combat sport",
      "word": "võ thuật tổng hợp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "mixed martial arts"
}

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