Phrase guide

discus throw

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An athletic throwing event where the object to be thrown is a heavy lenticular disc called discus.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Across languages

Translations

41 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Basque: disko jaurtiketa — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Bulgarian: диск хвърляне (disk hvǎrljane) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Catalan: llançament de disc — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Chinese Mandarin: 鐵餅 /铁饼 (tiěbǐng) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Czech: hod diskem — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Danish: diskoskast — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Dutch: discuswerpen — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Esperanto: diskoĵetado — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Finnish: kiekonheitto — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • French: lancer du disque — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Galician: lanzamento de disco — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • German: Diskuswurf — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • German: Diskuswerfen — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Greek: δισκοβολία (diskovolía) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Gujarati: ચક્રફેંક (cakrapheṅk) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Hebrew: זריקת דיסקוס (zrikát dískus) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Hungarian: diszkoszvetés — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Icelandic: kringlukast — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Italian: lancio del disco — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Japanese: 円盤投 (enban-tō) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Korean: 원반던지기 (wonbandeonjigi) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Korean: 투원반 (tuwonban) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Latvian: diska mešana — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Lithuanian: disko metimas — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Malay: lempar cakera — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Norwegian Bokmål: diskoskast — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: diskoskast — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Polish: rzut dyskiem — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Portuguese: lançamento de disco — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Portuguese: lançamento do disco — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Romanian: aruncarea discului — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Russian: метание диска (metanije diska) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Serbo-Croatian: бацање диска — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Serbo-Croatian: bacanje diska — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Slovak: hod diskom — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Spanish: lanzamiento de disco — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Swedish: diskuskast — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Turkish: disk atma — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Ukrainian: метання диска (metannja dyska) — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Vietnamese: ném đĩa — athletic event where a discus is thrown
  • Volapük: diskudijed — athletic event where a discus is thrown