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heptathlon

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

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Pronunciation

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  • /hɛpˈtæθlɒn/
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noun

Meaning 1

An athletic contest comprising seven events; contested mostly by women, for whom this is an Olympic sport.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Afroasiatic *sṗɣ? Proto-Semitic *šabʕ-bor.? Proto-Indo-European *septḿ̥ Proto-Hellenic *heptə́ Ancient Greek ἑπτᾰ́ (heptắ)bor. English hepta- Proto-Indo-European *h2weh1-der. Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-tromder. Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon)bor. English -athlon English heptathlon From hepta- + -athlon.

Across languages

Translations

35 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: сямібо́р'е (sjamibórʺje) — athletic contest
  • Bulgarian: седмобой (sedmoboj) — athletic contest
  • Catalan: heptatló — athletic contest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 七項全能 /七项全能 (qīxiàng quánnéng) — athletic contest
  • Czech: sedmiboj — athletic contest
  • Danish: syvkamp — athletic contest
  • Dutch: zevenkamp — athletic contest
  • Estonian: seitsmevõistlus — athletic contest
  • Finnish: seitsenottelu — athletic contest
  • French: heptathlon — athletic contest
  • German: Siebenkampf — athletic contest
  • Greek: έπταθλο (éptathlo) — athletic contest
  • Hungarian: hétpróba — athletic contest
  • Icelandic: sjöþraut — athletic contest
  • Italian: eptathlon — athletic contest
  • Italian: eptatlon — athletic contest
  • Italian: heptathlon — athletic contest
  • Japanese: 七種競技 (nanashu kyōgi) — athletic contest
  • Japanese: ヘプタスロン (heputasuron) — athletic contest
  • Kazakh: жетісайыс (jetısaiys) — athletic contest
  • Korean: 칠종경기 (chiljonggyeonggi) — athletic contest
  • Latvian: septiņcīņa — athletic contest
  • Lithuanian: septýnkovė — athletic contest
  • Macedonian: седмобој (sedmoboj) — athletic contest
  • Macedonian: хептатлон (heptatlon) — athletic contest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sjukamp — athletic contest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sjukamp — athletic contest
  • Polish: siedmiobój — athletic contest
  • Portuguese: heptatlo — athletic contest
  • Romanian: heptatlon — athletic contest
  • Russian: семибо́рье (semibórʹje) — athletic contest
  • Spanish: heptatlón — athletic contest
  • Swedish: sjukamp — athletic contest
  • Turkish: heptatlon — athletic contest
  • Ukrainian: семибо́рство (semybórstvo) — athletic contest
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