Phrase guide

javelin 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 the javelin, a spear-like object made of metal, fiberglass and, in some cases, kyshashrek.

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Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Across languages

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  • Afrikaans: spiesgooi — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Arabic: رمي الرمح — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Asturian: llanzamientu de xavalina — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Basque: xabalina jaurtiketa — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Bengali: বর্শা নিক্ষেপ (borśa nikkhep) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Bulgarian: хвърляне на копие (hvǎrljane na kopie) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Catalan: llançament de javelina — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Chinese Mandarin: 擲標槍 /掷标枪 (zhì biāoqiāng) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Chinese Mandarin: 標槍擲遠 /标枪掷远 — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Czech: hod oštěpem — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Danish: spydkast — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Dutch: speerwerpen — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Esperanto: lancoĵeto — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Estonian: odavise — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Finnish: keihäänheitto — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • French: lancer du javelot — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Galician: lanzamento de xavelina — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • German: Speerwurf — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Greek: ακοντισμός (akontismós) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκοντισμός (akontismós) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Ancient Greek: ἀκόντισις (akóntisis) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Gujarati: ભાલાફેંક (bhālāpheṅk) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Gujarati: બરછીફેંક (barchīpheṅk) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Hebrew: הטלת כידון (hatalát kidón) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Hindi: भाला फेंक (bhālā phẽk) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Hungarian: gerelyhajítás — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Icelandic: spjótkast — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Indonesian: lempar lembing — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Interlingua: lanceamento del javelina — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Italian: lancio del giavellotto — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Japanese: やり投 (yari-tō) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Kazakh: найза лақтыру (naiza laqtyru) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Korean: 창던지기 (changdeonjigi) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Northern Kurdish: rimavêjî — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Latvian: šķēpa mešana — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Lithuanian: ieties metimas — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Malay: rejam lembing — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Malayalam: ജാവലിൻ ത്രോ (jāvaliṉ trō) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Mongolian: жад шидэлт (žad šidelt) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spydkast — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spjutkast — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spydkast — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Occitan: lançament de bigatana — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Persian: پرتاب نیزه — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Polish: rzut oszczepem — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Portuguese: lançamento de dardo — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Portuguese: lançamento do dardo — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Punjabi: ਜੈਵਲਿਨ ਥਰੋਅ (jaivlin tharoa) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Romanian: aruncarea suliței — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Russian: мета́ние копья́ (metánije kopʹjá) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Serbo-Croatian: бацање копља — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Serbo-Croatian: bacanje koplja — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Sinhalese: හෙල්ලය විසිකිරීම (hellaya wisikirīma) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Slovak: hod oštepom — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Spanish: lanzamiento de jabalina — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Swedish: spjutkastning — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Swedish: spjut — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Turkish: cirit atma — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Ukrainian: метання списа (metannja spysa) — athletic event where a javelin is thrown
  • Vietnamese: ném lao — athletic event where a javelin is thrown