martial art

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Calque of Japanese 武術 (bujutsu), which is itself borrowed from Chinese 武術 /武术 (wǔshù). However, the term had been already mentioned in Pope's Iliad (1715, 4.360), and in Sotheby's Iliad (1831, book 6).

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: arti luftarak — fighting style
• Arabic: فَنٌّ قِتَالِيّ (fannun qitāliyy) — fighting style
• Arabic: الفُنُون القِتَالِيَّة (al-funūn al-qitāliyya) — fighting style
• Armenian: մարտարվեստ (martarvest) — fighting style
• Asturian: arte marcial — fighting style
• Azerbaijani: döyüş sənəti — fighting style
• Belarusian: баяво́е маста́цтва (bajavóje mastáctva) — fighting style
• Bulgarian: бо́йно изку́ство (bójno izkústvo) — fighting style
• Catalan: art marcial — fighting style
• Chinese Cantonese: 武術 /武术 (mou5 seot6) — fighting style
• Chinese Mandarin: 武術 /武术 (wǔshù) — fighting style
• Chinese Mandarin: 武藝 /武艺 (wǔyì) — fighting style
• Czech: bojové umění — fighting style
• Danish: kampsport — fighting style
• Dutch: vechtsport — fighting style
• Dutch: vechtkunst — fighting style
• Dutch: gevechtssport — fighting style
• Dutch: gevechtskunst — fighting style
• Dutch: krijgskunst — fighting style
• Esperanto: luktarto — fighting style
• Esperanto: luktosporto — fighting style
• Estonian: võitluskunst — fighting style
• Finnish: kamppailulaji — fighting style
• French: art martial — fighting style
• Galician: arte marcial — fighting style
• Georgian: საბრძოლო ხელოვნება (sabrʒolo xelovneba) — fighting style
• German: Kampfkunst — fighting style
• German: Kampfsport — fighting style
• Greek: πολεμικές τέχνες (polemikés téchnes) — fighting style
• Hebrew: אמנות לחימה — fighting style
• Hindi: युद्ध कलाएँ (yuddh kalāẽ) — fighting style
• Hungarian: harcművészet — fighting style
• Icelandic: bardagaíþrótt — fighting style
• Indonesian: seni bela diri — fighting style
• Irish: ealaín oscartha — fighting style
• Italian: arti marziali — fighting style
• Japanese: 武術 (bujutsu) — fighting style
• Japanese: 武道 (budō) — fighting style
• Japanese: 武芸 (bugei) — fighting style
• Khmer: គុន (kun) — fighting style
• Khmer: គុនក្បាច់ (kun kbac) — fighting style
• Korean: 무예 (muye) — fighting style
• Korean: 무술 (musul) — fighting style
• Latvian: cīņas māksla — fighting style
• Lithuanian: kovos menas — fighting style
• Macedonian: боречка вештина (borečka veština) — fighting style
• Malay: seni mempertahankan diri — fighting style
• Malayalam: ആയോധനകല (āyōdhanakala) — fighting style
• Maltese: arti marzjali — fighting style
• Norwegian: kampsport — fighting style
• Norwegian: kampaktivitet — fighting style
• Norwegian: kampkunst — fighting style
• Pannonian Rusyn: борительна схопносц (boritelʹna sxopnosc) — fighting style
• Persian: هنر رزمی (honar-e razmi) — fighting style
• Polish: sztuka walki — fighting style
• Portuguese: arte marcial — fighting style
• Romanian: artă marțială — fighting style
• Russian: боево́е иску́сство (bojevóje iskússtvo) — fighting style
• Russian: единобо́рства (jedinobórstva) — fighting style
• Serbo-Croatian: борилачка вештина — fighting style
• Serbo-Croatian: борилачка вјештина — fighting style
• Serbo-Croatian: borilačka veština — fighting style
• Serbo-Croatian: borilačka vještina — fighting style
• Slovak: bojové umenie — fighting style
• Slovene: borilna veščina — fighting style
• Slovene: umetnost bojevanja — fighting style
• Spanish: arte marcial — fighting style
• Swedish: kampsport — fighting style
• Thai: ศิลปะการต่อสู้ (sĭnlábpà gaan dtòr sôo) — fighting style
• Turkish: dövüş sanatı — fighting style
• Ukrainian: бойове́ мисте́цтво (bojové mystéctvo) — fighting style
• Uyghur: چامباشچىلىق (chambashchiliq) — fighting style
• Vietnamese: môn võ — fighting style
• Vietnamese: môn võ thuật — fighting style
• Vietnamese: võ thuật — fighting style
• Vietnamese: vũ thuật — fighting style
• Chinese Mandarin: 兵法 (bīngfǎ) — military prowess
• Finnish: sotataito — military prowess
• German: Kriegskunst — military prowess
• Polish: sztuka wojenna — military prowess
• Russian: вое́нное иску́сство (vojénnoje iskússtvo) — military prowess
• Swedish: stridskonst — military prowess
• Turkish: harp — military prowess
• Turkish: savaş — military prowess
• Vietnamese: tài năng chiến đấu — military prowess