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a jumping event contested in track and field which requires an athlete to carry a fiberglass pole down a runway, plant the pole into a vaulting box and vault over a fiberglass bar, landing on a matted pit
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: athletics, hobbies, lifestyle, sports
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a competition that involves jumping over a high crossbar with the aid of a long pole
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: pole vaulting, pole jump, pole jumping
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: field event
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
38 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Azerbaijani:
şüvüllə tullanma
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Bulgarian:
овчарски скок
(ovčarski skok)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Catalan:
salt de perxa
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Chinese Mandarin:
撐竿跳高 /撑竿跳高
(chēnggāntiàogāo)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Chinese Mandarin:
撐竿跳 /撑竿跳
(chēnggāntiào)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Czech:
skok o tyči
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Danish:
stangspring
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Dutch:
polsstokspringen
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Finnish:
seiväshyppy
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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French:
saut à la perche
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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German:
Stabhochsprung
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Greek:
άλμα επί κοντώ
(álma epí kontó)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Hebrew:
קפיצה במוט
(kfitsá bemót)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Hungarian:
rúdugrás
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Icelandic:
stangarstökk
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Italian:
salto con l'asta
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Japanese:
棒高跳
(bōtakatobi)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Japanese:
棒高跳び
(bōtakatobi)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Kazakh:
таяқпен секiру
(taäqpen sekiru)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Kazakh:
сырықпен секiру
(syryqpen sekiru)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Korean:
장대높이뛰기
(jangdaenopittwigi)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Korean:
봉고도
(bonggodo)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Māori:
peke tītoko
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Norwegian Bokmål:
stavsprang
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Norwegian Nynorsk:
stavsprang
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Polish:
skok o tyczce
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Portuguese:
salto com vara
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Portuguese:
salto à vara
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Romanian:
săritură cu prăjina
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Russian:
прыжо́к с шесто́м
(pryžók s šestóm)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Spanish:
salto con pértiga
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Spanish:
salto con garrocha
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Swedish:
stavhopp
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Tagalog:
baliksuwa
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Tagalog:
luksong-tikin
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Turkish:
sırıkla atlama
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Ukrainian:
стрибки́ з жерди́ною
(strybký z žerdýnoju)
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole
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Vietnamese:
nhảy sào
— jumping event where an athlete vaults over a high bar with the aid of a pole