Phrase guide

relay race

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A sports contest where the members of a team take turns e.g. swimming, running or skiing parts of a circuit.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: hobbies, lifestyle, sports

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: relay

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a race between teams; each member runs or swims part of the distance

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: relay

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: race

Narrower terms: torch race

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: سِبَاق تَتَابُع (sibāq tatābuʕ) — sports contest
  • Armenian: փոխանցումավազք (pʻoxancʻumavazkʻ) — sports contest
  • Catalan: cursa de relleus — sports contest
  • Chinese Mandarin: 接力賽 /接力赛 (jiēlìsài) — sports contest
  • Czech: štafeta — sports contest
  • Dutch: estafette — sports contest
  • Finnish: viestikilpailu — sports contest
  • Finnish: viesti — sports contest
  • Finnish: viestijuoksu — sports contest
  • Finnish: viestikisa — sports contest
  • German: Staffelwettbewerb — sports contest
  • German: Staffellauf — sports contest
  • German: Staffelschwimmen — sports contest
  • Greek: σκυταλοδρομία (skytalodromía) — sports contest
  • Indonesian: estafet — sports contest
  • Indonesian: lari sambung — sports contest
  • Italian: staffetta — sports contest
  • Kazakh: эстафета (éstafeta) — sports contest
  • Korean: 릴레이 경기 (rillei gyeonggi) — sports contest
  • Kyrgyz: эстафета (estafeta) — sports contest
  • Norwegian Bokmål: stafettløp — sports contest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stafettløp — sports contest
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: stafettlaup — sports contest
  • Polish: sztafeta — sports contest
  • Polish: bieg rozstawny — sports contest
  • Portuguese: estafeta — sports contest
  • Portuguese: revezamento — sports contest
  • Russian: эстафе́та (estaféta) — sports contest
  • Slovak: štafeta — sports contest
  • Spanish: carrera de relevos — sports contest
  • Swahili: mbio ya kupokezana — sports contest
  • Swedish: stafett — sports contest
  • Tagalog: hatirang-karera — sports contest
  • Tagalog: takbuhang-hatiran — sports contest
  • Tagalog: takbuhang-dugtungan — sports contest
  • Ukrainian: естафе́та (estaféta) — sports contest
  • Welsh: ras gyfnewid — sports contest