Etymology
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From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques.
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Olympic Games
- (historical, Ancient Greece) A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus. [from 16th c.]
The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC.
1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:In the times of the Olimpike games, with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poets and musitians to present his verses, with tents and pavillions gilt and most suinptuously tapistried.
1840, John Dunlop, The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated, London: Houlston and Stoneman, page 103:Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual.
- An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year. [from 19th c.]
Every athlete's dream is to compete at the Olympic Games.
2009 September 28, Owen Gibson, The Guardian:Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a boost yesterday when its most famous former resident, the American president, Barack Obama, ended months of speculation by announcing that he would fly to Copenhagen before Friday's vote, in order to lobby on the city's behalf.
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sporting festival held every four or five years in southern Greece
international multi-sport event inspired by the ancient festival
— see also Olympics
- Afrikaans: Olimpiese Spele
- Arabic: أَلْعَاب أُولِمْبِيَّة f pl (ʔalʕāb ʔulimbiyya), أُولِمْبِيَّة f (ʔulimbiyya)
- Aragonese: Chuegos Olimpicos m pl
- Armenian: օլիմպիական խաղեր pl (ōlimpiakan xaġer)
- Asturian: Xuegos Olímpicos m pl
- Azerbaijani: Olimpiya oyunları
- Banyumasan: Olimpiade
- Basque: Olinpiar Jokoak
- Belarusian: Алімпі́йскія гу́льні f pl (Alimpíjskija húlʹni)
- Bengali: অলিম্পিক গেমস (olimpik gemoś), অলিম্পিক্স (olimpikśo)
- Breton: C'hoarioù Olimpek
- Bulgarian: Олимпи́йски и́гри f pl (Olimpíjski ígri)
- Burmese: အိုလံပစ် (my) (uilampac), အိုလံပစ် အားကစားပွဲတော် (uilampac a:ka.ca:pwai:tau)
- Catalan: Jocs Olímpics m pl
- Chinese:
- Cantonese: 奧林匹克運動會/奥林匹克运动会 (ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui6), 奧運會/奥运会 (ou3 wan6 wui6)
- Hokkien: Olympia Ūn-tōng-hoē
- Mandarin: 奧林匹克運動會/奥林匹克运动会 (zh) (Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì), 奧運會/奥运会 (zh) (Àoyùnhuì), 奧林匹克/奥林匹克 (zh) (Àolínpǐkè)
- Czech: olympijské hry (cs) f pl
- Danish: Olympiske lege pl
- Dhivehi: އޮލީމްޕީކްސް (olīm̊pīk̊s)
- Dutch: Olympische Spelen (nl) pl
- Esperanto: Olimpiaj ludoj
- Estonian: Nüüdisaegsed olümpiamängud
- Faroese: olympiskir leikir m pl, OL
- Finnish: olympialaiset (fi) pl, olympiakisat (fi) pl
- French: Jeux olympiques (fr) m pl
- Middle French: jeux Olympiques m pl
- Galician: Xogos Olímpicos m pl
- Georgian: ოლიმპიური თამაშები (olimṗiuri tamašebi)
- German: Olympische Spiele (de) n pl, Olympiade (de) f
- Greek: Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες (el) m pl (Olympiakoí Agónes)
- Hebrew: הַמִשְׂחָקִים הַאוֹלִימְפִּיִּים m pl (hamis'khakím ha'olimpiyim)
- Hindi: ओलम्पिक खेल m (olampik khel), ओलंपिक (olampik), ओलंपिक खेल m (olampik khel)
- Hungarian: olimpiai játékok (hu)
- Icelandic: Ólympíuleikar m pl
- Indonesian: Olimpiade, Pertandingan Olimpiade
- Interlingua: Jocos Olympic
- Irish: Cluichí Oilimpeacha m pl
- Italian: giochi olimpici m pl
- Japanese: オリンピック (ja) (Orimpikku), オリンピック競技大会 (Orinpikku kyōgi taikai), 五輪 (ja) (Gorin)
- Kannada: ಒಲಂಪಿಕ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟ (olampik krīḍākūṭa)
- Kazakh: Олимпиада ойындары (Olimpiada oiyndary)
- Khmer: កីឡាអូឡាំពិក (kəylaa olimpik)
- Korean: 올림픽 경기 (Ollimpik gyeonggi), 올림픽 (ko) (Ollimpik), 오륜(五輪) (ko) (oryun)
- Kyrgyz: Олимпиада (Olimpiada)
- Lao: ກີລາແຫລມທອງ (kī lā lǣ ma thǭng)
- Latin: Olympia
- Latvian: Olimpiskās spēles pl
- Limburgish: Olympische Speule n pl
- Lithuanian: Olimpinės žaidynės pl
- Luxembourgish: Olympesch Spiller n pl
- Macedonian: Олимпи́ски игри f pl (Olimpíski igri)
- Malay: Sukan Olimpik
- Malayalam: ഒളിമ്പിക്സ് (oḷimpiksŭ)
- Maltese: Logħob Olimpiku m pl
- Maori: Ngā Taumāhekeheke o Te Ao
- Marathi: ऑलिंपिक (ŏlimpik)
- Mongolian: Олимпийн наадам (Olimpiin naadam)
- Navajo: ahąą honinééh
- Norman: Gammes Olŷmpiques (Guernsey), Gammes Olympiques f pl (Jersey)
- Norwegian: Olympiske leker
- Nynorsk: Olympiske leikar
- Persian: بازیهای المپیک (bâzi-hâ-ye olampik)
- Piedmontese: Gieugh olìmpich
- Polish: Igrzyska olimpijskie n pl
- Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos m pl, Olimpíadas f pl
- Quechua: Ulimpiku pukllaykuna
- Romanian: Jocuri Olimpice n pl, Olimpiadă (ro) f
- Russian: Олимпи́йские и́гры (ru) f pl (Olimpíjskije ígry), олимпиа́да (ru) f (olimpiáda)
- Samoan: Ta'aloga Olimipeka (sm)
- Scottish Gaelic: Geamannan Oilimpigeach m pl
- Serbo-Croatian:
- Cyrillic: Олимпијске игре f pl
- Roman: Olimpijske igre f pl
- Sicilian: Jòcura Olìmpici m pl
- Slovak: Olympijské hry f pl
- Slovene: Olimpijske igre (sl) f pl
- Spanish: Juegos Olímpicos (es) m pl
- Swahili: Michezo ya Olimpiki
- Swedish: Olympiska Spelen n pl
- Tagalog: palarong olimpiko
- Tajik: Бозиҳои Олимпӣ pl (Bozihoyi Olimpī)
- Tamil: ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் (olimpik viḷaiyāṭṭukkaḷ)
- Tatar: Олимпия уеннары (Olimpiyäuyennarı)
- Telugu: ఒలింపిక్ క్రీడలు (olimpik krīḍalu)
- Thai: กีฬาโอลิมปิก (geelaa ohlimbpìk)
- Turkish: Olimpiyat Oyunları (tr)
- Turkmen: olimpiada oýunlary
- Ukrainian: Олімпі́йські і́гри f pl (Olimpíjsʹki íhry)
- Urdu: اولمپکس (olampik)
- Uzbek: Olimpiya oʻyinlari
- Venetian: Xoghi Ołinpeghi
- Vietnamese: Thế vận hội
- Volapük: lepleds lümpik, Lepleds Lümpik
- Võro: olümpiamängoq
- Waray-Waray: pauyag olimpiko
- Welsh: Gemau Olympaidd
- West Frisian: Olympyske Spullen n pl
- Yoruba: Idije Olympiki
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