athletics

See also: Athletics

English

Etymology

From athlete +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /æθˈlɛtɪks/

Noun

athletics

1. (sports, especially Britain) A group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country and racewalking.
2. (sports, especially US) Physical activities such as sports and games requiring stamina, fitness and skill.

Derived terms

• para-athletics

Related terms

• athleticism

Translations

physical activities

• Albanian: atletikë (sq)
• Armenian: աթլետիկա (atʿletika)
• Bulgarian: атлетика (atletika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 運動 (zh), 运动 (zh) (yùndòng), 競技 (zh), 竞技 (zh) (jìngjì), 體育 (zh), 体育 (zh) (tǐyù)

• Czech: atletika (cs) f
• Danish: friidræt c, atletik (da) c
• Dutch: atletiek (nl) f
• Finnish: urheilu (fi)
• French: athlétisme (fr) m
• German: Athletik f
• Hindi: खेलकूद (khelkūd), व्यायाम (hi) m (vyāyām)
• Irish: lúthchleas m
• Italian: atletica (it) f
• Khmer: អត្តពលកម្ម (ʼattaʼpŏəlləkam)
• Macedonian: атлетика f (atletika)
• Maltese: atletika
• Maori: kaipara
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: friidrett m

  Nynorsk: friidrett m

• Polish: lekkoatletyka (pl), atletyka (pl) f
• Portuguese: atletismo (pt) m
• Romanian: atletism (ro)
• Russian: атле́тика (ru) f (atlétika)
• Spanish: atletismo (es) m
• Swahili: riadha (sw)
• Swedish: friidrott (sv) c

group of sports

• Finnish: yleisurheilu (fi)
• Indonesian: atletik (id)
• Irish: lúthchleas m, cleasa lúith m pl
• Macedonian: атлетика f (atletika)
• Malay: olahraga (ms)
• Polish: atletyka (pl) f

Noun

athletics

1. plural of athletic