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See also: athlète
English [ edit ] An athlete An athlete Etymology [ edit ] From Middle English athlete , from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete ), from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής ( athlētḗs ) , from ἀθλέω ( athléō , “ compete for a prize ” ) , from ἆθλον ( âthlon , “ prize ” ) or ἆθλος ( âthlos , “ competition ” ) .[ 1]
Pronunciation [ edit ] ( Received Pronunciation ) IPA(key): /ˈæθ.liːt/ ( General American, Canada ) IPA(key): /ˈæθ.lit/ IPA(key): ( proscribed, anaptyctic ) /ˈæθ.ə.liːt/ Rhymes: -æθliːt Noun [ edit ] athlete (plural athletes)
A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking. ( US, Canada ) She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor. 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist[1], volume 101 , number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013 , page 134 : Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent. An exceptionally physically fit person. Synonyms [ edit ] Derived terms [ edit ] athletehood athlete's foot athleticism athletocracy biathlete cyberathlete decathlete e-athlete ethlete heptathlete mathlete neutral Paralympic athlete nonathlete para-athlete parathlete Spanish athlete student-athlete , student athlete superathlete triathlete world's greatest athlete [ edit ] Translations [ edit ] participant in track and field, road running, cross country running, or racewalking
— see also sportsperson
Albanian: atlet (sq) m , atlete (sq) f Arabic: please add this translation if you can Armenian: please add this translation if you can Belarusian: лёгкаатле́т m ( ljohkaatljét ) , лёгкаатле́тка f ( ljohkaatljétka ) Bulgarian: лекоатле́т m ( lekoatlét ) , лекоатле́тка f ( lekoatlétka ) Burmese: အားကစားသမား ( a:ka.ca:sa.ma: ) Catalan: atleta (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 田徑運動員 / 田径运动员 ( tiánjìng yùndòngyuán ) Coptic: ⲁⲑⲗⲏⲧⲏⲥ ( athlētēs ) Czech: atlet (cs) m , atletka (cs) f Danish: atlet (da) c Esperanto: atleto , sportisto Finnish: yleisurheilija (fi) French: athlète (fr) m or f Georgian: ათლეტი ( atleṭi ) German: Athlet (de) m , Athletin (de) f , Sportler (de) , Sportlerin (de) f Greek: αθλητής (el) m ( athlitís ) , αθλήτρια (el) f ( athlítria ) Ancient Greek: ἀθλητής m ( athlētḗs ) Hungarian: atléta (hu) Icelandic: íþrottmaður m Ido: atleto (io) Indonesian: atlet (id) Irish: lúthchleasaí m Italian: atleta (it) m or f Japanese: 陸上競技の選手 ( りくじょうきょうぎのせんしゅ, rikujō kyōgi no senshu ) , 陸上選手 ( りくじょうせんしゅ, rikujō senshu ) Kazakh: жеңіл атлет ( jeñıl atlet ) Khmer: អត្តពលិក ( ʼattaʼpŏəllɨk ) , អ្នកកីឡា ( nĕək kəylaa ) Korean: 육상 경기 선수 ( yuksang gyeonggi seonsu ) , 육상 선수 ( yuksang seonsu ) Latin: āthlēta m Lithuanian: atletas m , atletė f , sportininkas m , sportininkė f Māori: kaipara Mongolian: please add this translation if you can Norwegian: Bokmål: idrettsmann m , idrettsutøver m Nynorsk: idrettsmann m , idrettsutøvar m Polish: lekkoatleta (pl) m , lekkoatletka (pl) f , atleta (pl) m , atletka (pl) f Portuguese: atleta (pt) m or f Russian: легкоатле́т (ru) m ( lexkoatlét ) , легкоатле́тка (ru) f ( lexkoatlétka ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: спортиста m , спо̀рта̄ш m ( Croatia ) Latin: sportista m , spòrtāš (sh) m ( Croatia ) Slovak: športovec m Spanish: atleta (es) m or f Swahili: mwanariadha (sw) Swedish: friidrottare (sv) Telugu: క్రీడాకారుడు ( krīḍākāruḍu ) , క్రీడాకారిణి ( krīḍākāriṇi ) Thai: นักกีฬา (th) ( nák-gii-laa ) Turkish: please add this translation if you can پهلوان ( pehlevân, pehlivân ) Ukrainian: легкоатле́т (uk) m ( lehkoatlét ) , легкоатле́тка f ( lehkoatlétka ) Vietnamese: vận động viên (vi)
person who actively participates in physical sports
— see also sportsperson
Albanian: atlet (sq) m , atlete (sq) f Arabic: رِيَاضِيّ m ( riyāḍiyy ) , رِيَاضِيَّة (ar) f ( riyāḍiyya ) Armenian: սպորտսմեն (hy) ( sportsmen ) , մարզիկ (hy) ( marzik ) Azerbaijani: idmançı (az) Belarusian: спартсме́н m ( spartsmjén ) , спартсме́нка f ( spartsmjénka ) , спарто́вец m ( spartóvjec ) , спарто́ўка f ( spartówka ) , атле́т m ( atljét ) , атле́тка f ( atljétka ) Bulgarian: атле́т m ( atlét ) , атле́тка f ( atlétka ) , спорти́ст (bg) m ( sportíst ) , спорти́стка f ( sportístka ) Burmese: အားကစားသမား ( a:ka.ca:sa.ma: ) Catalan: atleta (ca) m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 運動員 / 运动员 (zh) ( yùndòngyuán ) Czech: sportovec (cs) m , sportovkyně (cs) f Danish: sportsudøver (da) c Dutch: atleet (nl) Esperanto: atleto Estonian: sportlane Finnish: atleetti (fi) French: athlète (fr) m or f , sportif (fr) m , sportive (fr) f Galician: atleta (gl) m or f Georgian: ათლეტი ( atleṭi ) , სპორტსმენი (ka) ( sṗorṭsmeni ) German: Sportler (de) m , Sportlerin (de) f , Athlet (de) m , Athletin (de) f Greek: αθλητής (el) m ( athlitís ) , αθλήτρια (el) f ( athlítria ) Ancient Greek: ἀθλητής m ( athlētḗs ) Hebrew: אַתְלֶט (he) m ( atlét ) Hindi: खिलाड़ी m ( khilāṛī ) Hungarian: atléta (hu) Ido: atleto (io) Indonesian: atlet (id) Irish: lúthchleasaí m Italian: atleta (it) m or f , sportivo (it) m , sportiva (it) f Japanese: 運動選手 (ja) ( うんどうせんしゅ, undō senshu ) , 選手 (ja) ( せんしゅ, senshu ) Kazakh: спортшы ( sportşy ) Khmer: អត្តពលិក ( ʼattaʼpŏəllɨk ) , អ្នកកីឡា ( nĕək kəylaa ) Korean: 운동선수(運動選手) ( undongseonsu ) , 선수(選手) (ko) ( seonsu ) Kurdish: Northern Kurdish: palewan (ku) m , werzişvan (ku) m Kyrgyz: спортчу (ky) ( sportcu ) Lao: ນັກກິລາ (lo) ( nak ki lā ) Latin: āthlēta m Latvian: atlēts m , atlēte f , sportists m , sportiste f Lithuanian: sportininkas m , sportininkė f Macedonian: спорти́ст m ( sportíst ) , спорти́стка f ( sportístka ) Malay: atlet , olahragawan (ms) Māori: kaipara Mongolian: Cyrillic: тамирчин (mn) ( tamirčin ) Mongolian script: ᠲᠠᠮᠢᠷᠴᠢᠨ ( tamirčin ) Norwegian: Bokmål: atlet m Pashto: ورزشکار m ( warzǝškãr ) Persian: Iranian Persian: وَرْزِشْکار (fa) ( varzeškâr ) Polish: sportowiec (pl) m , sportsmenka (pl) f , atleta (pl) m , atletka (pl) f Portuguese: atleta (pt) m or f Romanian: atlet (ro) m , atletă (ro) f Russian: спортсме́н (ru) m ( sportsmén ) , спортсме́нка (ru) f ( sportsménka ) , атле́т (ru) m ( atlét ) , атле́тка (ru) f ( atlétka ) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: спортиста m , спо̀рта̄ш m ( Croatia ) Latin: sportista m , spòrtāš (sh) m ( Croatia ) Slovak: športovec m , športovkyňa f Slovene: športnik (sl) m , športnica f Spanish: atleta (es) m or f Swahili: mwanariadha (sw) Swedish: atlet (sv) c Tajik: варзишгар ( varzišgar ) Tatar: спортчы ( sportçı ) Thai: นักกีฬา (th) ( nák-gii-laa ) Turkish: sporcu (tr) Ottoman Turkish: پهلوان ( pehlevân, pehlivân ) Turkmen: sportçy Ukrainian: спортсме́н m ( sportsmén ) , спортсме́нка f ( sportsménka ) , спорто́вець m ( sportóvecʹ ) , спорто́вка f ( sportóvka ) , атле́т (uk) m ( atlét ) , атле́тка f ( atlétka ) Urdu: کِھلاڑی m ( khilāṛī ) , وَرْزِش کار m ( varziś kār ) Uyghur: تەنھەرىكەتچى ( tenheriketchi ) , ئىسپورتچى ( isportchi ) Uzbek: sportchi (uz) , atlet (uz) Vietnamese: nhà thể thao
exceptionally physically fit person
Catalan: atleta (ca) m or f Finnish: atleetti (fi) French: athlète (fr) m or f Galician: atleta (gl) m or f Māori: waetea Norwegian: spreking m , atlet m Polish: atleta (pl) m , atletyk m Romanian: persoană atletică f , atlet (ro) m Spanish: persona atlética f
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Ido: (please verify) atleto (io) Korean: (please verify) 운동가 ( undongga ) (undongga) Sinhalese: (please verify) මලල ක්රීඩකයා ( malala krīḍakayā ) Swedish: (please verify) atlet (sv)
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