Olympic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).

Pronunciation

(US): IPA^(key): /oʊˈlɪm.pɪk/, /əˈlɪm.pɪk/

Adjective

Olympic (not comparable)

Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
(rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
Synonym: Olympian
(rare) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.

Derived terms

Related terms

Olympionic

Translations

of or pertaining to the Olympic Games

Arabic: أُولِمْبِيّ‎ (ʾulimbiyy)
Armenian: օլիմպիական (hy) (ōlimpiakan)
Catalan: olímpic (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 奧林匹克 (zh), 奥林匹克 (zh) (àolínpǐkè)
Dutch: olympisch (nl), olympische (nl)
Esperanto: olimpia (eo)
Finnish: olympialainen, olympia- (fi)
French: olympique (fr)
German: olympisch (de)
Hebrew: אוֹלִימְפִּי‎ (he) m (olimpí)
Hungarian: olimpiai (hu)
Irish: Oilimpeach

Italian: olimpico (it)
Japanese: オリンピック (ja) (orimpikku), 五輪 (ja) (ごりん, gorin)
Korean: 올림픽 (ko) (ollimpik)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: olympisk, (Olympic Games) OL pl, olympiske leker m pl

Nynorsk: olympisk
Polish: olimpijski (pl)
Portuguese: olímpico (pt)
Romanian: olimpic (ro)
Russian: олимпи́йский (ru) (olimpíjskij)
Spanish: olímpico (es)
Swedish: olympisk (sv)

of or pertaining to mountain Olympus

Arabic: أُولِمْبِيّ‎ (ʾulimbiyy)
Armenian: օլիմպիական (hy) (ōlimpiakan)
Catalan: olímpic (ca)
Dutch: Olympisch (nl)
Esperanto: olimpia (eo)
Finnish: olympolainen (fi)
German: olympisch (de)
Greek: Ολυμπικός (Olympikós)
Ancient: Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós)

Hungarian: olümposzi
Irish: ^{(please verify)} Oilimpeach
Norwegian:
Bokmål: olympisk

Nynorsk: olympisk
Portuguese: olímpico (pt)
Romanian: olimpian (ro)
Russian: олимпи́йский (ru) (olimpíjskij)

of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia

Catalan: olímpic (ca)
Hungarian: olümpiai

Irish: ^{(please verify)} Oilimpeach
Romanian: olimpian (ro)

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