Olympic

English Etymology From en grc Ὀλυμπικός, from grc Ὄλυμπος Olympus. Pronunciation en /əˈlɪmpɪk/ RP en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olympic.wav Southern England en /əˈlɪmpɪk/ /oʊ-/ GA en ɪmpɪk 3 en Olymp ic Adjective - Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games. en Olympian en Olympic torch; Olympic champion; Olympic medal; Olympic qualifiers Of a standard associated with the Olympic Games. en Olympic swimming pool en 1971 10 New Hebrides. Advisory Council Proceedings of the New Hebrides Advisory Council I have heard it said that the young Chamber of Commerce have put on their future programme the project of building an Olympic swimming pool. en 2006 Anthony Rosen An Unordinary Life Roundtuit Publishing 9781904499145 42 A neighbouring training regiment built an Olympic running track in their camp because the already great runner National Serviceman 2nd Lieutenant (later the Honorable Sir) Christopher Chattaway had been posted there. en informal Very large or powerful. en 2013-08-19 Graham Smith Macbeth Author House 9781481764544 91 Sid's stomach was practicing gagging motions for an eruption of absolutely Olympic proportions with his cheeks puffing quickly in and out to the beat. en 2025-03-11 Laura Newman The Darling of Blackrock Desert: Three novellas set in the West: Three Novellas Set in the West Delphinium Books 9781953002587 That bed was Olympic, and held some of Julia's best-worst memories. en rare Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods. en Olympian en rare Detached or liberated from petty concerns; godlike. en 1916 Biochemical Bulletin According to the late Dr. Otis T. Mason, who was my informant on this subject, he left as a memory of his visit a reputation for mental detachment that was Olympic in its character. en 1919 Arnold Lunn Loose Ends The little paper contained none of the customary lampoons on Bloods and Masters. It was Olympic in its aloofness from school politics. en 1985 The Jerusalem Quarterly This is the talk of an Olympic man, experiencing cosmic liberation. He enjoys life, first, as the very act of living, pure, immanent life as such-and thus enjoys his own self as a concrete and this-worldly being. en rare Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia. en Olympian Derived terms en Deaflympic olympicene Olympism Olyroos Paralympian Paralympic Olympically Olympic breakfast Olympic goal Olympic Games Olympic Rings Olympic Valley Olympic village Olympic diving Olympic flame Olympic torch Olympic gull Olympic torchbearer Olympic Peninsula Sydney Olympic Park Related terms en Olympiad en Olympionic Translations of or pertaining to the Olympic Games Afrikaans: af Olimpies Arabic: ar أُولِمْبِيّ ʔulimbiyy Armenian: hy օլիմպիական Bulgarian: bg олимпийски Catalan: ca olímpic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧林匹克 àolínpǐkè de 奧林匹克的 Czech: cs olympijský Danish: da olympisk Dutch: nl olympisch, nl olympische Esperanto: eo olimpia Finnish: fi olympialainen, fi olympia- French: fr olympique German: de olympisch Hebrew: he אוֹלִימְפִּי m olimpí Hungarian: hu olimpiai Irish: ga Oilimpeach Italian: it olimpico Japanese: ja オリンピック Orinpikku no オリンピックの, ja 五輪 ごりんの, gorin no 五輪の Khmer: km អូឡាំពិក Korean: ko 올림픽 ^올림픽-의 Macedonian: mk олимпиец m, mk олимпијка f Norwegian: Bokmål: nb olympisk, Olympic Games nb OL p, nb olympiske leker m-p Nynorsk: nn olympisk Polish: pl olimpijski Portuguese: pt olímpico Romanian: ro olimpic Russian: ru олимпи́йский Sicilian: scn alìmpicu Slovak: sk olympijský Spanish: es olímpico Swedish: sv olympisk Turkish: tr olimpik Ukrainian: uk олімпі́йський Welsh: cy Olympaidd of or pertaining to mountain Olympus Arabic: ar أُولِمْبِيّ ʔulimbiyy Armenian: hy օլիմպիական Catalan: ca olímpic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧林匹斯山 Àolínpǐsī shān de 奧林匹斯山的 Dutch: nl Olympisch Esperanto: eo olimpia Finnish: fi olympolainen German: de olympisch Greek: el Ολυμπικός Ancient Greek: grc Ὀλυμπικός Hungarian: hu olümposzi Irish: ga Oilimpeach Japanese: ja オリンポス山 Orimposu-san no オリンポス山の Korean: ko 올림포스산 ^올림포스산-의 Norwegian: Bokmål: nb olympisk Nynorsk: nn olympisk Polish: pl olimpijski Portuguese: pt olímpico Romanian: ro olimpian Russian: ru олимпи́йский Sicilian: scn alìmpicu of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia Catalan: ca olímpic Chinese: Mandarin: cmn 奧林匹亞 Àolínpǐyà de 奧林匹亞的 Finnish: fi olympialainen Hungarian: hu olümpiai Irish: ga Oilimpeach Japanese: ja オリンピア Orinpia no オリンピアの Khmer: km អូឡាំព្យា Korean: ko 올림피아 ^올림피아-의 Polish: pl olimpijski Romanian: ro olimpian Sicilian: scn alìmpicu Noun en cricket slang Five consecutive ducks.