Olympic Games

English Etymology From en Olympic + en games, after en frm ieux olympiques. Pronunciation en en LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Olympic Games.wav Southern England Proper noun p 1 Olympic Games en Q5389 An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year. from 19th c. en Olympics<id:Q5389> Games<id:Q5389><qq:elliptically synonymous> en Every athlete's dream is to compete at the Olympic Games. en 28 September 2009 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. en historical Ancient Greece A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus; these games were the inspiration for the modern version, which began in the 1890s as a revival of the Ancient Greek ones. from 16th c. en Olympics en The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC. 17 II 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. en 1840 John Dunlop The Universal Tendency to Association in Mankind. Analyzed and Illustrated London Houlston and Stoneman https://books.google.ro/books?id=ytsYAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA103 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. Derived terms en Paralympic Games Summer Olympic Games,Olympic Summer Games Winter Olympic Games,Olympic Winter Games Related terms en Olympia Olympiad Olympian Olympic Olympic Summer Games Olympic Winter Games Translations sporting festival held every four or five years in southern Greece Finnish: fi Olympian kisat p, fi antiikin olympialaiset p specific; fi olympialaiset p also modern games Georgian: ka ოლიმპიური თამაშები Greek: Ancient Greek: grc Ὀλύμπια n-p Hungarian: hu olümpiai játékok Italian: it giochi olimpici m-p Polish: pl Igrzyska olimpijskie n-p, pl Olimpiada f Romanian: ro jocuri olimpice f-p, ro jocuri olimpice f-p Russian: ru Олимпи́йские и́гры f-p, ru олимпиа́да f Swedish: sv olympiska spelen n-p international multi-sport event inspired by the ancient festival Olympics Afrikaans: af Olimpiese Spele Albanian: sq Lojërat Olimpike f-p definite Arabic: ar أَلْعَاب أُولِمْبِيَّة f-p ʔalʕāb ʔulimbiyya, ar أُولِمْبِيَّة f ʔulimbiyya Aragonese: an Chuegos Olimpicos m-p Armenian: hy օլիմպիական խաղեր p Asturian: ast Xuegos Olímpicos m-p Azerbaijani: az Olimpiya oyunları p Banyumasan: map-bms Olimpiade Bashkir: ba Олимпия уйындары p Basque: eu Olinpiar Jokoak Belarusian: be Алімпі́йскія гу́льні f-p Bengali: bn অলিম্পিক গেমস, bn অলিম্পিক্স Breton: br C'hoarioù Olimpek Bulgarian: bg Олимпи́йски и́гри f-p Burmese: my အိုလံပစ်, my အိုလံပစ် အားကစားပွဲတော် Catalan: ca Jocs Olímpics m-p Chechen: ce Олимпийн ловзарш Chinese: Cantonese: yue 奧林匹克運動會 ou3 lam4 pat1 hak1 wan6 dung6 wui6, yue 奧運會 ou3 wan6 wui6 Hokkien: nan-hbl Olympia 運動會 Olympia ūn-tōng-hōe Mandarin: cmn 奧林匹克運動會 Àolínpǐkè yùndònghuì, cmn 奧運會 Àoyùnhuì, cmn 奧林匹克 Àolínpǐkè Chuvash: cv Олимп вӑййисем Czech: cs olympijské hry f-p Danish: da Olympiske lege c-p Dhivehi: dv އޮލީމްޕީކްސް Dutch: nl Olympische Spelen p Esperanto: eo Olimpiaj ludoj Estonian: et Nüüdisaegsed olümpiamängud p Faroese: fo olympiskir leikir m-p, fo OL Finnish: fi olympialaiset p, fi olympiakisat p French: fr Jeux olympiques m-p Middle French: frm jeux Olympiques m-p Frisian: West Frisian: fy Olympyske Spullen n-p Galician: gl Xogos Olímpicos m-p Georgian: ka ოლიმპიური თამაშები p German: de Olympische Spiele n-p, de Olympiade f Greek: el Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες m-p Hebrew: he הַמִשְׂחָקִים הַאוֹלִימְפִּיִּים m-p hamis'khakím ha'olimpiyim Hindi: hi ओलम्पिक खेल m, hi ओलंपिक m, hi ओलंपिक खेल m Hungarian: hu olimpiai játékok Icelandic: is Ólympíuleikar m-p Indonesian: id Olimpiade, id Pertandingan Olimpiade Interlingua: ia Jocos Olympic Irish: ga Cluichí Oilimpeacha m-p Italian: it giochi olimpici m-p Japanese: ja オリンピック Orimpikku, ja オリンピック競技大会 オリンピックきょうぎたいかい, Orinpikku kyōgi taikai, ja 五輪 ごりん, Gorin Kannada: kn ಒಲಂಪಿಕ್ ಕ್ರೀಡಾಕೂಟ Kazakh: kk Олимпиада ойындары p Khmer: km កីឡាអូឡាំពិក Korean: ko ^올림픽, ko ^올림픽 경기, ko 오륜(五輪) Kyrgyz: ky Олимпиада, ky Олимпиада оюндары p Lao: lo ກີລາແຫລມທອງ, lo ກິລາໂອແລມປິກ Latin: la Olympia Latvian: lv Olimpiskās spēles p Limburgish: li Olympische Speule n-p Lithuanian: lt Olimpinės žaidynės p Luxembourgish: lb Olympesch Spiller n-p Macedonian: mk Олимпи́ски игри f-p Malay: ms Sukan Olimpik Malayalam: ml ഒളിമ്പിക്സ് Maltese: mt Logħob Olimpiku m-p Māori: mi Ngā Taumāhekeheke o Te Ao Marathi: mr ऑलिंपिक Mongolian: Cyrillic: mn Олимпийн наадам Navajo: nv ahąą honinééh Norman: nrf Gammes Olŷmpiques Guernsey, nrf Gammes Olympiques f-p Jersey Norwegian: Bokmål: nb Olympiske leker m-p Nynorsk: nn Olympiske leikar m-p Odia: or ଅଲିମ୍ପିକ୍ସ Pashto: ps المپيک m olampik Persian: Iranian Persian: fa-ira بازی‌هایِ اُلَمْپیک p, fa-ira اُلَمْپیک Piedmontese: pms Gieugh olìmpich Polish: pl Igrzyska olimpijskie n-p Portuguese: pt Jogos Olímpicos m-p, pt Olimpíadas f-p Quechua: qu Ulimpiku pukllaykuna Romanian: ro Jocuri Olimpice n-p, ro olimpic Olimpiadă f Russian: ru Олимпи́йские и́гры f-p, ru олимпиа́да f Sami: Northern Sami: se olympiagilvvut Samoan: sm Ta'aloga Olimipeka Scottish Gaelic: gd Geamannan Oilimpigeach m-p Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: sh Олимпијске игре f-p Latin: sh Olimpijske igre f-p Sicilian: scn Jòcura Olìmpici m-p Slovak: sk olympijské hry f-p Slovene: sl Olimpijske igre f-p Spanish: es Juegos Olímpicos m-p Swahili: sw Michezo ya Olimpiki Swedish: sv olympiska spelen n-p, sv OS n-p Tagalog: tl palarong olimpiko Tajik: tg Бозиҳои Олимпӣ p Tamil: ta ஒலிம்பிக் விளையாட்டுக்கள் Tatar: tt Олимпия уеннары p Telugu: te ఒలింపిక్ క్రీడలు Thai: th กีฬาโอลิมปิก Turkish: tr Olimpiyat Oyunları p Turkmen: tk olimpiada oýunlary p Ukrainian: uk Олімпі́йські і́гри f-p Urdu: ur اولَمْپِک m, ur اولَمْپِک کھیل m, ur اولَمْپِکْس Uyghur: ug ئولىمپىك يىغىنى Uzbek: uz Olimpiya oʻyinlari p Venetan: vec Xoghi Ołinpeghi Vietnamese: vi Thế vận hội Volapük: vo lepleds lümpik, vo Lepleds Lümpik Võro: vro olümpiamängoq Waray-Waray: war pauyag olimpiko Welsh: cy Gemau Olympaidd Yakut: sah Олимпия оонньуулара p Yiddish: yi אָלימפּיאַדעס p Yoruba: yo Idije Olympiki See also en Games en Winter Games en Summer Games See also Appendix:Olympic sports en Sports