If you participate in a decathlon you'll be throwing a discus at some point.
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Decathlon
//ɖᵻˈkat̪ʰ.lɔn//
Synonyms for "decathlon" (22 found)
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6 entriesTranslations
45 translations across 42 languages.
Albanian
1 entries- dhjetëgarësh noun (athletic contest)
Armenian
1 entries- տասնամարտ noun (athletic contest)
Belarusian
1 entries- дзесяцібо́р'е noun (athletic contest)
Bulgarian
1 entries- десетобой noun (athletic contest)
Catalan
1 entries- decatló noun (athletic contest)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 十項全能 /十项全能 noun (athletic contest)
Czech
1 entries- desetiboj noun (athletic contest)
Danish
1 entries- tikamp noun (athletic contest)
Dutch
1 entries- tienkamp noun (athletic contest)
Esperanto
1 entries- dekatlono noun (athletic contest)
Estonian
1 entries- kümnevõistlus noun (athletic contest)
Finnish
1 entries- kymmenottelu noun (athletic contest)
French
1 entries- décathlon noun (athletic contest)
Galician
1 entries- décatlon noun (athletic contest)
Georgian
1 entries- ათჭიდი noun (athletic contest)
German
2 entries- Dekathlon noun (athletic contest)
- Zehnkampf noun (athletic contest)
Greek
1 entries- δέκαθλο noun (athletic contest)
Hungarian
1 entries- tízpróba noun (athletic contest)
Icelandic
1 entries- tugþraut noun (athletic contest)
Italian
1 entries- decathlon noun (athletic contest)
Japanese
2 entries- デカスロン noun (athletic contest)
- 十種競技 noun (athletic contest)
Kazakh
1 entries- онсайыс noun (athletic contest)
Korean
1 entries- 십종경기 noun (athletic contest)
Latvian
1 entries- desmitcīņa noun (athletic contest)
Lithuanian
1 entries- dešim̃tkovė noun (athletic contest)
Macedonian
2 entries- декатлон noun (athletic contest)
- десетобој noun (athletic contest)
Malay
1 entries- dasalumba noun (athletic contest)
Malayalam
1 entries- ഡക്കാത്ത്ലോൺ noun (athletic contest)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- tikamp noun (athletic contest)
Norwegian Nynorsk
1 entries- tikamp noun (athletic contest)
Persian
1 entries- دهگانه noun (athletic contest)
Polish
1 entries- dziesięciobój noun (athletic contest)
Portuguese
1 entries- decatlo noun (athletic contest)
Romanian
1 entries- decatlon noun (athletic contest)
Russian
1 entries- десятибо́рье noun (athletic contest)
Slovak
1 entries- desaťboj noun (athletic contest)
Slovene
1 entries- deseteroboj noun (athletic contest)
Spanish
1 entries- decatlón noun (athletic contest)
Swedish
1 entries- tiokamp noun (athletic contest)
Turkish
1 entries- dekatlon noun (athletic contest)
Ukrainian
1 entries- десятибо́рство noun (athletic contest)
Vietnamese
1 entries- mười môn phối hợp noun (athletic contest)
Sample sentences
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He entered U.C.L.A. in 1954 and played for the renowned coach John Wooden’s basketball team there while training for decathlons.
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For now, Gray and her peers are able to compete for Olympic berths only in the seven-event heptathlon, while the decathlon is restricted to men.
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