The javelin thrower's record was 12 metres.
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Javelin
/ˈd͡ʒæv.(ə.)lɪn/
Synonyms for "javelin" (9 found)
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More general
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8 entriesGreek javelinOlympic javelinRoman javelinattack with spearlong throwoverhand throwspear throwworld championship javelin
Collocations
9 entriesOlympic javelinathletic throwjavelin competitionjavelin designjavelin gripjavelin techniquejavelin throwjavelin throwertrack and field javelin
Inflections
3 entriesDerivations
4 entriesTranslations
46 translations across 41 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀκόντιον noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Bulgarian
1 entries- копие noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Catalan
1 entries- javelina noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 標槍 /标枪 noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Czech
1 entries- oštěp noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Danish
1 entries- spyd noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Dutch
1 entries- speer noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Esperanto
1 entries- ĵetlanco noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Finnish
1 entries- keihäs noun (spear used in athletic competition)
French
1 entries- javelot noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Galician
1 entries- xavelina noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Georgian
2 entries- სატყორცნი შუბი noun (spear used in athletic competition)
- ხელშუბი noun (spear used in athletic competition)
German
1 entries- Speer noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Greek
1 entries- ακόντιο noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Hebrew
1 entries- כידון noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Hungarian
1 entries- gerely noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Ido
1 entries- javelino noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Indonesian
1 entries- lembing noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Japanese
2 entries- ジャベリン noun (spear used in athletic competition)
- 槍 noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Latvian
1 entries- šķēps noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Lithuanian
2 entries- akstis noun (spear used in athletic competition)
- ietis noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Macedonian
1 entries- копје noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Malayalam
1 entries- ജാവലിൻ noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- spyd noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- spjut noun (spear used in athletic competition)
- spyd noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Ottoman Turkish
1 entries- جرید noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Persian
1 entries- نیزه noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Spiess noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Polish
1 entries- oszczep noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Portuguese
1 entries- dardo noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Romanian
1 entries- suliță noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Russian
1 entries- копьё noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Slovak
1 entries- oštep noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Slovene
1 entries- kopje noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Spanish
1 entries- jabalina noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Swedish
1 entries- spjut noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Tagalog
2 entries- balibabat noun (spear used in athletic competition)
- habalina noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Turkish
1 entries- cirit noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Ukrainian
1 entries- спис noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Urdu
1 entries- نیزَہ noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Welsh
1 entries- gwaywffon noun (spear used in athletic competition)
Sample sentences
24 total sentences available.
He would give a javelin, so that he would receive a coat.
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Yanni threw the javelin.
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The coin's face depicts a javelin thrower.
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