In 776 B.C., the first Olympic Games were held at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greeks' chief god, Zeus.
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Olympic
//əˈlɪmpɪk//
Synonyms for "olympic" (3 found)
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62 translations across 33 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- Ὀλυμπικός adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Arabic
2 entries- أُولِمْبِيّ adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- أُولِمْبِيّ adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Armenian
2 entries- օլիմպիական adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- օլիմպիական adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Bulgarian
1 entries- олимпийски adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Catalan
3 entries- olímpic adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olímpic adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
- olímpic adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 奧林匹克 /奥林匹克 adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Czech
1 entries- olympijský adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Dutch
3 entries- Olympisch adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
- olympisch adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olympische adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Esperanto
2 entries- olimpia adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olimpia adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Finnish
4 entries- olympia adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olympialainen adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olympialainen adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
- olympolainen adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
French
1 entries- olympique adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
German
2 entries- olympisch adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olympisch adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Greek
1 entries- Ολυμπικός adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Hebrew
1 entries- אוֹלִימְפִּי adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Hungarian
3 entries- olimpiai adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olümpiai adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
- olümposzi adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Irish
1 entries- Oilimpeach adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Italian
1 entries- olimpico adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Japanese
4 entries- オリンピアの adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
- オリンピック adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- オリンポス山の adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
- 五輪 adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Khmer
2 entries- អូឡាំពិក adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- អូឡាំព្យា adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
Korean
1 entries- 올림픽 adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- OL adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olympisk adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olympisk adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
- olympiske leker adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Norwegian Nynorsk
2 entries- olympisk adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olympisk adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Polish
3 entries- olimpijski adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olimpijski adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
- olimpijski adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
Portuguese
2 entries- olímpico adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- olímpico adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Romanian
3 entries- olimpian adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
- olimpian adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
- olimpic adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Russian
2 entries- олимпи́йский adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- олимпи́йский adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
Sicilian
3 entries- alìmpicu adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
- alìmpicu adj (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)
- alìmpicu adj (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia)
Slovak
1 entries- olympijský adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Spanish
1 entries- olímpico adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Swedish
1 entries- olympisk adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Turkish
1 entries- olimpik adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Ukrainian
1 entries- олімпі́йський adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Welsh
1 entries- Olympaidd adj (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I hereby declare the opening of the Olympic Games.
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The Olympic Games are held every four years.
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The most important thing in the Olympic Games is not winning but taking part.
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