biathlon

From bi- (prefix meaning ‘two; both’) +‎ -athlon (suffix meaning ‘contest’), modelled after pentathlon.^[1]

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /baɪˈæθlən/, /-lɒn/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /baɪˈæθˌlɑn/

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• Hyphenation: bi‧ath‧lon

biathlon (countable and uncountable, plural biathlons)

1. (winter sports, uncountable) Racing combining cross-country skiing and rifle shooting; (countable) a particular instance of such a race.

Not to be confused with biathle (“an athletic contest consisting of running and swimming”) or duathlon (“an athletic contest consisting of cycling and running”).

• Nordic skiing

• duathlon · triathlon · quadrathlon · tetrathlon · pentathlon · hexathlon · heptathlon · octathlon · decathlon · pentadecathlon
• aquathlon · skiathlon

• biathlete
• biathloner
• para biathlon, para-biathlon

• cross training

•   biathlon on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

• bitanhol

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biathlon m (plural biathlons)

1. Superseded spelling of biatlon.

• IPA^(key): /bja.tlɔ̃/

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biathlon m (uncountable)

1. biathlon

• biathlète

biathlon m (invariable)

1. biathlon

• biatlon

Internationalism; compare English biathlon, French biathlon, or German Biathlon, ultimately from bi- +‎ Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon).^[1] First attested in 1891, but in common usage only as of 1958.^[2][3][4]

• IPA^(key): /biˈat.lɔn/

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• Rhymes: -atlɔn
• Syllabification: bi‧ath‧lon

biathlon m inan

1. biathlon

   Synonym: dwubój zimowy

   mistrzostwa w biathlonie ― biathlon championship

   uprawiać biathlon ― to do a biathlon

• biathlon in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• biathlon in Polish dictionaries at PWN

• biatlon

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiːatlɔn/

biathlon c

1. (winter sports) biathlon

• For notes on the spelling, see -athlon.

Invariable besides the genitive form biathlons.