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pentasyllabic |
pentateuch |
pentateuchal |
pentathionic |
pentathlete |
pentathlon
| pentatomic
| pentatone
| pentatonic
| pentatonic scale
| pentavalent
pentathlon
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun pentathlon has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
pentathlon, n. [NL., fr. Gr. ; five + a contest.].
- A fivefold athletic performance peculiar to the great national games of the Greeks, including leaping, foot racing, wrestling, throwing the discus, and throwing the spear. [1913 Webster]
- In the modern Olympic Games, a composite contest made up of a running broad jump, throwing the javelin, a 200-meter run, throwing the discus, and a 1500-meter run. [Webster 1913 Suppl.]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
pentathlon, n. an athletic event comprising five different events for each competitor.
Derivative
pentathlete n.
Etymology
Gk f. pente five + athlon contest
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