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English

Adjective

Olympic

Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in Elis.
Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games

Related terms

Translations

Dutch: olympisch, olympische
French: olympique
German: olympisch
Italian: olimpico
Japanese: オリンピック, 五輪 (ごりん)
Swedish: olympisk
Portuguese: olímpico

Category:Greek derivations

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GNU Project's publication of CIDE, the Collaborative International Dictionary of English Olympian \O*lym"pi*an\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]*an), Olympic
\O*lym"pic\ ([-o]*l[i^]m"p[i^]k), a. [L. Olympius, Olympicus,
Gr. 'Oly`mpios, 'Olympiko`s, fr. 'O`lympos: cf. F. olympique.
See Olympiad.]
Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled
as the seat of the gods, or to Olympia, a small plain in
Elis.
[1913 Webster]

WordNet Olympic
adj 1: of or relating to the Olympic Games; "Olympic winners"
2: of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants;
"Olympian plain" [syn: Olympian]