TRIATHLON


Meaning of TRIATHLON in English

/ traɪˈæθlən; NAmE / noun

a sporting event in which people compete in three different sports, usually swimming, cycling and running

—compare biathlon , decathlon , heptathlon , pentathlon , tetrathlon

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WORD ORIGIN

1970s: from tri- three , on the pattern of decathlon .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне.