Olympic en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /əˈlɪmpɪk/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /oʊ-/ (General-American)
- /əˈlɪmpɪk/ (General-American)
Etymology
From Ancient Greek Ὀλυμπικός (Olumpikós), from Ὄλυμπος (Ólumpos, “Olympus”).
Meanings
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games.
Olympic torch; Olympic champion; Olympic medal; Olympic qualifiers
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(not-comparable) Of or pertaining to the Olympic Games. ▸ Of a standard associated with the Olympic Games.
Olympic swimming pool
A neighbouring training regiment built an Olympic running track in their camp because the already great runner National Serviceman 2nd Lieutenant (later the Honorable Sir) Christopher Chattaway had been posted there.
2006, Anthony Rosen, An Unordinary Life, Roundtuit Publishing, →ISBN, page 42:I have heard it said that the young Chamber of Commerce have put on their future programme the project of building an Olympic swimming pool.
1971 10, New Hebrides. Advisory Council, Proceedings of the New Hebrides Advisory Council:
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(informal, not-comparable) Very large or powerful.
That bed was Olympic, and held some of Julia's best-worst memories.
2025 March 11, Laura Newman, The Darling of Blackrock Desert: Three novellas set in the West: Three Novellas Set in the West, Delphinium Books, →ISBN:Sid's stomach was practicing gagging motions for an eruption of absolutely Olympic proportions with his cheeks puffing quickly in and out to the beat.
2013 August 19, Graham Smith, Macbeth, Author House, →ISBN, page 91:
- (not-comparable, rare) Of or pertaining to Olympus, a mountain of Thessaly, fabled as the seat of the gods.
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(not-comparable, rare) Detached or liberated from petty concerns; godlike.
The little paper contained none of the customary lampoons on Bloods and Masters. It was Olympic in its aloofness from school politics.
1919, Arnold Lunn, Loose Ends:This is the talk of an Olympic man, experiencing cosmic liberation. He enjoys life, first, as the very act of living, pure, immanent life as such-and thus enjoys his own self as a concrete and this-worldly being.
1985, The Jerusalem Quarterly:According to the late Dr. Otis T. Mason, who was my informant on this subject, he left as a memory of his visit a reputation for mental detachment that was Olympic in its character.
1916, Biochemical Bulletin:
- (not-comparable, rare) Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia.
Deriveds
Olympic gull · Olympically · Olympic breakfast · Paralympian · Olympic torchbearer · Olympism · Olympic Rings · Paralympic · Olympic Games · olympicene · Olympic village · Sydney Olympic Park · Olympic Peninsula · Olympic Valley · Deaflympic · Olympic torch · Olympic diving · Olympic goal · Olyroos · Olympic flame
Relateds
Synonyms
Olympian · Olympian · Olympian · Olympian
Translations (70)
km អូឡាំពិក (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · nn olympisk (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ru олимпи́йский (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · hy օլիմպիական (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · nb olympisk (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · ja オリンピックの (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · nb olympisk (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · cs olympijský (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · sk olympijský (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · scn alìmpicu (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · hu olimpiai (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ga Oilimpeach (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · nl olympisch (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · km អូឡាំព្យា (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · pt olímpico (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · bg олимпийски (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · nl olympische (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · he אוֹלִימְפִּי (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ar أُولِمْبِيّ (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · da olympisk (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · cy Olympaidd (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ko 올림픽의 (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · mk олимпијка (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ca olímpic (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · de olympisch (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · pl olimpijski (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · pl olimpijski (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · es olímpico (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · hu olümpiai (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · eo olimpia (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · fi olympialainen (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · fr olympique (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · cmn 奧林匹亞的 /奥林匹亚的 (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · scn alìmpicu (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · ja オリンポス山の (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · ja オリンピアの (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · it olimpico (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · cmn 奧林匹斯山的 /奥林匹斯山的 (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · ca olímpic (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · fi olympia- (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · fi olympolainen (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · de olympisch (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · scn alìmpicu (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · nb olympiske leker (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · cmn 奧林匹克的 /奥林匹克的 (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · grc Ὀλυμπικός (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · ro olimpian (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · ro olimpic (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · sv olympisk (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · nb OL (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · pl olimpijski (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · hu olümposzi (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · eo olimpia (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ca olímpic (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · uk олімпі́йський (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · hy օլիմպիական (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ko 올림피아의 (of or pertaining to the ancient city of Olympia) · ru олимпи́йский (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ar أُولِمْبِيّ (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · el Ολυμπικός (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · nl Olympisch (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · fi olympialainen (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · mk олимпиец (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · tr olimpik (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · nn olympisk (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · pt olímpico (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · ja 五輪の (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ro olimpian (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus) · af Olimpies (of or pertaining to the Olympic Games) · ko 올림포스산의 (of or pertaining to mountain Olympus)