Dictionary

decathlete en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /di-ˈkath-ˌlēt/ (General-American)
• (General-American) audio
• /diːˈkæθliːt/ (UK)

Etymology

From dec- + athlete.

Meanings

1. An athlete who competes in the decathlon.
   • Simply to see what would happen, Paul Terek, a United States decathlete, wore a baseball cap bearing his name in Japanese when he landed at the Osaka airport a few weeks ago. Some children there took the bait. 2007 February 9, Juliet Macur, “Decathletes Struggle for Any Recognition”, in The New York Times:
   • “Heptathlon is very geared and favorable to those who are quick,” said Gray’s coach, Andy Eggerth, who trains both heptathletes and decathletes. “A lot of world-class heptathletes are relatively bad at javelin and shot-put.” 2021 June 7, Shauna Farnell, “An Olympic Hurdle: Why Is the Decathlon Only for Men?”, in The New York Times:

Forms

Relateds

heptathlete

Translations (22)

ru десятиборец (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · hu tízpróbázó (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · tr dekatloncu (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · es decatleta (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · ro decatlonistă (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · es decatloniano (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · cs desetibojařka (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · sv tiokampare (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · kk онсайысшы (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · es decatloniana (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · de Zehnkämpfer (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · fr décathlonien (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · ro decatlonist (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · mk десетобојка (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · cs desetibojař (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · fr décathlonienne (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · it decatleta (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · mk десетобоец (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · de Zehnkämpferin (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · fi kymmenottelija (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · da tikæmper (athlete who competes in the decathlon) · fr décathlète (athlete who competes in the decathlon)