athlete
UK/ˈæθ.liːt//ˈæθ.lit/
athlete noun: a participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
Noun
athlete (plural athletes)
- A participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- A person who actively participates in physical sports, especially with great skill; a sportsperson.
- She's the first athlete in her sport to obtain a corporate sponsor.
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original on 16 May 2013, page 134
- An exceptionally physically fit person.
athlete meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
athlete in Hindi
- person who actively participates in physical sports
- खिलाड़ी khilāṛī
athlete in Tamil
- உடற்பயிற்சிப் போட்டியாளர், தடகள விளையாட்டாளர், உரவோர்
athlete in Urdu
- person who actively participates in physical sports
- کِھلاڑی khilāṛī, وَرْزِش کار varziś kār
athlete in Bengali
- athlete, player
- খেলোয়াড় khelōẇaṛ
More languagesFewer languages
- athlete in Telugu
- క్రీడాకారుడు krīḍākāruḍu, క్రీడాకారిణి krīḍākāriṇi
- athlete in Malayalam
- കായികമത്സരങ്ങളിൽ പ്രാവീണ്യം നേടുന്നവർ
- athlete in Kannada
- ಕ್ರೀಡಾಳು, ಕ್ರೀಡಾಪಟು, ಕ್ರೀಡಾಸ್ಪರ್ಧಿ, ವ್ಯಾಯಾಮಪಟು
- athlete in Punjabi
- ਅਥਲੀਟ, ਐਥਲੀਟ, ਅਥਲੈਟ
- athlete in Gujarati
- એથ્લીટ
- athlete in Odia
- ଆଥଲେଟ୍
- athlete in Pashto
- ورزشکار warzǝškãr
- athlete in Arabic
- رِيَاضِيّ riyāḍiyy, رِيَاضِيَّة riyāḍiyya
- athlete in Malay
- atlet, olahragawan
- athlete in Indonesian
- atlet
- athlete in Thai
- นักกีฬา nák-gii-laa
- athlete in Vietnamese
- vận động viên, nhà thể thao
- athlete in Myanmar
- အားကစားသမား a:ka.ca:sa.ma:
Examples of athlete in a sentence
- He's quite an athlete and can do quadruple jumps with ease.
- The athlete was stripped of his medal after failing a drugs test.
- Following tradition, the victorious athlete runs a lap around the track.
Synonyms of athlete
Antonyms
Forms of athlete
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Origin of athlete
From Middle English athlete, from Latin āthlēta (and probably also partly from Middle French athlete), from Ancient Greek ἀθλητής (athlētḗs), from ἀθλέω (athléō, “compete for a prize”), from ἆθλον (âthlon, “prize”) or ἆθλος (âthlos, “competition”).
Words formed from athlete
Words that rhyme with athlete
Questions about athlete
- What does athlete mean?
- Athlete means a participant in any of a group of sporting activities including track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
- What is athlete in Hindi?
- Athlete in Hindi is खिलाड़ी (khilāṛī). See Athlete meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is athlete?
- Athlete is a noun.
- How do you pronounce athlete?
- Athlete is pronounced /ˈæθ.liːt/ (UK).
- What is the plural of athlete?
- The plural of athlete is athletes.
Words near athlete in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: athlete (page history and authors); athlete (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); খেলোয়াড় (Bengali) (page history and authors); athlete (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); athlete (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); athlete (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athlete (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); athlete (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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