Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

olympic games

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.44 in modern English

Syllables: olympic games
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

1

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

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An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year.

name

A sporting festival held every four or five years on the Plain of Olympia in southern Greece, in honour of Zeus; these games were the inspiration for the modern version, which began in the 1890s as a revival of the Ancient Greek ones.

Example Sentences

"Every athlete's dream is to compete at the Olympic Games."
"Chicago's bid to host the 2016 Olympic Games received a boost yesterday when its most famous former resident, the American president, Barack Obama, ended months of speculation by announcing that he would fly to Copenhagen before Friday's vote, in order to lobby on the city's behalf."
"The first Olympic Games are traditionally dated to 776 BC."
"In the times of the Olimpike games, with chariots exceeding all other in magnificence, he also sent poets and musitians to present his verses, with tents and pavillions gilt and most suinptuously tapistried."
"Olympic Games. — Besides the ordinary confederacies that join independent states together, a singular federal bond is remarkable in the Olympic games, which for many ages cemented the Grecian commonwealths by a joint tie of recreation and religious ritual."

Etymology

From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques.

Subject

Wiktionary places this term in Sports.

Inflected Forms

the Olympic Games (canonical, plural)

Phrases

Paralympic Games Summer Olympic Games Olympic Summer Games Winter Olympic Games Olympic Winter Games Winter Games Summer Games

Frequently Paired Words

Olympia Olympiad Olympian Olympic Olympic Summer Games Olympic Winter Games Games Winter Games

Synonyms

Olympics Games[Appendix:Glossary olympian games olympiad

Questions

What does olympic games mean?: An international multi-sport event (inspired by the ancient festival) taking place every fourth year.
Where does olympic games come from?: From Olympic + games, after Middle French ieux olympiques.

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