How to pronounce decathlon
American English pronunciation
dih-KATH-lahn
- IPA
- /dɪˈkæθlɑn/
- Syllables
- dih · KATH · lahn (3 syllables, stress on the 2nd)
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What decathlon means
A track-and-field contest made up of ten events
In a sentence: To win the decathlon, she had to run, jump and throw in ten different events.
Where it comes from: It was made from Greek parts meaning ten and contest. It was coined for the 1912 Summer Olympics, modeled on the word pentathlon.
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