Library / English Dictionary

OLYMPIC

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Of or relating to the Olympic Games

Example:

Olympic winners

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Olympic Games (the modern revival of the ancient games held once every 4 years in a selected country)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Of the region of Olympia in Greece or its inhabitants

Example:

Olympian plain

Synonyms:

Olympian; Olympic

Classified under:

Relational adjectives (pertainyms)

Pertainym:

Olympia (a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games)

Derivation:

Olympia (a plain in Greece in the northwestern Peloponnese; the chief sanctuary of Zeus and the site of the original Olympian Games)

Credits