biathlon
French, noun/bi.at.lɔ̃/
biathlon is spelled B-I-A-T-H-L-O-N (8 letters) and appears 2.0 times per million words in written French, the 20,380th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Biathlon is a French masculine noun meaning “biathlon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compétition sportive combinant en alternance du ski de fond et du tir à la carabine”.
What does biathlon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinebiathlon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compétition sportive combinant en alternance du ski de fond et du tir à la carabine.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of biathlon
- biathlons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce biathlon?
- /bi.at.lɔ̃/
- /bjat.lɔ̃/
- \bi.a.tlɔ̃\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to biathlon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is biathlon in French?
biathlon appears 2.0 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).