triathlon
French, noun/tʁi.jat.lɔ̃/
triathlon is spelled T-R-I-A-T-H-L-O-N (9 letters) and appears 1.9 times per million words in written French, the 20,952nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Triathlon is a French masculine noun meaning “triathlon” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Compétition d’athlétisme constituée d’un sprint (100 yards), d’un lancer du poids et d’un saut en longueur”.
What does triathlon mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinetriathlon
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Compétition d’athlétisme constituée d’un sprint (100 yards), d’un lancer du poids et d’un saut en longueur. 2. Compétition sportive constituée de trois épreuves d’endurance successives en natation, cyclisme et course à pied.
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 triathlon
- triathlons plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce triathlon?
- /tʁi.jat.lɔ̃/
- \tʁi.ja.tlɔ̃\
- \tʁi.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 triathlon
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is triathlon in French?
triathlon appears 1.9 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).