-athlon

From Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon, “contest”).

-athlon

1. Contest

• Halton, Holtan

• -atlon

From Ancient Greek ἆθλον (âthlon), largely via English.

• IPA^(key): /atlɔn/

-athlon c

1. -athlon

• Only used in reference to biathlons and triathlons. For competitions with more than three events, compounds of a numeral and kamp are used instead. For example, a quadrathlon is not known as a *kvadrathlon, but as a fyrkamp.
• SAOL, published in 2015, recommends the spelling -atlon,^[1][2] but -athlon remains the dominant form. Both are pronounced the same.

• biathlon/biatlon
• triathlon/triatlon

• atlet
• atletisk