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athlete | x |

As a noun athlete

is athlete.

As a letter x is

the twenty-fourth letter of the.

As a symbol x is

voiceless velar fricative.

athlete

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • A participant in a group of sporting activities which includes track and field, road running, cross country running and racewalking.
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    She's the first athlete in her sport to come out as gay.
  • (US, Canada) A person who actively participates in physical sports, possibly highly skilled in sports. (Known in British English as a "sportsperson".)
  • An exceptionally physically fit person.

    • Synonyms

    * sportsperson

    Derived terms

    * athlete's foot * biathlete * decathlete * heptathlete * parathlete * para-athlete * triathlete

    x

    Translingual

    {{Basic Latin character info, previous=W, next=Y, image= (wikipedia X)

    Etymology 1

    Letter

  • The twenty-fourth letter of the .
    • See also
    (Latn-script)

    Cardinal number

    (mul-number)
  • The number 10.

    • Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
  • A symbol of the IPA, representing a voiceless uvular fricative.
  • strike

    • Etymology 2

    Possibly from skull and crossbones

    Symbol

    (mul-symbol)
    • Derived terms
    * XXX

    See also

    {{Letter , page=X , NATO=X-ray , Morse=–··– , Character=X , Braille=? }} Image:Latin X.png, Capital and lowercase versions of X , in normal and italic type Image:Fraktur letter X.png, Uppercase and lowercase X in Fraktur Roman numerals ----