Greco-Roman

English

Alternative forms

Graeco-Roman (British)

Etymology

Greco- +‎ Roman

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɡɹiːkəʊˈɹəʊmən/
(General American) IPA^(key): /ˌɡɹɛkoʊˈɹoʊmən/

Adjective

Greco-Roman (comparative more Greco-Roman, superlative most Greco-Roman) (American spelling)

Of or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture.
(wrestling) Describing Greco-Roman wrestling, a form of wrestling where fighters may only attack above the waist.

Translations

of or pertaining to Greek or Roman culture

Armenian: հունահռոմեական (hunahṙomeakan), հունա-հռոմեական (huna-hṙomeakan)
Catalan: grecoromà
Chinese:
Mandarin: 希臘羅馬, 希腊罗马 (Xīlà-Luómǎ)
Finnish: kreikkalais-roomalainen
French: gréco-romain (fr)
Galician: grecorromano m
German: griechisch-römisch (de)

Greek: ελληνορωμαϊκός (el) (ellinoromaïkós)
Irish: Gréag-Rómhánach
Italian: greco-romano (it)
Japanese: グレコローマン (gureko-rōman)
Portuguese: greco-romano (pt)
Russian: гре́ко-ри́мский (gréko-rímskij)
Spanish: grecorromano m, grecorromana f
Swedish: grekisk-romersk (sv)

referring to a wrestling style

Armenian: հունահռոմեական (hunahṙomeakan), հունա-հռոմեական (huna-hṙomeakan)
Azerbaijani: please add this translation if you can
Catalan: grecoromà m
Finnish: kreikkalais-roomalainen
Irish: Gréag-Rómhánach

Persian: کشتی فرنگی‎ (košti-e farangi)
Portuguese: greco-romano (pt)
Russian: please add this translation if you can
Spanish: grecorromana f
Swedish: grekisk-romersk (sv)

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