different between marathon vs stamina

English

Etymology

From French marathon, coined in 1894 by linguist Michel Bréal for the first modern time Olympic Games after Ancient Greek ??????? (Marath?n), a town northeast of Athens. Phidippides the Greek ran the distance from Marathon to Athens to deliver a message regarding the Battle of Marathon. The modern sport of marathon running is based on a run approximately the same distance. The toponym itself comes from ??????? (márathon, “fennel”) and refers to the prevalence of the plant in the area.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?mæ????n/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?mæ?????n/, /?m??????n/
• Hyphenation: mar?a?thon

Noun

marathon (plural marathons)

1. A 42.195 kilometre (26 mile 385 yard) road race.
2. (figuratively, by extension) Any extended or sustained activity.

   He had a cleaning marathon the night before his girlfriend came over.

Derived terms

• -athon
• marathoner
• half marathon
• ultramarathon

Translations

Verb

marathon (third-person singular simple present marathons, present participle marathoning, simple past and past participle marathoned)

1. To run a marathon.
2. (informal, transitive) To watch or read a large number of instalments of (a film, book, TV series, etc.) in one sitting.

   We're going to marathon Star Trek next weekend.

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

marathon m (plural marathons, diminutive marathonnetje n)

1. marathon

French

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ??????? (Marath?n)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ma.?a.t??/

Noun

marathon m (plural marathons)

1. marathon

Derived terms

• marathonien

Further reading

• “marathon” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

English

Etymology

From Latin st?mina, plural of st?men.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?stæm?n?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?stæm?n?/
• Rhymes: -æm?n?
• Hyphenation: stam?i?na

Noun

stamina (usually uncountable, plural staminas)

1. The energy and strength for continuing to do something over a long period of time; power of sustained exertion, or resistance to hardship, illness etc.

   He has a lot of stamina. I suppose that's why he can run for a long time.
2. (obsolete, uncountable, plural only) The basic elements of a thing; rudimentary structures or qualities.

Translations

Noun

stamina

1. (rare) plural of stamen
   • 1790, William Curtis, The Botanical Magazine, Or, Flower-Garden Displayed, Volume 3, 2006 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     In the specimens we have examined, and which perhaps have been rendered luxuriant by culture, the number of stamina has been from twelve to sixteen; of styles, from six to eight; of flowers on the same stalk, from one to eight.

   • 1832 December 8, Spirit of Discovery, in The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction, Number 579, 2005 Gutenberg eBook edition,

     The gay flowers of the hibiscus tiliaceus, as well as the splendid huth or Barringtonia speciosa, covered with its beautiful flowers, the petals of which are white, and the edges of the stamina delicately tinged with pink, give to the trees when in full bloom a magnificent appearance; the hibiscus rosa-chinensis, or kowa of the natives also grows in luxuriance and beauty.

Anagrams

• Mantias, Satnami, Tasmina, amastin, animats, manatis, manitas

Afrikaans

Noun

stamina (uncountable)

1. stamina

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?sta?.mi.na/, [?s?t?ä?m?nä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?sta.mi.na/, [?st???min?]

Noun

st?mina

1. nominative plural of st?men
2. accusative plural of st?men
3. vocative plural of st?men

References

• stamina in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)