Meaning
Olympic, Olympian
- noble
- solemn
- imperturbable
In a sentence
Ha vinto una medaglia olimpica l'anno scorso.
She won an Olympic medal last year.
Ha risposto alle accuse con una calma olimpica.
He answered the accusations with Olympian calm.
Roma ha ospitato i Giochi olimpici nel 1960.
Rome hosted the Olympic Games in 1960.
Word forms (4)
| Word | Word forms |
|---|---|
| olimpico | masculine · singular |
| olimpica | feminine · singular |
| olimpici | masculine · plural |
| olimpiche | feminine · plural |
Usage notes
- Usually means “Olympic” in everyday Italian: giochi olimpici, squadra olimpica. The figurative senses are literary or elevated, not common conversation.
- For “calm” or “unfazed,” Italians more often say impassibile, imperturbabile, or con calma olimpica than use olimpico alone.
- It agrees normally: olimpico, olimpica, olimpici, olimpiche. Capitalization is usually lowercase in Italian, unlike English “Olympic.”