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Olympiad

(ō lim′pē ad′, ə-; -əd)

noun

in ancient Greece, any of the four-year periods between Olympic games: used by the Greeks in computing time
a celebration of the modern Olympic games

Origin: Fr olympiade < Gr Olympias (gen. Olympiados) < Olympia, Olympia (the plain)

See Olympiad in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

An interval of four years between celebrations of the Olympic Games, by which the ancient Greeks reckoned dates.
Sports A celebration of the modern Olympic Games.

Origin:

Origin: Back-formation from Middle English Olympiades, Olympiads

Origin: , from Latin Olympias, Olympiad-, Olympiad

Origin: , from Greek Olumpias, Olumpiad-

Origin: , from Olumpia, Olympia, Greece, site of the Olympic Games

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