🇯🇵Japanese Source WordCode: JA

教育コンテスト

Pronunciation / Transliteration: Kyōiku kontesuto

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Educational Contest/ˌɛdʒʊˈkeɪʃənl ˈkɒntɛst/
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🇯🇵 Example Sentence in Japanese:

"学校は学生を励ますために教育コンテストを開催しました。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A competition designed to promote learning and knowledge among participants.

    "The school organized an educational contest to encourage students to explore science."
  2. 2

    An event where individuals or teams compete in various subjects or skills to win prizes or recognition.

    "She participated in an educational contest that focused on mathematics and problem-solving."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term 'educational' derives from the Latin 'educare', meaning 'to bring up' or 'to rear', combined with 'contest', which comes from the Latin 'contestari', meaning 'to call together'. The phrase evolved in the 20th century to denote competitions aimed at enhancing learning and knowledge.

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🇫🇷French → English

Concours éducatif

Transliteration: kɔ̃.kʊʁ edy.ka.tif

"L'école a organisé un concours éducatif pour encourager les élèves."

🇩🇪German → English

Bildungswettbewerb

Transliteration: ˈbɪldʊŋsˌvɛtbəˌʁeːb

"Die Schule veranstaltete einen Bildungswettbewerb, um die Schüler zu motivieren."

🇮🇹Italian → English

Concorso educativo

Transliteration: konˈkor.so ed.uˈka.ti.vo

"La scuola ha organizzato un concorso educativo per stimolare gli studenti."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

Concurso educativo

Transliteration: konˈkuɾ.so eðuˈka.ti.βo

"La escuela organizó un concurso educativo para fomentar el aprendizaje."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

Concurso educacional

Transliteration: kõˈkuʁsu edukaˈsɐ̃w

"A escola organizou um concurso educacional para incentivar os alunos."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

शैक्षिक प्रतियोगिता

Transliteration: Shaikshik Pratiyogita

"स्कूल ने छात्रों को प्रोत्साहित करने के लिए शैक्षिक प्रतियोगिता का आयोजन किया।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

教育竞赛

Transliteration: jiàoyù jìngsài

"学校组织了一场教育竞赛,以鼓励学生探索科学。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

교육 대회

Transliteration: gyoyuk daehoe

"학교는 학생들을 격려하기 위해 교육 대회를 개최했습니다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

教育コンテスト

Transliteration: Kyōiku kontesuto

"学校は学生を励ますために教育コンテストを開催しました。"

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