Definition
Armed fighters in ancient Rome who fought each other or wild animals in arenas for entertainment and spectators' bloodlust.
Etymology
From Latin 'gladiator,' derived from 'gladius' meaning sword. Gladiators were professional or enslaved fighters, representing one of history's most brutal entertainment systems.
Kelly Says
Modern sports like UFC deliberately use gladiator language and imagery to connect modern fighting to ancient spectacle—it's fascinating how we romanticize something that was actually slavery and state-sponsored murder.
Translations
AMአማርኛ
Gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
ARالعربية
اللّ gladiators
al-glah-dee-ah-toor
BNবাংলা
যোদ্ধার
yoddha-ar
CACatalà
gladiadors
glah-dee-ad-ors
CSČeština
gladiátoři
glah-dee-ah-to-ry
DADansk
gladiatoren
glah-dee-ah-toh-ren
DEDeutsch
Gladiatoren
glah-dee-a-toh-ren
ELΕλληνικά
γladiατορες
glah-dee-ah-to-res
ESEspañol
gladiadores
glah-dee-ah-doh-res
FAفارسی
گلائیاتور
glah-dee-ah-toor
FISuomi
gladiattorit
glah-dee-ah-tto-rit
FRFrançais
gladiateurs
glah-dee-a-tyr
HAHA
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
HEעברית
גלאדיאטור
glah-dee-ah-toor
HIहिन्दी
युद्धकर्ता
yuddhak-arta
HUMagyar
gladiátorok
glah-dee-ah-to-ro-k
IDBahasa Indonesia
gladiator
glah-dee-ah-tor
IGIG
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
ITItaliano
gladiatori
glah-dee-ah-toh-ree
KKKK
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
KMKM
ប្រពៃណី
pra-pe-i-nai
KO한국어
글래디에이터
geulla-deie-a-teo
MSBahasa Melayu
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
NLNederlands
gladiatoren
glah-dee-ah-toh-ren
NONorsk
gladiatoren
glah-dee-ah-toh-ren
PLPolski
gladiatori
glah-dee-ah-to-ree
PTPortuguês
gladiadores
glah-dee-ah-doh-res
RORomână
gladiatori
glah-dee-ah-to-ree
RUРусский
гладиаторы
glah-dee-ah-to-ry
SVSvenska
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
SWKiswahili
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
TAதமிழ்
களாடியர்கள்
kalaa-diya-r-gal
TEతెలుగు
యుద్ధకులు
yu-ddha-ku-lu
TLTL
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
TRTürkçe
gladiatörler
glah-dee-a-toor-ler
UKУкраїнська
гладіатори
glah-dee-ah-to-ry
URاردو
گلاڈی ایٹر
glah-dee-ah-tor
VITiếng Việt
chiến binh
chee-en-binh
YOYO
gladiators
glah-dee-ah-tors
ZUZU
igladiators
i-glah-dee-ah-tors