world record

English

Noun

world record (plural world records)

1. (sports) The world's best score or time for a certain event.
2. (idiomatic) Any characteristic or accomplishment that exceeds all other instances of that characteristic or accomplishment.

Synonyms

• world's record
• WR

Translations

the world's best score or time

• Catalan: rècord mundial m
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 世界紀錄／世界纪录 (sai³ gaai³ gei² luk⁶)

  Mandarin: 世界記錄／世界记录 (shìjiè jìlù)

• Danish: verdensrekord c
• Dutch: wereldrecord (nl) n
• Estonian: maailmarekord (et)
• Faroese: heimsmet n
• Finnish: maailmanennätys (fi)
• French: record du monde m, record mondial m
• German: Weltrekord (de) m
• Hungarian: világrekord (hu), világcsúcs (hu)
• Icelandic: heimsmet (is) n
• Irish: curiarracht dhomhanda f
• Italian: record del mondo m, record mondiale m, primato mondiale m
• Japanese: 世界記録 (ja) (せかいきろく, sekai kiroku), ワールドレコード (wārudo rekōdo)
• Korean: 세계 기록(世界 記錄), 월드 레코드 (woldeu rekodeu)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: verdensrekord (no) m

  Nynorsk: verdsrekord m

• Polish: rekord świata m
• Portuguese: recorde mundial m
• Russian: мирово́й реко́рд m (mirovój rekórd)
• Swahili: muda bora, rekodi ya dunia
• Swedish: världsrekord (sv) n
• Ukrainian: світови́й реко́рд m (svitovýj rekórd)
• Vietnamese: kỷ lục thế giới
• Welsh: record y byd f