kickboxing

== English == === Alternative forms === kick-boxing, kick boxing === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese キックボクシング (kikkubokushingu), from English kick +‎ boxing. Possibly coined by Japanese businessman Osamu Noguchi in 1964. === Pronunciation === === Noun === kickboxing (uncountable) (martial arts) A hybrid martial art derived from Muay Thai, karate, and especially boxing during the 1960s to 1970s; more generally, any stand-up combat sport that combines kicks and punches. ==== Related terms ==== boxing kick kickboxer ==== Translations ==== ==== See also ==== Muay Thai ==== Further reading ==== Kickboxing on Wikipedia.Wikipedia === Anagrams === box kicking == Portuguese == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English kickboxing. === Pronunciation === === Noun === kickboxing m (uncountable) (martial arts) kickboxing (sport like boxing but allowing strikes with the feet) Synonym: kickboxe === Further reading === “kickboxing”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English kickboxing. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kiɡˈboɡsin/ [kiɣ̞ˈβ̞oɣ̞.sĩn] Rhymes: -oɡsin === Noun === kickboxing m (uncountable) kickboxing ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. ==== Hypernyms ==== deporte de combate