Pancratian is a term that refers to the ancient Greek sport of Pancration, a combination of wrestling and boxing. Its phonetic transcription is /pæŋˈkreɪʃən/, with stress on the second syllable. The spelling of the word can be understood using the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA), which is a system for representing the sounds of language. The /p/ sound is followed by /æ/ and /ŋ/, representing the nasal pronunciation of the "ng" consonant cluster. The word ends with /kreɪʃən/, representing the "cation" suffix.