Wiktionary

gym

English

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Noun

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gym (plural gyms)

  1. Clipping of gymnasium.
    I'm off to the gym for my pilates class.
  2. (uncountable) clipping of gymnastics. (often as sense 4)
  3. (weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.
    • 2008, Lou Schuler, “Foreward”, in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii:
      Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.
    • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)
      Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?
      Audio (US):(file)
  4. physical education class
    The gym teacher at our school makes us stretch before and after each class.

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Translations

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short form of gymnasium — see gymnasium
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Verb

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gym (third-person singular simple present gyms, present participle gyming or gymming, simple past and past participle gymed or gymmed)

  1. (intransitive, India, Australia, South Africa) To go to the gym.
    • 2011, Rujuta Diwekar, Women and the weight loss tamasha:
      The only thing that can make you susceptible to this condition pre-marriage is crash dieting or mindless gymming and exercise.)
    • 2013, Neeta Iyer, Find_Love.com:
      I have tried everything from yoga to dancing to gymming, but I can't be consistent with anything. Actually, I'm okay without working out.
    • 2021, Sandeep Dahiya, Lazy Ways To Truth, page 30:
      So just like you go gymming for your body, go gymming with thoughts in order to have a healthier mind.

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Chinese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English gym.

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Noun

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gym

  1. (Hong Kong Cantonese) gym; gymnasium; fitness centre
    做gym [Cantonese]  ―  zou6 zim1 [Jyutping]  ―  to work out

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Danish

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Noun

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gym (not declinable)

  1. (slang) gymnasium

Dutch

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Etymology 1

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Clippings of various longer words; see those entries for more.

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Noun

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gym n (plural gymmen, diminutive gymmetje n)

  1. Clipping of gymnasium

Noun

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gym m (uncountable)

  1. Clipping of gymnastiek

Etymology 2

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From English gym.

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gym m (plural gyms, diminutive gymmetje n)

  1. (informal) gym (fitness facility)
    Synonym: sportschool

French

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gym f (plural gyms)

  1. Clipping of gymnastique.

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gym m (plural gyms)

  1. Clipping of gymnase.

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Norwegian Bokmål

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Noun

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gym m (definite singular gymmen)

  1. clipping of gymnastikk.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

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gym m (definite singular gymmen)

  1. clipping of gymnastikk.

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Spanish

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Unadapted borrowing from English gym.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (everywhere but Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʝim/ [ˈɟ͡ʝĩm]
  • IPA(key): (Buenos Aires and environs) /ˈʃim/ [ˈʃĩm]
  • IPA(key): (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay) /ˈʒim/ [ˈʒĩm]

Noun

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gym m (plural gyms)

  1. gym, gymnasium

Usage notes

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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.

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English gym, clipping of gymnasium.

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Noun

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gym n

  1. gym; a sporting facility specialized on exercising strength, lifting weights.

Declension

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Declension of gym 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gym gymmet gym gymmen
Genitive gyms gymmets gyms gymmens

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