gymnastics

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυμνασία (gumnasía, “athletic training, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

gymnastics (uncountable)

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum.
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
His mental gymnastics are legendary.
- 1983 April 23, Ruth Borenstein, “Alive! Dazzles”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
  Her voice swooped and soared as she raced through some double time vocal gymnastics which included a beautifully clear horn impersonation.

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Translations

a sport

Arabic: جُمْبَاز m (jumbāz)
Armenian: մարմնամարզություն (hy) (marmnamarzutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: gimnastika (az)
Bulgarian: гимна́стика (bg) f (gimnástika)
Catalan: gimnàstica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 體操／体操 (zh) (tǐcāo), 體育／体育 (zh) (tǐyù)
Czech: gymnastika (cs) f
Danish: gymnastik
Dutch: gymnastiek (nl) f
Esperanto: gimnastiko
Finnish: voimistelu (fi)
French: gymnastique (fr) f
Galician: ximnasia (gl) f
German: (competitive) Turnen (de) n, (exercise, e.g. medical) Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: γυμναστική (el) f (gymnastikí)
Hebrew: הִתְעַמְּלוּת (he) f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: gimnasztika (hu), torna (hu)
Icelandic: fimleikar m pl
Ido: gimnastiko (io)
Indonesian: senam (id), gimnastik (id)
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Japanese: 体操 (ja) (たいそう, taisō), 体育 (ja) (たいいく, taiiku)
Korean: 체조(體操) (ko) (chejo)
Latvian: vingrošana f
Macedonian: гимнастика f (gimnastika)
Malay: gerak badan, gimnastik (ms), (rare) taiso
Maori: takaporepore
Norwegian: gymnastikk (no), turn (no) m
Persian: ژیمناستیک (fa) (žīmnāstīk)
Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f
Portuguese: ginástica (pt) f
Romanian: gimnastică (ro) f
Russian: гимна́стика (ru) f (gimnástika)
Sanskrit: दाक्ष (sa) (dākṣa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гимнастика f, тјеловјежба f

Roman: gimnastika (sh) f, tjelovježba (sh) f
Spanish: gimnasia (es) f, gimnástica (es) f
Swedish: gymnastik (sv)
Tagalog: palakatwanan
Turkish: jimnastik (tr)
Ukrainian: гімна́стика f (himnástyka)
Uzbek: gimnastika (uz)
Vietnamese: thể dục (vi)
Walloon: djimlastike (wa) f
Yiddish: גימנאַסטיק f (gimnastik)

complex intellectual or artistic exercise

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese: please add this translation if you can
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: akrobataĵo
Finnish: harjoitus (fi)
German: Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: ακροβατισμός (el) m (akrovatismós)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Macedonian: гимнастика f (gimnastika)
Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f
Russian: гимна́стика (ru) f (gimnástika)
Serbo-Croatian: gimnàstika (sh) f, tjèlovježba (sh) f
Vietnamese: sự rèn luyện

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Maltese: ^{(please verify)} ġimnastika f