aerobic

English

Etymology

French aérobie, coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aēr, “air”) + βίος (bios, “life”) +‎ -ic.

Adjective

aerobic (not comparable)

1. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.
2. Involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body e.g. aerobic exercise.
3. Of, or relating to aerobics.

Translations

Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen

Catalan: aeròbic (ca) Croatian: aeroban (hr) Dutch: aeroob (nl) Finnish: aerobinen (fi)

Italian: aerobico (it) m. Russian: аэробный (ru) m. Spanish: aeróbico (es) m. Swedish: aerobisk

Involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body

Catalan: aeròbic (ca) Croatian: aeroban (hr) Dutch: aeroob (nl) Finnish: aerobinen (fi)

Italian: aerobico (it) m. Spanish: aeróbico (es) m. Swedish: aerobisk

Of, or relating to aerobics

Catalan: aeròbic (ca)

Antonyms

• anaerobic

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Finnish

Etymology

From English aerobics.

Noun

aerobic

1. aerobics

Declension

Declension of aerobic (type risti) singular plural nominative aerobic aerobicit genitive aerobicin aerobicien partitive aerobicia aerobiceja accusative aerobic aerobicin aerobicit inessive aerobicissa aerobiceissa elative aerobicista aerobiceista illative aerobiciin aerobiceihin adessive aerobicilla aerobiceilla ablative aerobicilta aerobiceilta allative aerobicille aerobiceille essive aerobicina aerobiceina translative aerobiciksi aerobiceiksi instructive – aerobicein abessive aerobicitta aerobiceitta comitative – aerobiceineen