fitness

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

fit +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ˈfɪtnəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪtnəs

Noun

fitness (usually uncountable; plural fitnesses)

1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:

     Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.

3. (UK, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.

Synonyms

• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): beauty, health
• (condition of being suitable): strength, suitability, competence, capability
• (condition of being attractive): see Wikisaurus:sexy

Antonyms

• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): flab, sloth
• (ability to perform): weakness

Translations

cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique

• Arabic: صحة (ar) (ṣíḥḥa) f (health)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 健康 (cmn) (jiànkāng) (health)

• Danish: egnethed (da) c
• Finnish: kuntoilu (fi)
• French: fitness (fr) m
• German: Fitness (de) f

• Hebrew: כשר (he) m, כשר גופני
• Irish: oiriúint (ga) f, oiriúnacht (ga) f
• Japanese: 健康 (ja) (けんこう, kenkō) (health), フィットネス (ja) (fitonesu)
• Norwegian Bokmål: egnethet (no), eignahet (dialectal) f and m
• Russian: хорошая физическая форма (ru) (xoróšaja fizíčeskaja fórma) f, фитнес (ru) (fítnɛs) m, здоровье (ru) (zdoróvʹje) n (health)
• Spanish: aptitud f, ámbito (ARG) m

ablity to perform

• Bulgarian: годност (bg) (godnost) f, способност (bg) (sposobnost) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 适合 (cmn) (shìhé)

• Czech: vhodnost (cs) f
• Finnish: kunto (fi)

• German: Tauglichkeit (de) f, Zweckmäßigkeit (de) f
• Japanese: 適当 (ja) (てきとう, tekitō)
• Russian: пригодность (ru) (prigódnostʹ) f, годность (ru) (gódnostʹ) f
• Spanish: capacidad f, nivel físico m
• Ukrainian: придатність (uk) (prydátnistʹ) f

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English fitness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fitness m (plural -)

1. (physical) fitness