gymnasium

See also Gymnasium

English

Etymology

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnasion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (“naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /dʒɪmˈneɪziəm/

Noun

gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)

1. A large room or building for indoor sports.
2. A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.

Synonyms

• (type of secondary school): prep school, college prep school

Related terms

• gym
• gymnastics

Translations

place for indoor sports

• Basque: gimnasio (eu)
• Bulgarian: гимнастически салон (bg) (gimnastíčeski salón) m
• Catalan: gimnàs (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 健身房 (cmn) (jiànshēnfáng)

• Czech: tělocvična (cs) f
• Dutch: turnzaal (nl) m, gymnastiekzaal (nl) m
• Finnish: liikuntasali, kuntosali
• French: gymnase (fr) m, salle de gymnastique (fr) f
• Galician: ximnasio (gl) m
• German: Sporthalle (de) f, Turnhalle (de) f, Gymnastikraum (de) m, Fitnessstudio (de) n
• Greek: γυμναστήριο (el) (gymnastírio) n
• Hungarian: (smaller:) tornaterem (hu), (bigger:) tornacsarnok (hu)
• Icelandic: íþróttahús (is) n, leikfimisalur (is) m
• Ido: gimnastikeyo (io)
• Italian: palestra (it) f
• Japanese: 体育館 (ja) (たいいくかん, taiikukan)

• Malay: gimnasium (ms)
• Navajo: biiʼndaʼaʼnéhé
• Norwegian: gymsal (no) m, sportshall (no) m
• Polish: siłownia (pl) f, sala gimnastyczna f
• Portuguese: ginásio (pt) m, academia (pt) f
• Romanian: sală de gimnastică (ro) f, hală de gimnastică (ro) f
• Russian: спортзал (ru) (sportzál) m, гимнастический зал (ru) (gimnastíčeskij zal) m, джим (ru) (džim) m
• Scottish Gaelic: ionad-cleasachd (gd) m
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гимнастичка сала (sh) f, теретана (sh) f

  Roman: gimnastička sala (sh) f, teretana (sh) f

• Spanish: gimnasio (es)
• Swedish: gymnastiksal (sv) c, sporthall (sv) c
• Turkish: spor salonu (tr), jimnastik salonu (tr)
• Volapük: turöp (vo)
• Welsh: campfa (cy) f

type of school

• Bulgarian: гимназия (bg) (gimnázija) f
• Catalan: gimnàs (ca) m
• Czech: gymnázium (cs) n
• Danish: gymnasium (da) n
• Esperanto: gimnazio (eo)
• Finnish: lukio (fi)
• French: lycée (fr) m, (outside France) gymnase (fr) m
• German: Gymnasium (de) n
• Greek: γυμνάσιο (el) (gymnásio) n, λύκειο (el) (lýkeio) n
• Hungarian: gimnázium (hu)
• Icelandic: menntaskóli (is) m, framhaldsskóli (is) m

• Ido: gimnazio (io)
• Italian: ginnasio (it), Liceo Classico
• Polish: gimnazjum (pl) n
• Romanian: gimnaziu (ro) n
• Russian: гимназия (ru) (gimnázija) f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: гимназија (sh) f

  Roman: gimnazija (sh) f

• Slovene: gimnazija (sl) f
• Swedish: gymnasium (sv)
• Turkish: lise (tr)

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Danish

Etymology

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnasion, “exercise, school”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ɡymnaːsjɔm/, [ɡ̊ymˈnæːˀɕɔm]
• Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun

gymnasium n (singular definite gymnasiet, plural indefinite gymnasier)

1. gymnasium (a type of secondary school)

Inflection

    Inflection of gymnasium

neuter gender	Singular		Plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative, dative and accusative	gymnasium	gymnasiet	gymnasier	gymnasierne
genitive	gymnasiums	gymnasiets	gymnasiers	gymnasiernes

External links

• Gymnasium on the Danish Wikipedia.da.Wikipedia

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

gymnasium n (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums, diminutive gymnasiumpje)

1. a type of secondary school (for 12 to 18 year-olds) which prepares students for university or vocational school, and which offers classes in Latin and/or Greek
2. school of sports which the Greeks had in antiquity

Related terms

• gym

See also

• atheneum

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Latin

Etymology

Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnasion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (“naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.

Noun

gymnasium (genitive gymnasiī); n, second declension

1. a gymnasium

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	gymnasium	gymnasia
genitive	gymnasiī	gymnasiōrum
dative	gymnasiō	gymnasiīs
accusative	gymnasium	gymnasia
ablative	gymnasiō	gymnasiīs
vocative	gymnasium	gymnasia

Related terms

• gymnasticus

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Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA: /jʏmˈnɑːsɪɵm/

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Noun

gymnasium n

1. a upper secondary school: either theoretical ("preparing for further studies") or vocational

Declension

Declension of gymnasium

	singular		plural
Neuter	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	gymnasium	gymnasiet	gymnasier	gymnasierna
genitive	gymnasiums	gymnasiets	gymnasiers	gymnasiernas

Synonyms

• gymnasieskola

See also

• gymnasist