gymnastics

Various activities in gymnastics

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυμνασία (gumnasia, “athletic training, exercise”), from γυμνός (“naked”), because Greek athletes were training naked.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA: /dʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/

Noun

gymnastics (plural gymnastics)

1. 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.

2. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.

   His mental gymnastics are legendary.

Derived terms

• artistic gymnastics
• rhythmic gymnastics

Related terms

• gym
• gymnasium
• gymnast
• gymnastic

Translations

a sport

Arabic: جمباز (ar) (jumnaaz) m. Bulgarian: гимнастика (bg) (gimnástika) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 體操 (cmn), 体操 (cmn) (tǐcāo), 體育 (cmn), 体育 (cmn) (tǐyù) Croatian: gimnàstika (hr) f., tjèlovježba (hr) f. Czech: gymnastika (cs) f. Danish: gymnastik (da) Dutch: gymnastiek (nl) f. Finnish: voimistelu (fi) French: gymnastique (fr) f. Galician: ximnasia (gl) f.

German: Turnen (de) n., Gymnastik (de) f. Greek: γυμναστική (el) (γimnastikí) f. Hungarian: gimnasztika (hu), torna (hu) Japanese: 体操 (ja) (たいそう, taisō), 体育 (ja) (たいいく, taiiku) Norwegian: gymnastikk (no) Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f. Romanian: gimnastică (ro) f. Russian: гимнастика (ru) (gimnástika) f. Serbian: гимнастика (sr) (gimnastika) f. Spanish: gimnasia (es) f. Swedish: gymnastik (sv) Ukrainian: гімнастика (uk) (himnástyka) f.

complex intellectual or artistic exercise

Croatian: gimnàstika (hr) f., tjèlovježba (hr) f. Finnish: harjoitus (fi)

German: Gymnastik (de) f. Greek: ακροβατισμός (el) (akrovatismós) m.

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Maltese: ġimnastika f.

See also

• Gymnastics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Gymnastics on Wikiversity. Wikiversity