aerobic

See also: Aerobic and aérobic

English

Alternative forms

• aërobic

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɛəˈɹəʊ.bɪk/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɛəˈɹoʊ.bɪk/

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

aerobic (not comparable)

1. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.

   Antonym: anaerobic

2. Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs.
3. Of or relating to aerobics.

Related terms

• aerobe
• aerobics
• anaerobic

Translations

living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen

• Catalan: aeròbic (ca)
• Dutch: aeroob (nl)
• Finnish: aerobinen (fi), happihakuinen (fi)
• French: aérobique (fr)
• German: aerob (de)
• Greek: αερόβιος (el) (aeróvios)
• Hungarian: aerob
• Irish: aeróbach
• Italian: aerobico (it) m

• Japanese: 好気性
• Polish: aerobowy
• Portuguese: aeróbico (pt)
• Romanian: aerobic (ro)
• Russian: аэро́бный (ru) (aeróbnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏еро̄бан

  Roman: ȁerōban (sh)

• Spanish: aeróbico (es)
• Swedish: aerobisk

involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body

• Catalan: aeròbic (ca)
• Dutch: aeroob (nl)
• Esperanto: earobia
• Finnish: aerobinen (fi)
• French: aérobique (fr)
• German: aerob (de)
• Irish: aeróbach
• Italian: aerobico (it) m

• Polish: aerobowy
• Portuguese: aeróbico (pt)
• Romanian: aerobic (ro)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏еро̄бан

  Roman: ȁerōban (sh)

• Spanish: aeróbico (es)
• Swedish: aerobisk

of or relating to aerobics

• Catalan: aeròbic (ca)
• French: aérobique (fr)
• Greek: αεροβικός (aerovikós)

• Irish: aeróbach
• Polish: aerobowy
• Spanish: aeróbico (es)

Anagrams

• Arecibo

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Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aerobics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑerobic/, [ˈɑe̞ˌro̞bic]
• Rhymes: -obic
• Syllabification^(key): a‧e‧ro‧bic

Noun

aerobic

1. aerobics

Declension

Inflection of aerobic (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation)
nominative		aerobic	aerobicit
genitive		aerobicin	aerobicien
partitive		aerobicia	aerobiceja
illative		aerobiciin	aerobiceihin
		singular	plural
nominative		aerobic	aerobicit
accusative	nom.	aerobic	aerobicit
	gen.	aerobicin
genitive		aerobicin	aerobicien
partitive		aerobicia	aerobiceja
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

Possessive forms of aerobic (type risti)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	aerobicini	aerobicimme
2nd person	aerobicisi	aerobicinne
3rd person	aerobicinsa

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Romanian

Etymology

From French aérobique.

Adjective

aerobic m or n (feminine singular aerobică, masculine plural aerobici, feminine and neuter plural aerobice)

1. aerobic

Declension

Declension of aerobic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	aerobic		aerobică	aerobici	aerobice
	definite	aerobicul		aerobica	aerobicii	aerobicele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	aerobic		aerobice	aerobici	aerobice
	definite	aerobicului		aerobicei	aerobicilor	aerobicelor

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Spanish

Noun

aerobic m (plural aerobics)

1. Alternative spelling of aeróbic

Further reading

• “aerobic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014