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

• IPA^(key): /ɛˈɹoʊbɪk/, /əˈɹoʊbɪk/

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.

Antonyms

• anaerobic

Translations

living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen

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

• Portuguese: aeróbico (pt)
• Romanian: aerobic (ro)
• Russian: аэро́бный (ru) (aeróbnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: а̏еро̄бан

  Roman: ȁerōban (sh)

• Spanish: aeróbico (es) m
• Swedish: aerobisk

involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body

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

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

  Cyrillic: а̏еро̄бан

  Roman: ȁerōban (sh)

• Spanish: aeróbico (es) m
• Swedish: aerobisk

of or relating to aerobics

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

• Irish: aeróbach
• Spanish: aeróbico (es)

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Finnish

Etymology

From English aerobics.

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

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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.