aerobics

See also: Aerobics, aérobics, aeròbics, aeróbics, and aërobics

English

Aqua aerobics in a pool

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ews-

Proto-Indo-European *-r

Proto-Indo-European *h₂ewsér

Proto-Hellenic *auhḗr

Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr)

Proto-Indo-European *gʷeyh₃-der.

Ancient Greek βίος (bíos)

French aérobie

Proto-Indo-European *-kos

Proto-Indo-European *-ikos

Proto-Italic *-ikos

Latin -icuslbor.

Old French -iquebor.

Middle English -ik

English -ic

English aerobic

English -s

English aerobics

From aerobic + -s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /əˈɹəʊbɪks/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /əˈɹoʊbɪks/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -əʊbɪks
• Hyphenation: aer‧o‧bics

Noun

aerobics (uncountable)

1. A form of exercise, designed to enhance one's cardiovascular fitness, normally performed to music. [1968]

   Hypernym: cardio

Derived terms

• aquaerobics, aqua aerobics
• boxaerobics
• chairobics
• quadrobics
• step aerobics
• strollerobics
• water aerobics

Related terms

• aerobes
• aerobic

Descendants

• → Bulgarian: аеро́бика (aeróbika)
• → Dutch: aerobics
• → Esperanto: aerobiko
• → Greek: αερόμπικ (aerómpik)
• → Spanish: aeróbic, aerobic
• → Swedish: aerobics
• → Welsh: aerobeg

Translations

exercise for cardiovascular fitness

• Bashkir: аэробика (airubika)
• Bulgarian: аеро́бика f (aeróbika)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 有氧運動 / 有氧运动 (zh) (yǒuyǎng yùndòng), 有氧健身操 (yǒuyǎng jiànshēncāo), 有氧健身法 (yǒuyǎng jiànshēnfǎ)

• Dutch: aerobics (nl) pl
• Finnish: aerobikkaus (fi)
• French: aérobic (fr) m
• German: Aerobic (de) n
• Greek: αερόμπικ (el) n (aerómpik)
• Japanese: エアロビクス (ja) (earobikusu), 有酸素運動 (ja)
• Kazakh: аэробика (aerobıyka)
• Korean: 에어로빅 (eeorobik), 유산소 운동(有酸素運動) (yusanso undong)
• Kyrgyz: аэробика (aerobika)
• Māori: haukori
• Polish: aerobik (pl) m
• Portuguese: aeróbica (pt) f
• Romanian: gimnastică aerobică (ro) f
• Russian: аэро́бика (ru) f (aeróbika)
• Spanish: aeróbic (es) m, aerobic (es) m
• Swahili: aerobiki (sw)
• Swedish: aerobics (sv) c or n
• Tagalog: please add this translation if you can
• Thai: แอโรบิค
• Welsh: aerobeg f

References

• Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “aerobics”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English aerobics.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛˈrɔ.bɪks/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: ae‧ro‧bics

Noun

aerobics pl (plural only, no diminutive)

1. aerobics (type of exercise to music)

Spanish

Noun

aerobics m pl

1. plural of aerobic

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English aerobics.

Noun

aerobics c

1. aerobics

Declension

Declension of aerobics

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	aerobics	aerobicss
	definite	aerobicsen	aerobicsens
plural	indefinite	—	—
	definite	—	—

References

• “aerobics”, in Svenska Akademiens ordlista [Wordlist of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)
• “aerobics”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)