fitness

See also: Fitness

English

Etymology

From fit +‎ -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪt.nəs/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɪtnəs

Noun

fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)

1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.

   Antonym: unfitness

   • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 5:

     Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.

2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.

3. (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.

   Synonyms: suitability, capability

4. (UK, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beautiful

Derived terms

• aquafitness
• aquatic fitness
• biofitness
• fitfluencer
• fitness ball
• fitness center
• fitness centre
• fitness club
• fitness landscape
• fitness model
• fitnesswear
• fitnessy
• health and fitness age
• hyperfitness
• inclusive fitness
• pole fitness
• warrant of fitness
• water fitness

Translations

condition of being fit — see also suitability

• Finnish: sopivuus (fi)
• French: condition physique
• German: Fitness (de) f
• Macedonian: фитнес m (fitnes)
• Ottoman Turkish: طباق (tıbâk)
• Polish: sprawność fizyczna f
• Russian: приго́дность (ru) f (prigódnostʹ), го́дность (ru) f (gódnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: dobra kondicija f
• Spanish: aptitud (es) f

cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique — see also exercise,‎ physique,‎ physicality

• Arabic: صِحَّة (ar) f (ṣiḥḥa) (health), فيت نيس m (fīt nīs)
• Bulgarian: фитнес m (fitnes)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 健康 (zh) (jiànkāng) (health), 健身 (zh) (jiànshēn)

• Danish: egnethed c
• Finnish: kuntoilu (fi), fitness (fi)
• French: fitness (fr) m
• German: Fitness (de) f
• Gothic: 𐌿𐍃𐌸𐍂𐍉𐌸𐌴𐌹𐌽𐍃 f (usþrōþeins)
• Hebrew: כֹּשֶׁר (he) m (kósher), כֹּשֶׁר גּוּפָנִי (he) (kósher gufaní)
• Indonesian: kebugaran (id)
• Irish: oiriúint f, oiriúnacht f
• Japanese: 健康 (ja) (けんこう, kenkō) (health), フィットネス (ja) (fitonesu)
• Latvian: vingrums m, fitness m
• Malay: kecergasan (ms)
• Norwegian:

  Norwegian Bokmål: egnethet, (dialectal) eignahet f or m

• Polish: fitness (pl) m
• Portuguese: fitness (pt) m
• Russian: хоро́шая физи́ческая фо́рма f (xoróšaja fizíčeskaja fórma), фи́тнес (ru) m (fítnɛs), здоро́вье (ru) n (zdoróvʹje) (health)
• Serbo-Croatian: fitnes m
• Spanish: aptitud (es) f, (Argentina) ámbito (es) m, fitness m

degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring

• Indonesian: kecocokan (id)

ability to perform — see also suitability

• Bulgarian: годност (bg) f (godnost), способност (bg) f (sposobnost)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 适合 (zh) (shìhé)

• Czech: vhodnost (cs) f
• Finnish: kunto (fi), kyky (fi)
• German: Tauglichkeit (de) f, Zweckmäßigkeit (de) f
• Japanese: 適当 (ja) (てきとう, tekitō)
• Polish: sprawność (pl) f
• Russian: приго́дность (ru) f (prigódnostʹ), го́дность (ru) f (gódnostʹ)
• Serbo-Croatian: kondicija (sh) f
• Spanish: capacidad (es) f, nivel físico m, aptitud (es) f
• Ukrainian: прида́тність f (prydátnistʹ)

Anagrams

• infests, stefins

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfitnesː/, [ˈfit̪n̪e̞s̠ː]
• Rhymes: -itnesː
• Syllabification^(key): fit‧ness
• Hyphenation^(key): fit‧ness

Noun

fitness

1. fitness (a type of fitness sport)

Declension

Inflection of fitness (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)
nominative		fitness	fitnessit
genitive		fitnessin	fitnessien fitnesseiden fitnesseitten
partitive		fitnessiä	fitnesseitä fitnessejä
illative		fitnessiin	fitnesseihin
		singular	plural
nominative		fitness	fitnessit
accusative	nom.	fitness	fitnessit
	gen.	fitnessin
genitive		fitnessin	fitnessien fitnesseiden fitnesseitten
partitive		fitnessiä	fitnesseitä fitnessejä
inessive		fitnessissä	fitnesseissä
elative		fitnessistä	fitnesseistä
illative		fitnessiin	fitnesseihin
adessive		fitnessillä	fitnesseillä
ablative		fitnessiltä	fitnesseiltä
allative		fitnessille	fitnesseille
essive		fitnessinä	fitnesseinä
translative		fitnessiksi	fitnesseiksi
abessive		fitnessittä	fitnesseittä
instructive		—	fitnessein
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of fitness (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative fitnessini fitnessini accusative nom. fitnessini fitnessini gen. fitnessini genitive fitnessini fitnessieni fitnesseideni fitnesseitteni partitive fitnessiäni fitnesseitäni fitnessejäni inessive fitnessissäni fitnesseissäni elative fitnessistäni fitnesseistäni illative fitnessiini fitnesseihini adessive fitnessilläni fitnesseilläni ablative fitnessiltäni fitnesseiltäni allative fitnessilleni fitnesseilleni essive fitnessinäni fitnesseinäni translative fitnessikseni fitnesseikseni abessive fitnessittäni fitnesseittäni instructive — — comitative — fitnesseineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative fitnessisi fitnessisi accusative nom. fitnessisi fitnessisi gen. fitnessisi genitive fitnessisi fitnessiesi fitnesseidesi fitnesseittesi partitive fitnessiäsi fitnesseitäsi fitnessejäsi inessive fitnessissäsi fitnesseissäsi elative fitnessistäsi fitnesseistäsi illative fitnessiisi fitnesseihisi adessive fitnessilläsi fitnesseilläsi ablative fitnessiltäsi fitnesseiltäsi allative fitnessillesi fitnesseillesi essive fitnessinäsi fitnesseinäsi translative fitnessiksesi fitnesseiksesi abessive fitnessittäsi fitnesseittäsi instructive — — comitative — fitnesseinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative fitnessimme fitnessimme accusative nom. fitnessimme fitnessimme gen. fitnessimme genitive fitnessimme fitnessiemme fitnesseidemme fitnesseittemme partitive fitnessiämme fitnesseitämme fitnessejämme inessive fitnessissämme fitnesseissämme elative fitnessistämme fitnesseistämme illative fitnessiimme fitnesseihimme adessive fitnessillämme fitnesseillämme ablative fitnessiltämme fitnesseiltämme allative fitnessillemme fitnesseillemme essive fitnessinämme fitnesseinämme translative fitnessiksemme fitnesseiksemme abessive fitnessittämme fitnesseittämme instructive — — comitative — fitnesseinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative fitnessinne fitnessinne accusative nom. fitnessinne fitnessinne gen. fitnessinne genitive fitnessinne fitnessienne fitnesseidenne fitnesseittenne partitive fitnessiänne fitnesseitänne fitnessejänne inessive fitnessissänne fitnesseissänne elative fitnessistänne fitnesseistänne illative fitnessiinne fitnesseihinne adessive fitnessillänne fitnesseillänne ablative fitnessiltänne fitnesseiltänne allative fitnessillenne fitnesseillenne essive fitnessinänne fitnesseinänne translative fitnessiksenne fitnesseiksenne abessive fitnessittänne fitnesseittänne instructive — — comitative — fitnesseinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative fitnessinsä fitnessinsä accusative nom. fitnessinsä fitnessinsä gen. fitnessinsä genitive fitnessinsä fitnessiensä fitnesseidensä fitnesseittensä partitive fitnessiään fitnessiänsä fitnesseitään fitnessejään fitnesseitänsä fitnessejänsä inessive fitnessissään fitnessissänsä fitnesseissään fitnesseissänsä elative fitnessistään fitnessistänsä fitnesseistään fitnesseistänsä illative fitnessiinsä fitnesseihinsä adessive fitnessillään fitnessillänsä fitnesseillään fitnesseillänsä ablative fitnessiltään fitnessiltänsä fitnesseiltään fitnesseiltänsä allative fitnessilleen fitnessillensä fitnesseilleen fitnesseillensä essive fitnessinään fitnessinänsä fitnesseinään fitnesseinänsä translative fitnessikseen fitnessiksensä fitnesseikseen fitnesseiksensä abessive fitnessittään fitnessittänsä fitnesseittään fitnesseittänsä instructive — — comitative — fitnesseineen fitnesseinensä

Derived terms

compounds

• fitness-urheilu

Further reading

• “fitness”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

French

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fit.nɛs/

• Audio (Belgium):

  (file)

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

  (file)

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (condition of being fit)

Further reading

• “fitness”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Polish

Etymology

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfit.nɛs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -itnɛs
• Syllabification: fit‧ness

Noun

fitness m inan

1. (uncountable, exercise) aerobics or similar physical exercises done under the supervision of an instructor at a special club
2. (countable, exercise) special club where such exercises are done

Declension

Declension of fitness

	singular	plural
nominative	fitness	fitnessy
genitive	fitnessu	fitnessów
dative	fitnessowi	fitnessom
accusative	fitness	fitnessy
instrumental	fitnessem	fitnessami
locative	fitnessie	fitnessach
vocative	fitnessie	fitnessy

Further reading

• fitness in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fitness in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• fitness in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.t͡ʃi.nes/, /ˈfit͡ʃ.nes/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfi.t͡ʃi.nes/, /ˈfit͡ʃ.nes/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈfit͡ʃ.nes/, /ˈfi.t͡ʃi.nes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈfit.nɛs/

• Hyphenation: fit‧ness

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
2. (evolutionary theory) fitness (degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring)

   Synonyms: aptidão, valor adaptativo

Adjective

fitness (invariable)

1. (Brazil, informal) athletic, fit (physically active)

   Ela está bem fitness. ― She is very fit.

Romanian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

Noun

fitness n (uncountable)

1. fitness

Declension

singular only	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	fitness	fitnessul
genitive-dative	fitness	fitnessului
vocative	fitnessule

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfidnes/ [ˈfið̞.nes]
• Rhymes: -idnes
• Syllabification: fit‧ness

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)

Further reading

• “fitness”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024