fitness

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

fit +‎ -ness.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪtnəs/
• Rhymes: -ɪtnəs

Noun

fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)

1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, BBC Sport:

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

Synonyms

• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): beauty, health
• (condition of being suitable): strength, suitability, competence, capability
• (condition of being attractive): see Wikisaurus:sexy

Antonyms

• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): flab, sloth
• (ability to perform): weakness

Translations

cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique

• Arabic: صحة f (ṣíḥḥa) (health)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 健康 (zh) (jiànkāng) (health)

• Danish: egnethed c
• Finnish: kuntoilu
• French: fitness (fr) m
• German: Fitness (de) f

• Hebrew: כשר (he) m, כשר גופני
• Irish: oiriúint f, oiriúnacht f
• Japanese: 健康 (ja) (けんこう, kenkō) (health), フィットネス (fitonesu)
• Norwegian:

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

• Russian: хорошая физическая форма f (xoróšaja fizíčeskaja fórma), фитнес (ru) m (fítnɛs), здоровье (ru) n (zdoróvʹje) (health)
• Spanish: aptitud (es) f, (ARG) ámbito (es) m

ablity to perform

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

  Mandarin: 适合 (zh) (shìhé)

• Czech: vhodnost f
• Finnish: kunto (fi)

• German: Tauglichkeit f, Zweckmäßigkeit f
• Japanese: 適当 (ja) (てきとう, tekitō)
• Russian: пригодность (ru) f (prigódnostʹ), годность (ru) f (gódnostʹ)
• Spanish: capacidad (es) f, nivel físico m
• Ukrainian: придатність f (prydátnistʹ)

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French

Etymology

Borrowing from English fitness.

Pronunciation

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Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. (physical) fitness

External links

• "fitness" in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).