fitness
English
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Etymology
From fit + -ness, 16th century, physical sense from 1935.
Pronunciation
Noun
fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)
- The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
- 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.
- (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
- (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
Antonyms
- unfitness
- (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): flab, sloth
- (ability to perform): weakness
Derived terms
Translations
condition of being fit
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cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique
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ability to perform
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Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.
Pronunciation
Noun
fitness
- fitness (a type of fitness sport)
Declension
Inflection of fitness (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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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. |
French
Etymology
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation
Noun
fitness m (uncountable)
- (physical) fitness
Further reading
- “fitness”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
Etymology
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation
Noun
fitness m inan
Declension
Declension of fitness
singular | |
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nominative | fitness |
genitive | fitnessu |
dative | fitnessowi |
accusative | fitness |
instrumental | fitnessem |
locative | fitnessie |
vocative | fitnessie |
Portuguese
Etymology
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation
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Noun
fitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
- (artificial intelligence) fitness (degree of appropriateness of an answer in a genetic algorithm)
Spanish
Noun
fitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -ness
- English terms with audio links
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:English/ɪtnəs
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Evolutionary theory
- British English
- English slang
- en:Physical fitness
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish unadapted borrowings from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- Polish terms borrowed from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish singularia tantum
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese terms derived from English
- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Artificial intelligence
- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
- Spanish masculine nouns