gymnasium
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)
- (formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
- A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university; grammar school, prep school
- (historical) A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.
- Alternative form: gymnasion
Synonyms
[edit]- (large room or building for indoor sports): gym
- (type of secondary school): prep school, college prep school
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Czech
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[edit]Noun
[edit]gymnasium n
Declension
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “gymnasium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935-1957
- “gymnasium”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]gymnasium n (singular definite gymnasiet, plural indefinite gymnasier, in compounds: gymnasie-)
- gymnasium (a type of secondary school)
Inflection
[edit]neuter gender |
Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | gymnasium | gymnasiet | gymnasier | gymnasierne |
genitive | gymnasiums | gymnasiets | gymnasiers | gymnasiernes |
Further reading
[edit]gymnasium on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Audio: (file) - Hyphenation: gym‧na‧si‧um
Noun
[edit]gymnasium n (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums, diminutive gymnasiumpje n)
- a type of secondary school (for 12 to 18 year-olds) which prepares students for university or vocational school, and which offers classes in Latin and/or Greek
- school of sports which the Greeks had in antiquity
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Indonesian: gimnasium
See also
[edit]Latin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): /ɡymˈna.si.um/, [ɡʏmˈnäs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒimˈna.si.um/, [d͡ʒimˈnäːs̬ium]
Noun
[edit]gymnasium n (genitive gymnasiī or gymnasī); second declension
Declension
[edit]Second-declension noun (neuter).
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
Genitive | gymnasiī gymnasī1 |
gymnasiōrum |
Dative | gymnasiō | gymnasiīs |
Accusative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
Ablative | gymnasiō | gymnasiīs |
Vocative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
[edit]Descendants
[edit]- → Albanian: gjimnaz
- Catalan: gimnàs
- French: gymnase
- Galician: ximnasio
- → German: Gymnasium (see there for further descendants)
- Italian: ginnasio
- Portuguese: ginásio
- Romanian: gimnaziu
- Spanish: gimnasio
References
[edit]- “gymnasium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gymnasium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gymnasium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gymnasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
- “gymnasium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gymnasium in Ramminger, Johann (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700[1], pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “gymnasium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Noun
[edit]gymnasium n (definite singular gymnasiet, indefinite plural gymnasier, definite plural gymnasia or gymnasiene)
- alternative form of gymnas
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Noun
[edit]gymnasium n (definite singular gymnasiet, indefinite plural gymnasium, definite plural gymnasia)
- alternative form of gymnas
Swedish
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[edit]Noun
[edit]gymnasium n
- gymnasium; upper secondary school: either theoretical ("preparing for further studies") or vocational, most commonly three years long (grades 10-12)
- a (part of a) school where gymnasium students are taught
- Synonym: gymnasieskola
Declension
[edit]Declension of gymnasium | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | gymnasium | gymnasiet | gymnasier | gymnasierna |
Genitive | gymnasiums | gymnasiets | gymnasiers | gymnasiernas |
Synonyms
[edit]See also
[edit]- gymnasist
- lågstadium (grades 1-3)
- mellanstadium (grades 4-6)
- högstadium (grades 7-9)
- högskola
- universitet
- high school (“American secondary school”)
Further reading
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- en:Sports areas
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- Rhymes:Danish/ɔm
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- nl:Schools
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- la:Schools
- la:Sports
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