gymnastics

English

gymnastics (L86744)

Etymology

From gymnastic: see -ics;^[1] from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός (gumnastikós), from γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “athlete, gymnast”), from γῠμνᾰ́ζω (gŭmnắzō, “to train, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. By surface analysis, gymnast +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/
Audio (US): (file)

Noun

gymnastics (countable and uncountable, plural gymnastics)

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum.
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
His mental gymnastics are legendary.
- 1934, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], The Bravo of London:
  […] something undoubtedly caused Mr. Joolby to stumble back and he floundered into the arms—and incidentally upon the toes—of his fellow conspirators. That was the moment chosen for the room to be blacked completely out […]
  "What the hell's happened?" shouted Nickle—the first to find his voice because he was the least involved in the gymnastics.
- 1983 April 23, Ruth Borenstein, “Alive! Dazzles”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
  Her voice swooped and soared as she raced through some double time vocal gymnastics which included a beautifully clear horn impersonation.

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Tagalog: dyimnastiks

Translations

a sport

Arabic: جُمْبَاز m (jumbāz)
Armenian: մարմնամարզություն (hy) (marmnamarzutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: gimnastika (az)
Bulgarian: гимна́стика (bg) f (gimnástika)
Catalan: gimnàstica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 體操 / 体操 (zh) (tǐcāo), 體育 / 体育 (zh) (tǐyù)
Czech: gymnastika (cs) f
Danish: gymnastik
Dutch: gymnastiek (nl) f
Esperanto: gimnastiko
Finnish: voimistelu (fi)
French: gymnastique (fr) f
Galician: ximnasia (gl) f
German: (competitive) Turnen (de) n, (exercise, e.g. medical) Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: γυμναστική (el) f (gymnastikí)
Hebrew: הִתְעַמְּלוּת (he) f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: gimnasztika (hu), torna (hu)
Icelandic: fimleikar m pl
Ido: gimnastiko (io)
Indonesian: senam (id), gimnastik (id)
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Japanese: 体操 (ja) (たいそう, taisō), 体育 (ja) (たいいく, taiiku)
Korean: 체조(體操) (ko) (chejo)
Latvian: vingrošana f
Macedonian: гимнастика f (gimnastika)
Malay: gerak badan, gimnastik (ms), (rare) taiso
Māori: takaporepore
Norwegian: gymnastikk (no), turn (no) m
Persian: ژیمناستیک (fa) (žīmnāstīk)
Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f
Portuguese: ginástica (pt) f
Romanian: gimnastică (ro) f
Russian: гимна́стика (ru) f (gimnástika)
Sanskrit: दाक्ष (sa) (dākṣa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гимнастика f, тјеловјежба f

Latin: gimnastika (sh) f, tjelovježba (sh) f
Spanish: gimnasia (es) f, gimnástica (es) f
Swedish: gymnastik (sv)
Tagalog: palakatwanan
Turkish: jimnastik (tr)
Ukrainian: гімна́стика f (himnástyka)
Uzbek: gimnastika (uz)
Vietnamese: thể dục (vi)
Walloon: djimlastike (wa) f
Yiddish: גימנאַסטיק f (gimnastik)

complex intellectual or artistic exercise

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese: please add this translation if you can
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: akrobataĵo
Finnish: harjoitus (fi)
German: Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: ακροβατισμός (el) m (akrovatismós)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Macedonian: гимнастика f (gimnastika)
Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f
Russian: гимна́стика (ru) f (gimnástika)
Serbo-Croatian: gimnàstika (sh) f, tjèlovježba (sh) f
Vietnamese: sự rèn luyện

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Translations to be checked

Maltese: ^{(please verify)} ġimnastika f

References

^ Douglas Harper (2001–2026), “gymnastics (n.)”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.