Various activities in gymnastics
Etymology
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From Ancient Greek γυμνασία ( gumnasía , “ athletic training, exercise ” ) , from γυμνός ( gumnós , “ naked ” ) , because Greek athletes trained naked.
Pronunciation
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gymnastics (uncountable )
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.
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.
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Translations
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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
Maori: takaporepore
Norwegian: gymnastikk (no)
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
Roman: gimnastika (sh) f , tjelovježba (sh) f
Spanish: gimnasia (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
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