bodybuilding
See also: Bodybuilding and body-building
EnglishEdit
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bodybuilding (uncountable)
- A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
- 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7.
- Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.
- 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7.
- (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
- 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258
- "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."
- 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258
QuotationsEdit
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bodybuilding.
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sport of muscle development
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work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile
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Further readingEdit
- bodybuilding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- bodybuilding on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
DanishEdit
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Borrowed from English bodybuilding.
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bodybuilding c (singular definite bodybuildingen, not used in plural form)
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Borrowed from English bodybuilding.
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bodybuilding n (uncountable)
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FinnishEdit
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Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilding.
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bodybuilding
- bodybuilding
- Synonyms: bodaus, kehonrakennus
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Inflection of bodybuilding (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | bodybuilding | bodybuildingit | |
genitive | bodybuildingin | bodybuildingien | |
partitive | bodybuildingiä | bodybuildingejä | |
illative | bodybuildingiin | bodybuildingeihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | bodybuilding | bodybuildingit | |
accusative | nom. | bodybuilding | bodybuildingit |
gen. | bodybuildingin | ||
genitive | bodybuildingin | bodybuildingien | |
partitive | bodybuildingiä | bodybuildingejä | |
inessive | bodybuildingissä | bodybuildingeissä | |
elative | bodybuildingistä | bodybuildingeistä | |
illative | bodybuildingiin | bodybuildingeihin | |
adessive | bodybuildingillä | bodybuildingeillä | |
ablative | bodybuildingiltä | bodybuildingeiltä | |
allative | bodybuildingille | bodybuildingeille | |
essive | bodybuildinginä | bodybuildingeinä | |
translative | bodybuildingiksi | bodybuildingeiksi | |
instructive | — | bodybuildingein | |
abessive | bodybuildingittä | bodybuildingeittä | |
comitative | — | bodybuildingeineen |
Possessive forms of bodybuilding (type risti) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | bodybuildingini | bodybuildingimme |
2nd person | bodybuildingisi | bodybuildinginne |
3rd person | bodybuildinginsä |
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Borrowed from English bodybuilding.
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bodybuilding m (plural bodybuildings)
- bodybuilding
- Synonym: culturisme
SwedishEdit
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Borrowed from English bodybuilding.
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bodybuilding ?
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Declension of bodybuilding | ||||
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Nominative | bodybuilding | bodybuildingen | — | — |
Genitive | bodybuildings | bodybuildingens | — | — |