fitness
See also: Fitness
English edit
Etymology edit
From fit + -ness, 16th century, physical sense from 1935.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)
- The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
- 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 5:
- Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.
- 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 edit
- (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): beauty, health
- (condition of being suitable): strength, suitability, competence, capability
Antonyms edit
- unfitness
- (antonym(s) of "cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique"): flab, sloth
- (antonym(s) of "ability to perform"): weakness
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
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 edit
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fitness
- fitness (a type of fitness sport)
Declension edit
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. |
Derived terms edit
compounds
Further reading edit
- “fitness”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fitness m (uncountable)
- (physical) fitness
Further reading edit
- “fitness”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish edit
Etymology edit
Pseudo-anglicism, derived from fitness.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fitness m inan
- (uncountable, exercise) aerobics or similar physical exercises done under the supervision of an instructor at a special club
- (countable, exercise) special club where such exercises are done
Declension edit
Declension of fitness
singular | plural | |
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nominative | fitness | fitnessy |
genitive | fitnessu | fitnessów |
dative | fitnessowi | fitnessom |
accusative | fitness | fitnessy |
instrumental | fitnessem | fitnessami |
locative | fitnessie | fitnessach |
vocative | fitnessie | fitnessy |
Further reading edit
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
fitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
- (artificial intelligence) fitness (degree of appropriateness of an answer in a genetic algorithm)
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.
Noun edit
fitness n (uncountable)
Declension edit
declension of fitness (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) fitness | fitnessul |
genitive/dative | (unui) fitness | fitnessului |
vocative | fitnessule |
Spanish edit
Noun edit
fitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)