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.
- (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 edit
Alternative forms edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
gymnasium n
Declension edit
Further reading edit
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
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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) 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).
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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 (accessed 16 July 2016) 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 edit
Alternative forms edit
- gymnasie (nonstandard)
Pronunciation 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”)