See also: 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

  • (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/
  • (file)

Noun edit

gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)

  1. (formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
  2. A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
  3. (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

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  • (large room or building for indoor sports): gym
  • (type of secondary school): prep school, college prep school

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gymnasium n

  1. (archaic) grammar school

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  • gymnasium in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • gymnasium in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Danish edit

Etymology edit

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, exercise, school).

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ɡymnaːsjɔm/, [ɡ̊ymˈnæːˀɕɔm]
  • Rhymes: -ɔm

Noun edit

gymnasium n (singular definite gymnasiet, plural indefinite gymnasier, in compounds: gymnasie-)

  1. gymnasium (a type of secondary school)

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Etymology edit

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, exercise, school).

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  • (file)
  • Hyphenation: gym‧na‧si‧um

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gymnasium n (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums, diminutive gymnasiumpje n)

  1. 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
  2. school of sports which the Greeks had in antiquity

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  • Indonesian: gimnasium

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Latin edit

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, exercise, school), from γυμνός (gumnós, naked), because Greek athletes trained naked.

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Noun edit

gymnasium n (genitive gymnasiī or gymnasī); second declension

  1. gymnasium

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Second-declension noun (neuter).

Case Singular Plural
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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  • 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

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gymnasium n (definite singular gymnasiet, indefinite plural gymnasier, definite plural gymnasia or gymnasiene)

  1. alternative form of gymnas

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gymnasium n (definite singular gymnasiet, indefinite plural gymnasium, definite plural gymnasia)

  1. alternative form of gymnas

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Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /jʏmˈnɑːsɪɵm/
  • (file)

Noun edit

gymnasium n

  1. gymnasium; upper secondary school: either theoretical ("preparing for further studies") or vocational, most commonly three years long (grades 10-12)
  2. a (part of a) school where gymnasium students are taught
    Synonym: gymnasieskola

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Declension of gymnasium 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative gymnasium gymnasiet gymnasier gymnasierna
Genitive gymnasiums gymnasiets gymnasiers gymnasiernas

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