gymnast

English

A gymnast.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “trainer of athletes”), from γυμνάζω (gumnázō, “I train naked, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”). The term was coined by the French author Rabelais, inspired by the name of a character in his novel "Gargantua".

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪm.næst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪm.næst/, /ˈd͡ʒɪm.nəst/

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Noun

gymnast (plural gymnasts)

1. One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics.

Derived terms

• mental gymnast

Related terms

• gymnastic
• gymnastical
• gymnastically
• gymnastics

 

Translations

one who performs gymnastics

• Armenian: մարմնամարզիկ (hy) (marmnamarzik)
• Catalan: gimnasta m or f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 體操運動員／体操运动员 (zh) (tǐcāo yùndòngyuán)

• Czech: gymnasta (cs) m, gymnastka (cs) f
• Dutch: turner (nl) m, gymnast (nl) m or f, gymnaste (nl) f
• Finnish: voimistelija (fi)
• French: gymnaste (fr) m or f
• Galician: ximnasta m or f
• German: Turner (de) m, Turnerin (de) f
• Greek: αθλητής της γυμναστικής m (athlitís tis gymnastikís), αθλήτρια της γυμναστικής f (athlítria tis gymnastikís)
• Hungarian: tornász (hu)
• Italian: ginnasta (it) m or f
• Japanese: 体操選手 (たいそうせんしゅ, taisō senshu)
• Latvian: vingrotājs m, vingrotāja f
• Lithuanian: gimnãstas m, gimnãstė f
• Macedonian: гимнастичар m (gimnastičar), гимнастичарка f (gimnastičarka)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: turner (no) m

  Nynorsk: turnar m

• Persian: ژیمناست (žimnâst)
• Portuguese: ginasta (pt) m or f
• Romanian: gimnast (ro) m, gimnastă (ro) f
• Russian: гимна́ст (ru) m (gimnást), гимна́стка (ru) f (gimnástka)
• Spanish: gimnasta (es) m or f
• Swedish: gymnast (sv) c
• Thai: นักกายกรรม (nák-gaai-yá-gam)

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Noun

gymnast m (plural gymnasten, diminutive gymnastje n, feminine gymnaste)

1. gymnast

Related terms

• gymnastiek

Swedish

Noun

gymnast c

1. gymnast

Declension

Declension of gymnast
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gymnast	gymnasten	gymnaster	gymnasterna
Genitive	gymnasts	gymnastens	gymnasters	gymnasternas

Related terms

• gymnastik
• gymnasticera
• gymnastiksal

See also

• gymnasist