gymnastics

English edit

Various activities in gymnastics

Etymology edit

From Ancient Greek γυμνασία (gumnasía, “athletic training, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.

Pronunciation edit

(UK, US) IPA^(key): /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/
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Noun edit

gymnastics (uncountable)

A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum.
Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
His mental gymnastics are legendary.
- 1983 April 23, Ruth Borenstein, “Alive! Dazzles”, in Gay Community News, page 11:
  Her voice swooped and soared as she raced through some double time vocal gymnastics which included a beautifully clear horn impersonation.

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a sport

Arabic: جُمْبَاز m (jumbāz)
Armenian: մարմնամարզություն (hy) (marmnamarzutʻyun)
Azerbaijani: gimnastika (az)
Bulgarian: гимна́стика (bg) f (gimnástika)
Catalan: gimnàstica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 體操／体操 (zh) (tǐcāo), 體育／体育 (zh) (tǐyù)
Czech: gymnastika (cs) f
Danish: gymnastik
Dutch: gymnastiek (nl) f
Esperanto: gimnastiko
Finnish: voimistelu (fi)
French: gymnastique (fr) f
Galician: ximnasia (gl) f
German: (competitive) Turnen (de) n, (exercise, e.g. medical) Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: γυμναστική (el) f (gymnastikí)
Hebrew: הִתְעַמְּלוּת (he) f
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: gimnasztika (hu), torna (hu)
Icelandic: fimleikar m pl
Ido: gimnastiko (io)
Indonesian: senam (id), gimnastik (id)
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Japanese: 体操 (ja) (たいそう, taisō), 体育 (ja) (たいいく, taiiku)
Korean: 체조(體操) (ko) (chejo)
Latvian: vingrošana f
Macedonian: гимнастика f (gimnastika)
Malay: gerak badan, gimnastik (ms), (rare) taiso
Maori: takaporepore
Norwegian: gymnastikk (no)
Persian: ژیمناستیک (fa) (žīmnāstīk)
Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f
Portuguese: ginástica (pt) f
Romanian: gimnastică (ro) f
Russian: гимна́стика (ru) f (gimnástika)
Sanskrit: दाक्ष (sa) (dākṣa)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: гимнастика f, тјеловјежба f

Roman: gimnastika (sh) f, tjelovježba (sh) f
Spanish: gimnasia (es) f
Swedish: gymnastik (sv)
Tagalog: palakatwanan
Turkish: jimnastik (tr)
Ukrainian: гімна́стика f (himnástyka)
Uzbek: gimnastika (uz)
Vietnamese: thể dục (vi)
Walloon: djimlastike (wa) f
Yiddish: גימנאַסטיק f (gimnastik)

complex intellectual or artistic exercise

Arabic: please add this translation if you can
Chinese:
Mandarin: please add this translation if you can
Esperanto: akrobataĵo
Finnish: harjoitus (fi)
German: Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: ακροβατισμός (el) m (akrovatismós)
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Macedonian: гимнастика f (gimnastika)
Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f
Russian: гимна́стика (ru) f (gimnástika)
Serbo-Croatian: gimnàstika (sh) f, tjèlovježba (sh) f
Vietnamese: sự rèn luyện

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Maltese: ^{(please verify)} ġimnastika f