jungle gym

English

Etymology

From the former trademark Junglegym, jungle + gym.

Noun

jungle gym (plural jungle gyms)

1. (US, Israel) A play structure designed for children to climb on, traditionally constructed as a frame of metal bars as introduced in 1920.
   • 2010, Rebecca Manski, “Blueprint Negev”, in Middle East Report‎^[1], number 256, page 3:

     Not much later, in 2008, attention shifted south again as the Israeli army invaded Gaza in response to the Qassam rockets launched into the Negev, and the JNF introduced Operation Security Blanket. Instead of building up new Blueprint Negev settlements, the JNF allocated millions for a rocket-proof indoor playground replete with a jungle gym, video game arcade, disco, merry-go-round, swing sets, therapy rooms, barbecue pit and, according to the JNF, "rooms that double as bomb shelters."

Synonyms

• climbing frame (UK)
• monkey bars

Translations

play structure

• Afrikaans: klimraam, wouterklouter
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 馬騮架／马骝架 (maa⁵ lau^4-1 gaa^3-2, literally “monkey frame”)

  Mandarin: 攀登架 (pāndēngjià), 井格木 (jǐnggémù)

• Danish: klatrestativ n
• Dutch: klimrek (nl)
• Finnish: kiipeilyteline
• French: cage à poules f
• German: Klettergerüst (de) n
• Hungarian: mászóka (hu)
• Icelandic: klifurgrind f
• Irish: barraí moncaí m pl
• Japanese: 枠登り (わくのぼり, wakunobori), ジャングルジム (jangurujimu), 雲梯 (ja) (うんてい, untei)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: klatrestativ n

  Nynorsk: klatrestativ n

• Polish: małpi gaj (pl) m
• Portuguese: trepa-trepa m
• Russian: констру́кция для ла́зания f (konstrúkcija dlja lázanija), сте́нка для ла́зания f (sténka dlja lázanija)
• Spanish: pasamanos (es)
• Swedish: klätterställning (sv) c
• Welsh: ffrâm ddringo f
• Yiddish: קריכלקע f (krikhlke)