gymnastics

English

Various activities in gymnastics

Etymology

From gymnastic: see -ics; from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός (gumnastikós), from γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “athlete, gymnast”), from γῠμνᾰ́ζω (gŭmnắzō, “to train, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. By surface analysis, gymnast +‎ -ics.

Pronunciation

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

• Audio (US):

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Noun

gymnastics (uncountable)

1. 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.

2. 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.

Derived terms

• acrobatic gymnastics
• artistic gymnastics
• gymnastics chalk
• mental gymnastics
• rhythmic gymnastics

Related terms

• gym
• gymnasium
• gymnast
• gymnastic

Translations

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), turn (no) m
• 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, gimnástica (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: please add this translation if you can

  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

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Maltese: ^{(please verify)} ġimnastika f

Further reading

• gymnastics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gymnastics on Wikiversity.Wikiversity