pilates

See also: Pilates and pilâtes

English

Noun

pilates (uncountable)

1. Alternative letter-case form of Pilates
   • 2009 February 13, By staff writers, “TMZ makes joke apology video for Sam the koala”, in Herald Sun‎^[1]:

     "And they don't do pilates, they do yoga," the voiceover man says.

Anagrams

• aplites, pasteli, platies, psilate, talipes

Polish

pilates

Etymology

Named after German physical trainer Joseph Pilates.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /piˈla.tɛs/
• Rhymes: -atɛs
• Syllabification: pi‧la‧tes

Noun

pilates m inan

1. (exercise) Pilates (physical fitness system developed in the early 20th century by Joseph Pilates)

Declension

Declension of pilates

	singular
nominative	pilates
genitive	pilatesu
dative	pilatesowi
accusative	pilates
instrumental	pilatesem
locative	pilatesie
vocative	pilatesie

Further reading

• pilates in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• pilates at Obserwatorium językowe Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego

Portuguese

Etymology

Named after German physical trainer Joseph Pilates.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈla.t͡ʃis/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈla.t͡ʃis/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /piˈla.t͡ʃiʃ/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /piˈla.tes/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /piˈla.tɨʃ/

• Rhymes: -at͡ʃis, -atɨʃ
• Hyphenation: pi‧la‧tes

Noun

pilates m (uncountable)

1. (exercise) pilates

Further reading

• “pilates”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024
• “pilates”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2024

Spanish

Noun

pilates m (uncountable)

1. pilates

Further reading

• “pilates”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

Swedish

Noun

pilates c (uncountable)

1. pilates