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bodybuilding

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/
  • General-American: /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪldɪŋ

1

noun

Meaning 1

A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: dated, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

exercise that builds muscles through tension

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: anaerobic exercise, muscle building, musclebuilding

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: exercise, exercising, physical exercise, physical exertion, workout

Narrower terms: weightlift, weightlifting, weight gaining

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *bhewdh- Proto-West Germanic *bodag Old English bodiġ Middle English bodi English body English building English bodybuilding From body + building.

Across languages

Translations

56 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَمَال أَجْسَام (kamāl ʔajsām) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Armenian: բոդիբիլդինգ (bodibilding) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Armenian: կուլտուրիզմ (kulturizm) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Bulgarian: физи́ческа култу́ра (fizíčeska kultúra) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Bulgarian: фи́зкулту́ра (fízkultúra) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Bulgarian: физи́ческо възпита́ние (fizíčesko vǎzpitánie) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Catalan: culturisme — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Chinese Mandarin: 健美運動 /健美运动 (jiànměi yùndòng) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Czech: kulturistika — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Danish: bodybuilding — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Dutch: bodybuilding — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Esperanto: korpokulturado — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Finnish: kehonrakennus — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • French: culturisme — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • French: bodybuilding — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • French: musculation — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Georgian: კულტურიზმი (ḳulṭurizmi) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Georgian: ბოდიბილდინგი (bodibildingi) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • German: Bodybuilding — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Greek: σωματοδόμηση (somatodómisi) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Hebrew: פיתוח גוף (pitúakh guf) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Hungarian: testépítés — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Icelandic: vaxtarrækt — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Indonesian: binaraga — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Irish: corpfhorbairt — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Italian: culturismo — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Italian: bodybuilding — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Japanese: ボディビルディング (bodibirudingu) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Japanese: ボディビル (bodibiru) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Kazakh: культуризм (kulturizm) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Korean: 보디빌딩 (bodibilding) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Macedonian: телоградба (telogradba) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Macedonian: бодибилдинг (bodibilding) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Malay: bina badan — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Polish: kulturystyka — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Polish: body building — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Portuguese: fisiculturismo — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Portuguese: culturismo — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Portuguese: fisioculturismo — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Portuguese: musculação — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Romanian: culturism — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Russian: культури́зм (kulʹturízm) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Russian: бодиби́лдинг (bodibílding) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Slovak: kulturistika — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Spanish: fisicoculturismo — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Spanish: culturismo — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Spanish: musculación — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Swedish: bodybuilding — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Telugu: దేహదారుడ్యం (dēhadāruḍyaṁ) — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Turkish: vücut geliştirme — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Vietnamese: tập thể hình — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Vietnamese: tập tạ — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Welsh: corfflunio — sport of aesthetically muscle development
  • Finnish: korityö — work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile
  • French: carrosserie — work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile
  • Spanish: carrocería — work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile
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