Standard Lemma guide

cardio

adj · noun · 2 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: /ˈkɑː.dɪ.əʊ/
  • General-American: /ˈkɑɹ.di.oʊ/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɑː(ɹ)dɪəʊ
  • CMU ARPABET: K AA1 R D IY0 OW0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Cardiovascular; pertaining to the health of the circulatory and respiratory systems.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Exercise with the goal of raising the heart rate by walking or running on the treadmill.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Topics: exercise, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • I did some cardio today instead of lifting weights.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: endurance training, monostructural work, metabolic conditioning

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Clipping of cardiovascular.

Across languages

Translations

28 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: كَارْدِيُو (kardiyo, kardiyu) — exercise
  • Arabic: ضُمُور (ḍumūr) — exercise
  • Bulgarian: ка́рдио (kárdio) — exercise
  • Bulgarian: ка́рдио-трениро́вка (kárdio-treniróvka) — exercise
  • Bulgarian: ка́рдио-упражне́ние (kárdio-upražnénie) — exercise
  • Bulgarian: ка́рдиоупражнѐние (kárdioupražnènie) — exercise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有氧運動 /有氧运动 (yǒuyǎngyùndòng) — exercise
  • Chinese Mandarin: 有氧 (yǒuyǎng) — exercise
  • Finnish: sykkeennosto — exercise
  • Finnish: sydänjumppa — exercise
  • Finnish: cardio-treeni — exercise
  • German: Cardio — exercise
  • German: Cardiotraining — exercise
  • Portuguese: cárdio — exercise
  • Russian: ка́рдио (kárdio) — exercise
  • Russian: ка́рдио-трениро́вка (kárdio-treniróvka) — exercise
  • Russian: ка́рдио-упражне́ние (kárdio-upražnénije) — exercise
  • Russian: ка́рдиоупражнѐние (kárdioupražnènije) — exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: кардио — exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: кардио-вежба — exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: кардио-тренинг — exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: cardio — exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: kardio — exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: kardio-vježba — exercise
  • Serbo-Croatian: kardio-trening — exercise
  • Spanish: cardio — exercise
  • Swedish: cardio — exercise
  • Turkish: kardiyo — exercise