noun
Meaning 1
A large room or building for indoor sports.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: formal
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gym
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
gymnasium
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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noun
Meaning 2
A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Near-synonyms: grammar school, prep school
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: grammar school, prep school
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: historical
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gym
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: athletic facility
noun
Meaning 5
a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: secondary school, lyceum, lycee, middle school
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: school
Narrower terms: academy, trade school, vocational school, senior high school, senior high, high, highschool, high school, junior high school, junior high, preparatory school, prep school, public school, grammar school, secondary modern school, comprehensive school, composite school
History
Etymology
From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.
Across languages
Translations
124 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: գիմնազիա (gimnazia) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Azerbaijani: gimnaziya — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Basque: gimnasio — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Belarusian: гімнасты́чная за́ла (himnastýčnaja zála) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Belarusian: спартза́ла (spartzála) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Belarusian: трэнажо́рная за́ла (trenažórnaja zála) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Bulgarian: гимнасти́чески сало́н (gimnastíčeski salón) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Catalan: gimnàs — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Chinese Cantonese: 健身室 — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Chinese Cantonese: gym房 (zim1 fong2) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Chinese Mandarin: 健身房 (jiànshēnfáng) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Czech: tělocvična — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Dutch: turnzaal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Dutch: gymnastiekzaal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Dutch: gymzaal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Esperanto: gimnastikejo — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Finnish: liikuntasali — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Finnish: kuntosali — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- French: gymnase — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- French: salle de gymnastique — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- French: salle de sport — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Galician: ximnasio — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- German: Sporthalle — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- German: Turnhalle — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- German: Gymnastikraum — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- German: Fitnessstudio — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- German: Muckibude — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Greek: γυμναστήριο (gymnastírio) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Ancient Greek: γυμνάσιον (gumnásion) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Hungarian: tornaterem — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Hungarian: tornacsarnok — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Icelandic: íþróttahús — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Icelandic: leikfimisalur — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Ido: gimnastikeyo — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Indonesian: gimnasium — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Irish: giomnáisiam — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Italian: palestra — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Japanese: 体育館 (taiikukan) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Khmer: កន្លែងហាត់ប្រាណ (kɑɑkɑnlaeng hatpraan) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Korean: 체육관 (cheyukgwan) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Macedonian: гимнастичка сала (gimnastička sala) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Malay: gimnasium — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Māori: whare whakapakari — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Māori: whare whakapakari tinana — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Māori: whare korikori — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Navajo: biiʼndaʼaʼnéhé — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Norwegian Bokmål: gymnastikksal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Norwegian Bokmål: gymsal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Norwegian Bokmål: sportshall — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gymnastikksal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Norwegian Nynorsk: gymsal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Old English: pleġstōw — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Iranian Persian: وَرْزِشْگاه (varzešgâh) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Iranian Persian: سالُنِ وَرْزِش (sâlon-e varzeš) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Plautdietsch: Spälhaul — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Polish: siłownia — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Polish: sala gimnastyczna — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Portuguese: ginásio — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Portuguese: academia — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Romanian: sală de gimnastică — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Romanian: hală de gimnastică — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Russian: гимнасти́ческий зал (gimnastíčeskij zal) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Russian: спортза́л (sportzál) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Russian: джим (džim) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Russian: тренажёрный зал (trenažórnyj zal) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Scottish Gaelic: ionad-cleasachd — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Serbo-Croatian: гимнастичка сала — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Serbo-Croatian: терета̀на — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Serbo-Croatian: gimnastička sala — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Serbo-Croatian: teretàna — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Slovak: telocvičňa — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Slovene: telovadnica — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Spanish: gimnasio — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Swedish: gymnastiksal — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Swedish: sporthall — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Turkish: spor salonu — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Turkish: jimnastik salonu — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Ukrainian: гімнасти́чний зал (himnastýčnyj zal) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Ukrainian: спортза́л (sportzál) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Ukrainian: тренаже́рний зал (trenažérnyj zal) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Urdu: وَرْزِش گاہ (varziś gāh) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Urdu: جِم (jim) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Urdu: وَرْزِش خانَہ (varziś xāna) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Urdu: جِم خانَہ (jim xāna) — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Vietnamese: thể dục — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Vietnamese: gym — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Volapük: turöp — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Welsh: campfa — place for indoor sports — see also gym
- Belarusian: гімна́зія (himnázija) — type of school
- Bulgarian: гимна́зия (gimnázija) — type of school
- Catalan: gimnàs — type of school
- Catalan: institut — type of school
- Czech: gymnázium — type of school
- Danish: gymnasium — type of school
- Esperanto: gimnazio — type of school
- Estonian: gümnaasium — type of school
- Finnish: lukio — type of school
- French: lycée — type of school
- French: gymnase — type of school
- German: Gymnasium — type of school
- Greek: γυμνάσιο (gymnásio) — type of school
- Greek: λύκειο (lýkeio) — type of school
- Hungarian: gimnázium — type of school
- Icelandic: menntaskóli — type of school
- Icelandic: framhaldsskóli — type of school
- Ido: gimnazio — type of school
- Indonesian: gimnasium — type of school
- Italian: ginnasio — type of school
- Italian: Liceo Classico — type of school
- Lithuanian: gimnazija — type of school
- Polish: gimnazjum — type of school
- Portuguese: ginásio — type of school
- Romanian: gimnaziu — type of school
- Russian: гимна́зия (gimnázija) — type of school
- Serbo-Croatian: гимназија — type of school
- Serbo-Croatian: gimnazija — type of school
- Slovene: gimnazija — type of school
- Lower Sorbian: gymnazium — type of school
- Spanish: bachillerato — type of school
- Spanish: instituto — type of school
- Swedish: gymnasium — type of school
- Turkish: lise — type of school
- Ukrainian: гімна́зія (himnázija) — type of school
- Yiddish: גימנאַזיע (gimnazye) — type of school
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