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A facility with exercise equipment, and sometimes instructors, open to the public or those on some membership list.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii I did lots of push-ups and pull-ups, and my only regret is that I stopped doing them as a young adult when I finally got to work out in health clubs instead of my basement or garage.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
a place of business with equipment and facilities for exercising and improving physical fitness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: health spa, spa
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: place of business, business establishment
Narrower terms: fat farm
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
23 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Chinese Mandarin:
健身中心
(jiànshēn zhōngxīn)
— facility with exercise equipment
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Czech:
fitness centrum
— facility with exercise equipment
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Czech:
fitko
— facility with exercise equipment
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Dutch:
sportschool
— facility with exercise equipment
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Finnish:
kuntosali
— facility with exercise equipment
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French:
centre de remise en form
— facility with exercise equipment
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French:
centre de fitness
— facility with exercise equipment
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German:
Fitnessstudio
— facility with exercise equipment
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German:
Sportstudio
— facility with exercise equipment
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German:
Fitness-Center
— facility with exercise equipment
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German:
Muckibude
— facility with exercise equipment
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Italian:
centro benessere
— facility with exercise equipment
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Japanese:
フィットネスクラブ
(fitonesu kurabu)
— facility with exercise equipment
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Korean:
헬스 클럽
(helseu keulleop)
— facility with exercise equipment
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Polish:
siłownia
— facility with exercise equipment
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Polish:
siłka
— facility with exercise equipment
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Polish:
fitness club
— facility with exercise equipment
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Polish:
pakernia
— facility with exercise equipment
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Polish:
pakownia
— facility with exercise equipment
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Russian:
фи́тнес-клуб
(fítnɛs-klub)
— facility with exercise equipment
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Russian:
спорти́вный клуб
(sportívnyj klub)
— facility with exercise equipment
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Russian:
спорти́вно-оздорови́тельный центр
(sportívno-ozdorovítelʹnyj centr)
— facility with exercise equipment
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Ottoman Turkish:
ایلیجه
(ılıca)
— facility with exercise equipment