Phrase guide

health club

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • /ˈhɛlθ ˌkləb/

1

noun

Meaning 1

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

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

History

Etymology

No etymology was provided for this word.

Across languages

Translations

23 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 健身中心 (jiànshēn zhōngxīn) — facility with exercise equipment
  • Czech: fitness centrum — facility with exercise equipment
  • Czech: fitko — facility with exercise equipment
  • Dutch: sportschool — facility with exercise equipment
  • Finnish: kuntosali — facility with exercise equipment
  • French: centre de remise en form — facility with exercise equipment
  • French: centre de fitness — facility with exercise equipment
  • German: Fitnessstudio — facility with exercise equipment
  • German: Sportstudio — facility with exercise equipment
  • German: Fitness-Center — facility with exercise equipment
  • German: Muckibude — facility with exercise equipment
  • Italian: centro benessere — facility with exercise equipment
  • Japanese: フィットネスクラブ (fitonesu kurabu) — facility with exercise equipment
  • Korean: 헬스 클럽 (helseu keulleop) — facility with exercise equipment
  • Polish: siłownia — facility with exercise equipment
  • Polish: siłka — facility with exercise equipment
  • Polish: fitness club — facility with exercise equipment
  • Polish: pakernia — facility with exercise equipment
  • Polish: pakownia — facility with exercise equipment
  • Russian: фи́тнес-клуб (fítnɛs-klub) — facility with exercise equipment
  • Russian: спорти́вный клуб (sportívnyj klub) — facility with exercise equipment
  • Russian: спорти́вно-оздорови́тельный центр (sportívno-ozdorovítelʹnyj centr) — facility with exercise equipment
  • Ottoman Turkish: ایلیجه (ılıca) — facility with exercise equipment