Phrase guide

physical education

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.

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: PE, phys ed, PhysEd, phy ed, phys. ed.

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

training in the development of and care for the human body; stresses athletics; includes hygiene

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: education

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

82 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: edukim fizik — curriculum component
  • Arabic: تَعْلِيم جَسَدِيّ (taʕlīm jasadiyy) — curriculum component
  • Arabic: تَعْلِيم بَدَنِيّ (taʕlīm badaniyy) — curriculum component
  • Armenian: ֆիզկուլտուրա (fizkultura) — curriculum component
  • Azerbaijani: bədən tərbiyəsi — curriculum component
  • Belarusian: фізі́чнае выхава́нне (fizíčnaje vyxavánnje) — curriculum component
  • Belarusian: фізвыхава́нне (fizvyxavánnje) — curriculum component
  • Belarusian: фізі́чная культу́ра (fizíčnaja kulʹtúra) — curriculum component
  • Belarusian: фізкульту́ра (fizkulʹtúra) — curriculum component
  • Bulgarian: физи́ческо възпита́ние (fizíčesko vǎzpitánie) — curriculum component
  • Bulgarian: физкулту́ра (fizkultúra) — curriculum component
  • Bulgarian: физи́ческо (fizíčesko) — curriculum component
  • Burmese: ကာယပညာ (kaya.pa.nya) — curriculum component
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體育 /体育 (tǐyù) — curriculum component
  • Czech: tělesná výchova — curriculum component
  • Czech: tělocvik — curriculum component
  • Czech: tělovýchova — curriculum component
  • Danish: idræt — curriculum component
  • Dutch: lichamelijke opvoeding — curriculum component
  • Dutch: gymles — curriculum component
  • Estonian: kehaline kasvatus — curriculum component
  • Faroese: fimleikur — curriculum component
  • Finnish: liikunta — curriculum component
  • French: éducation physique — curriculum component
  • Galician: educación física — curriculum component
  • German: Sportunterricht — curriculum component
  • Greek: φυσική αγωγή (fysikí agogí) — curriculum component
  • Hindi: शारीरिक शिक्षा (śārīrik śikṣā) — curriculum component
  • Hungarian: testnevelés — curriculum component
  • Icelandic: leikfimi — curriculum component
  • Icelandic: leikfimiskennsla — curriculum component
  • Indonesian: pendidikan jasmani — curriculum component
  • Ingrian: fizkulttuura — curriculum component
  • Italian: educazione fisica — curriculum component
  • Japanese: 体育 (taiiku) — curriculum component
  • Kazakh: дене тәрбиесі (dene tärbiesı) — curriculum component
  • Kazakh: дене шынықтыру (dene şynyqtyru) — curriculum component
  • Korean: 체육 (cheyuk) — curriculum component
  • Kyrgyz: физкультура (fizkultura) — curriculum component
  • Kyrgyz: дене тарбия (dene tarbiya) — curriculum component
  • Latvian: fiziskā audzināšana — curriculum component
  • Latvian: fiziskā kultūra — curriculum component
  • Latvian: fizkultūra — curriculum component
  • Lithuanian: kūno kultūra — curriculum component
  • Lithuanian: fizinis — curriculum component
  • Lithuanian: fizinis lavinimas — curriculum component
  • Macedonian: фискулту́ра (fiskultúra) — curriculum component
  • Malay: pendidikan jasmani — curriculum component
  • Malay: pendidikan fizikal — curriculum component
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kroppsøving — curriculum component
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kroppsøving — curriculum component
  • Persian: آموزِشِ فیزیکی (âmuzeš-e fiziki) — curriculum component
  • Persian: تَربِیَتِ بَدَنی (tarbiyat-e badani) — curriculum component
  • Polish: wychowanie fizyczne — curriculum component
  • Polish: wuef — curriculum component
  • Polish: gimnastyka — curriculum component
  • Portuguese: educação física — curriculum component
  • Romanian: educație fizică — curriculum component
  • Russian: физвоспита́ние (fizvospitánije) — curriculum component
  • Russian: физкульту́ра (fizkulʹtúra) — curriculum component
  • Russian: физра́ (fizrá) — curriculum component
  • Serbo-Croatian: tȅlesnī òdgoj — curriculum component
  • Serbo-Croatian: tjȅlesnī òdgoj — curriculum component
  • Serbo-Croatian: fiskultúra — curriculum component
  • Slovak: telesná výchova — curriculum component
  • Slovene: športna vzgoja — curriculum component
  • Slovene: telovadba — curriculum component
  • Spanish: educación física — curriculum component
  • Swedish: idrott — curriculum component
  • Swedish: gymnastik — curriculum component
  • Swedish: gympa — curriculum component
  • Swedish: idrott & hälsa — curriculum component
  • Tajik: тарбияи ҷисмонӣ (tarbiya-yi jismoni) — curriculum component
  • Thai: พลศึกษา (pá-lá-sʉ̀k-sǎa) — curriculum component
  • Turkish: beden eğitimi — curriculum component
  • Ukrainian: фізи́чне вихова́ння (fizýčne vyxovánnja) — curriculum component
  • Ukrainian: фізвихова́ння (fizvyxovánnja) — curriculum component
  • Ukrainian: фізи́чна культу́ра (fizýčna kulʹtúra) — curriculum component
  • Ukrainian: фізкульту́ра (fizkulʹtúra) — curriculum component
  • Uzbek: fizkultura — curriculum component
  • Vietnamese: thể dục — curriculum component
  • Vietnamese: giáo dục thể chất — curriculum component