"acrobatics" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-acrobatics.wav [Southern-England]
Rhymes: -ætɪks Etymology: Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱ- Proto-Indo-European *-rós Proto-Indo-European *h₂eḱrós Ancient Greek ἄκρος (ákros) Proto-Indo-European *gʷem- Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *gʷm̥yéti Proto-Hellenic *gʷəňňō Proto-Indo-European *gʷeh₂-der. Proto-Hellenic *égʷēn Ancient Greek βαίνω (baínō) Proto-Indo-European *-tósder. Ancient Greek -της (-tēs) Ancient Greek ἀκροβάτης (akrobátēs)bor. French acrobateder. English acrobat Proto-Indo-European *-ikos Proto-Italic *-ikos Latin -icuslbor. Old French -iquebor. Middle English -ik English -ic Old English -as Middle English -es English -s English -ics English acrobatics From acrobat + -ics. 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  1. The art of performing acrobatic gymnastic feats. Tags: uncountable Translations (art of performing acrobatic feats): akrobatiek (Afrikaans), بِهْلَوَانِيَّات (bihlawāniyyāt) [feminine] (Arabic), ակրոբատիկա (akrobatika) (Armenian), акрабатыка (akrabatyka) [feminine] (Belarusian), акроба́тика (akrobátika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), acrobàcia [feminine] (Catalan), 雜技 /杂技 (zaap⁶ gei⁶) (Chinese Cantonese), 雜技 /杂技 (zájì) (Chinese Mandarin), akrobatika (Crimean Tatar), akrobatika [feminine] (Czech), akrobacie [feminine] (Czech), akrobatik [common-gender] (Danish), akrobataĵo (Esperanto), akrobaatika (Estonian), akrobatia (Finnish), acrobatie [feminine] (French), acrobacia [feminine] (Galician), აკრობატიკა (aḳrobaṭiḳa) (Georgian), Akrobatik [feminine] (German), ακροβασία (akrovasía) [feminine] (Greek), אקרובטיקה (akrobatika) [feminine] (Hebrew), לולינות (lulianot) [feminine] (Hebrew), akrobatika (Hungarian), acrobazia [feminine] (Italian), 曲芸 (kyokugei) (alt: きょくげい) (Japanese), 軽業 (karuwaza) (alt: かるわざ) (Japanese), アクロバット (akurobatto) (Japanese), акробатика (akrobatika) (Kazakh), 곡예 (gogye) (alt: 曲藝) (Korean), akrobatika [feminine] (Lithuanian), pōtēteke (Māori), pōteketeke (Māori), akrobatikk [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), akrobatikk [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), جانبازلق (cambazlık) (Ottoman Turkish), akrobatyka [feminine] (Polish), acrobacia [feminine] (Portuguese), acrobatică (Romanian), acrobație [feminine] (Romanian), акроба́тика (akrobátika) [feminine] (Russian), акробатика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), акробације [Cyrillic, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), akrobatika [Latin, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), akrobacije [Latin, feminine, plural] (Serbo-Croatian), acrobacia [feminine] (Spanish), akrobatik [common-gender] (Swedish), akrobasya (Tagalog), akrobasi (Turkish), акробатика (akrobatyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
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  2. A spectacular display of agility. Tags: uncountable
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Acroyoga, aerobatics, aquabatics, mental acrobatics, sport acrobatics
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      "word": "akrobasi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ota",
      "lang": "Ottoman Turkish",
      "lang_code": "ota",
      "roman": "cambazlık",
      "sense": "art of performing acrobatic feats",
      "word": "جانبازلق"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "lang_code": "uk",
      "roman": "akrobatyka",
      "sense": "art of performing acrobatic feats",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "акробатика"
    }
  ],
  "word": "acrobatics"
}

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