"aerobic" meaning in English

See aerobic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ɛəˈɹəʊ.bɪk/ [UK], /ɛəˈɹoʊ.bɪk/ [US], /əˈɹoʊ.bɪk/ [US, colloquial] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-aerobic.wav Forms: aërobic [alternative]
Etymology: From French aérobie, coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|aérobie}} French aérobie, {{der|en|grc|ἀήρ|t=air}} Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”), {{af|en|-ic}} -ic Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} aerobic (not comparable)
  1. Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria. Tags: not-comparable Translations (living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen): aeròbic (Catalan), aeroob (Dutch), aerobinen (Finnish), happihakuinen (Finnish), aérobique (French), aerob (German), αερόβιος (aeróvios) (Greek), aerob (Hungarian), aeróbach (Irish), aerobico [masculine] (Italian), 好気性 (Japanese), aerobowy (Polish), aeróbico (Portuguese), aerobic (Romanian), аэро́бный (aeróbnyj) (Russian), а̏еро̄бан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁerōban [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), aeróbico (Spanish), aerob (Swedish), aerobig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-aerobic-en-adj-Aat5toJi Disambiguation of 'living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen': 92 8 0
  2. Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs. Tags: not-comparable Translations (involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body): aeròbic (Catalan), aeroob (Dutch), earobia (Esperanto), aerobinen (Finnish), aérobique (French), aerob (German), aeróbach (Irish), aerobico [masculine] (Italian), aerobowy (Polish), aeróbico (Portuguese), aerobic (Romanian), а̏еро̄бан [Cyrillic] (Serbo-Croatian), ȁerōban [Roman] (Serbo-Croatian), aeróbico (Spanish), aerobisk (Swedish), aerobig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-aerobic-en-adj-ZwLkYoQo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 4 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Greek translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 77 2 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 25 75 0 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 15 85 0 Disambiguation of Pages with 4 entries: 14 86 0 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 16 78 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 15 85 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 10 90 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 16 78 6 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 13 87 0 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 17 76 7 Disambiguation of Terms with Greek translations: 29 71 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 27 68 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 19 75 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 11 89 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 11 89 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 18 76 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 15 79 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 16 78 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 11 89 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 15 78 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 0 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 15 78 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 14 86 0 Disambiguation of 'involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body': 38 62 0
  3. Of or relating to aerobics. Tags: not-comparable Translations (of or relating to aerobics): aeròbic (Catalan), aérobique (French), αεροβικός (aerovikós) (Greek), aeróbach (Irish), aerobowy (Polish), aerobikowy (Polish), aeróbico (Spanish), aerobig (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-aerobic-en-adj-RqqnIkQ4 Disambiguation of 'of or relating to aerobics': 0 0 100
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: aerobe, aerobics, anaerobic

Alternative forms

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  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "aerobically"
    },
    {
      "word": "aerobicise"
    },
    {
      "word": "aerobicize"
    },
    {
      "word": "aerobicized"
    },
    {
      "word": "aerobicwear"
    },
    {
      "word": "aquaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "dysaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "exaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "microaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "nanoaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "nonaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "preaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "semiaerobic"
    },
    {
      "word": "subaerobic"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "depth": 1,
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        {
          "args": {
            "1": "cy",
            "2": "aerobig",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Welsh: aerobig",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Welsh: aerobig"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "aérobie"
      },
      "expansion": "French aérobie",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "grc",
        "3": "ἀήρ",
        "t": "air"
      },
      "expansion": "Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "-ic"
      },
      "expansion": "-ic",
      "name": "af"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French aérobie, coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "aërobic",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "aerobic (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "aerobe"
    },
    {
      "word": "aerobics"
    },
    {
      "word": "anaerobic"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "anaerobic"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Living",
          "living"
        ],
        [
          "occurring",
          "occurring"
        ],
        [
          "oxygen",
          "oxygen"
        ],
        [
          "bacteria",
          "bacteria"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "exercise",
          "exercise"
        ],
        [
          "sufficient",
          "sufficient"
        ],
        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ],
        [
          "energy",
          "energy"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Of or relating to aerobics."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "aerobics",
          "aerobics"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛəˈɹəʊ.bɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ɛəˈɹoʊ.bɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/əˈɹoʊ.bɪk/",
      "tags": [
        "US",
        "colloquial"
      ]
    },
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  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aeròbic"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aeroob"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aerobinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "happihakuinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aérobique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aerob"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aeróvios",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "αερόβιος"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aerob"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aeróbach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aerobico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "好気性"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aerobowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aeróbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aerobic"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "aeróbnyj",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "аэро́бный"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "а̏еро̄бан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȁerōban"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aeróbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aerob"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen",
      "word": "aerobig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aeròbic"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aeroob"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "earobia"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aerobinen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aérobique"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aerob"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aeróbach"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "aerobico"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aerobowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aeróbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aerobic"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic"
      ],
      "word": "а̏еро̄бан"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "tags": [
        "Roman"
      ],
      "word": "ȁerōban"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aeróbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aerobisk"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body",
      "word": "aerobig"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "aeròbic"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "aérobique"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aerovikós",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "αεροβικός"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "aeróbach"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "aerobowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "aerobikowy"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "aeróbico"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "of or relating to aerobics",
      "word": "aerobig"
    }
  ],
  "word": "aerobic"
}

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