"gymnast" meaning in English

See gymnast in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈdʒɪm.næst/ [UK], /ˈd͡ʒɪm.næst/ [US], /ˈd͡ʒɪm.nəst/ [US] Audio: en-us-gymnast.ogg [US] Forms: gymnasts [plural]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “trainer of athletes”), from γυμνάζω (gumnázō, “I train naked, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*negʷ-}}, {{uder|en|grc|γυμναστής||trainer of athletes}} Ancient Greek γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “trainer of athletes”), {{m|grc|γυμνάζω||I train naked, exercise}} γυμνάζω (gumnázō, “I train naked, exercise”), {{m|grc|γυμνός||naked}} γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} gymnast (plural gymnasts)
  1. One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics. Categories (topical): Athletes, Gymnastics, People Derived forms: mental gymnast Related terms: gymnastic, gymnastical, gymnastically, gymnastics Translations (one who performs gymnastics): մարմնամարզիկ (marmnamarzik) (Armenian), gimnasta [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 體操運動員 (Chinese Mandarin), 体操运动员 (tǐcāo yùndòngyuán) (Chinese Mandarin), gymnasta [masculine] (Czech), gymnastka [feminine] (Czech), turner [masculine] (Dutch), gymnast [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), gymnaste [feminine] (Dutch), voimistelija (Finnish), gymnaste [feminine, masculine] (French), ximnasta [feminine, masculine] (Galician), Turner [masculine] (German), Turnerin [feminine] (German), γυμναστής (gymnastís) [masculine] (Greek), γυμνάστρια (gymnástria) [feminine] (Greek), tornász (Hungarian), ginnasta [feminine, masculine] (Italian), 体操選手 (taisō senshu) (alt: たいそうせんしゅ) (Japanese), vingrotājs [masculine] (Latvian), vingrotāja [feminine] (Latvian), гимнастичар (gimnastičar) [masculine] (Macedonian), гимнастичарка (gimnastičarka) [feminine] (Macedonian), turner [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), turnar [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), ژیمناست (žimnâst) (Persian), ginasta [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), gimnast [masculine] (Romanian), gimnastă [feminine] (Romanian), гимна́ст (gimnást) [masculine] (Russian), гимна́стка (gimnástka) [feminine] (Russian), gimnasta [feminine, masculine] (Spanish), gymnast [common-gender] (Swedish), นักกายกรรม (nák-gaai-yá-gam) (Thai)

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      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gimnastičar",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гимнастичар"
    },
    {
      "code": "mk",
      "lang": "Macedonian",
      "roman": "gimnastičarka",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гимнастичарка"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turner"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "turnar"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "žimnâst",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "word": "ژیمناست"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ginasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gimnast"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gimnastă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gimnást",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "гимна́ст"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "gimnástka",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "гимна́стка"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "gimnasta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gymnast"
    },
    {
      "code": "th",
      "lang": "Thai",
      "roman": "nák-gaai-yá-gam",
      "sense": "one who performs gymnastics",
      "word": "นักกายกรรม"
    }
  ],
  "word": "gymnast"
}

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