"gymnastics" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/ [UK, US] Audio: en-us-gymnastics.ogg [US]
Etymology: From Ancient Greek γυμνασία (gumnasía, “athletic training, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*negʷ-}}, {{uder|en|grc|γυμνασία||athletic training, exercise}} Ancient Greek γυμνασία (gumnasía, “athletic training, exercise”), {{m|grc|γυμνός||naked}} γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} gymnastics (uncountable)
  1. A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Gymnastics, Sports Translations (a sport): جُمْبَاز (jumbāz) [masculine] (Arabic), մարմնամարզություն (marmnamarzutʿyun) (Armenian), gimnastika (Azerbaijani), гимна́стика (gimnástika) [feminine] (Bulgarian), gimnàstica [feminine] (Catalan), 體操 (Chinese Mandarin), 体操 (tǐcāo) (Chinese Mandarin), 體育 (Chinese Mandarin), 体育 (tǐyù) (Chinese Mandarin), gymnastika [feminine] (Czech), gymnastik (Danish), gymnastiek [feminine] (Dutch), gimnastiko (Esperanto), voimistelu (Finnish), gymnastique [feminine] (French), ximnasia [feminine] (Galician), Turnen (english: competitive) [neuter] (German), Gymnastik (note: e.g. medical) [feminine] [exercise, sports, hobbies, lifestyle] (German), γυμναστική (gymnastikí) [feminine] (Greek), הִתְעַמְּלוּת [feminine] (Hebrew), gimnasztika (Hungarian), torna (Hungarian), fimleikar [masculine, plural] (Icelandic), gimnastiko (Ido), senam (Indonesian), gimnastik (Indonesian), ginnastica [feminine] (Italian), 体操 (taisō) (alt: たいそう) (Japanese), 体育 (taiiku) (alt: たいいく) (Japanese), 체조 (chejo) (alt: 體操) (Korean), vingrošana [feminine] (Latvian), гимнастика (gimnastika) [feminine] (Macedonian), gerak badan (Malay), gimnastik (Malay), taiso [rare] (Malay), takaporepore (Maori), gymnastikk (Norwegian), gimnastyka [feminine] (Polish), ginástica [feminine] (Portuguese), gimnastică [feminine] (Romanian), гимна́стика (gimnástika) [feminine] (Russian), दाक्ष (dākṣa) (Sanskrit), гимнастика [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), тјеловјежба [Cyrillic, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gimnastika [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tjelovježba [Roman, feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), gimnasia [feminine] (Spanish), gymnastik (Swedish), palakatwanan (Tagalog), jimnastik (Turkish), гімна́стика (himnástyka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), gimnastika (Uzbek), thể dục (Vietnamese), djimlastike [feminine] (Walloon), גימנאַסטיק (gimnastik) [feminine] (Yiddish)
    Sense id: en-gymnastics-en-noun-44QUk~6Y Disambiguation of Gymnastics: 73 27 Disambiguation of Sports: 67 33 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 86 14 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 80 20 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 77 23 Disambiguation of 'a sport': 100 0
  2. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility. Tags: uncountable Translations (complex intellectual or artistic exercise): akrobataĵo (Esperanto), harjoitus (Finnish), Gymnastik [feminine] (German), ακροβατισμός (akrovatismós) [masculine] (Greek), ginnastica [feminine] (Italian), гимнастика (gimnastika) [feminine] (Macedonian), gimnastyka [feminine] (Polish), гимна́стика (gimnástika) [feminine] (Russian), gimnàstika [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), tjèlovježba [feminine] (Serbo-Croatian), sự rèn luyện (Vietnamese)
    Sense id: en-gymnastics-en-noun-Saa6aGSK Disambiguation of 'complex intellectual or artistic exercise': 5 95
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: acrobatic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, gymnastics chalk, mental gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics Related terms: gym, gymnasium, gymnast, gymnastic, gymnastics on Wikiversity

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