different between basketball vs gym

English

Etymology

basket +? ball

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??s.k?t.b??l/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?bæs.k?t.b??l/

Noun

basketball (countable and uncountable, plural basketballs)

1. (sports, uncountable) A sport in which two opposing teams of five players strive to put a ball through a hoop.

   Synonym: (US slang) hoops

2. (countable) The particular kind of ball used in the sport of basketball.

Derived terms

Descendants

Translations

Verb

basketball (third-person singular simple present basketballs, present participle basketballing, simple past and past participle basketballed)

1. To play basketball
   • 1968, Tom Tiede, Coward

     by high school he was basketballing with the best of an all-Negro league

2. To throw in a similar way to when shooting a basketball
   • 1994, Jeff Probst, Bachelor Butterflies

     He took a sip from a paper coffee-cup , crumpled it up and basketballed it into a small rubbish bin about five feet from him.

See also

• Appendix:Glossary of basketball

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English basketball.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba?sk?tba?l/, [?b???s???d??b???l]

Noun

basketball c (singular definite basketballen, not used in plural form)

1. basketball

Synonyms

• (sport): basket
• (ball): basketbold

See also

• basketball on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^da

French

Noun

basketball m (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of basket-ball

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English basketball.

Noun

basketball m (definite singular basketballen, uncountable)

1. basketball (ball game)

   Synonym: basket

References

• “basketball” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “basketball” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English basketball.

Noun

basketball m (definite singular basketballen, uncountable)

1. basketball (ball game)

   Synonym: korgball

References

• “basketball” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??m/
• Rhymes: -?m
• Homophone: Jim

Noun

gym (plural gyms)

1. Clipping of gymnasium.
2. (uncountable) clipping of gymnastics. (often as sense 4)
3. (weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights and exercise.
   • 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii

     Working out in commercial gyms, if anything, made my workouts worse instead of better.

   • 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain)

     Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?

4. physical education class

Synonyms

• (sports facility for exercise): fitness center, health club, sports club

Derived terms

Related terms

• gymnasium
• gymnast
• gymnastics

Translations

Verb

gym (third-person singular simple present gyms, present participle gyming or gymming, simple past and past participle gymed or gymmed)

1. (intransitive) To go to the gym.

   On Wednesdays I hike; on Fridays I gym.

Anagrams

• YGM

Danish

Noun

gym (not declinable)

1. (slang) gymnasium

French

Noun

gym f (plural gyms)

1. Clipping of gymanstique.

gym m (plural gyms)

1. Clipping of gymnase.

Dutch

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?m

Noun

gym n (plural gymmen, diminutive gymmetje n)

1. short for gymnasium, a special type of secondary school

Noun

gym m (uncountable)

1. short for gymnastiek, physical education class

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

gym m (definite singular gymmen)

1. clipping of gymnastikk.

Derived terms

• gymsal

References

• “gym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

gym m (definite singular gymmen)

1. clipping of gymnastikk.

Derived terms

• gymsal

References

• “gym” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Alternative forms

yim

Etymology

Borrowed from English gym.

Noun

gym m (plural gyms)

1. gym, gymnasium

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English gym, clipping of gymnasium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?m/

Noun

gym n

1. gym; a sporting facility specialized on exercising strength, lifting weights.

Declension

Derived terms

• gymma