different between bodybuilding vs calisthenics

English

Alternative forms

• body-building

Etymology

From body +? building.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b?di?b?ld??/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??di?b?ld??/

Noun

bodybuilding (uncountable)

1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
   • 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7.

     Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.

2. (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
   • 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258

     "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:bodybuilding.

Related terms

• bodybuilder

Translations

Further reading

• bodybuilding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• bodybuilding on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

Danish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding c (singular definite bodybuildingen, not used in plural form)

1. bodybuilding

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?.di?b?l.d??/
• Hyphenation: bo?dy?buil?ding

Noun

bodybuilding n (uncountable)

1. bodybuilding

Related terms

• bodybuilder
• bodybuildster

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?b?di?bildi?/, [?b?di?bildi?]
• IPA^(key): /?bodi?bildi?/, [?bo?di?bildi?]

Noun

bodybuilding

1. bodybuilding

   Synonyms: bodaus, kehonrakennus

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /b?.di.bil.di?/

Noun

bodybuilding m (plural bodybuildings)

1. bodybuilding

   Synonym: culturisme

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowed from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding ?

1. bodybuilding

Declension

Related terms

• bodybuilder

See also

• kroppsbyggare
• muskelknutte
• styrketräning

English

Alternative forms

• callisthenics

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ?????? (kállos, “beauty”) + ?????? (sthénos, “strength”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?kæl.?s???n.?ks/

Noun

calisthenics pl (plural only)

1. (in the plural) Gymnastic exercises under the participation of a (surface-wise) multitude of muscles and often minimal equipment (thus, usually bodyweight exercises) with a stress on stamina.
2. (in the singular) A system of such exercises.

Translations