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English

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Etymology

From fit +? -ness, 16th century, physical sense from 1935.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?tn?s/
• Rhymes: -?tn?s

Noun

fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)

1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
3. (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
4. (Britain, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.

Synonyms

• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): beauty, health
• (condition of being suitable): strength, suitability, competence, capability

Antonyms

• unfitness
• (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): flab, sloth
• (ability to perform): weakness

Derived terms

• warrant of fitness

Translations

Anagrams

• infests, stefins

Finnish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?fitnes?/, [?fit?ne?s??]
• Rhymes: -itnes?
• Syllabification: fit?ness

Noun

fitness

1. fitness (a type of fitness sport)

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fit.n?s/

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. (physical) fitness

Further reading

• “fitness” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?f?it.n?s/

Noun

fitness m inan

1. aerobics or similar physical exercises

Declension

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English fitness.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /?fit??.nes/

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
2. (artificial intelligence) fitness (degree of appropriateness of an answer in a genetic algorithm)

Spanish

Noun

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)

English

Etymology

From French physique.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i?k

Noun

physique (plural physiques)

1. The natural constitution, or physical structure, of a person.

   Synonym: body

2. (bodybuilding) The trained muscular structure of a person's body.

Translations

Derived terms

• physique magazine

French

Etymology

From Latin physicus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fi.zik/

Adjective

physique (plural physiques)

1. physical, sportive

   Monter un immeuble d'une centaine d'étages par les escaliers est une activité plutôt physique.

Derived terms

• personne physique

Noun

physique m (plural physiques)

1. physique

   Certaines personnes jugent les gens seulement sur leur physique.

   Certains métiers nécessitent un bon physique et un entraînement régulier.

Derived terms

• avoir le physique de l'emploi

Noun

physique f (plural physiques)

1. physics

   Ses matières préférées sont la chimie et la physique.

Derived terms

• physique des particules

Related terms

• physicien

Further reading

• “physique” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).