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gym
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??m/
- Rhymes: -?m
- Homophone: Jim
Noun
gym (plural gyms)
- Clipping of gymnasium.
- (uncountable) clipping of gymnastics. (often as sense 4)
- (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?
- Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym?
- 2008, Lou Schuler, "Foreward", in Nate Green, Built for Show, page xii
- 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)
- (intransitive) To go to the gym.
- On Wednesdays I hike; on Fridays I gym.
Anagrams
- YGM
Danish
Noun
gym (not declinable)
- (slang) gymnasium
French
Noun
gym f (plural gyms)
- Clipping of gymanstique.
gym m (plural gyms)
- Clipping of gymnase.
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?m
Noun
gym n (plural gymmen, diminutive gymmetje n)
- short for gymnasium, a special type of secondary school
Noun
gym m (uncountable)
- short for gymnastiek, physical education class
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
gym m (definite singular gymmen)
- clipping of gymnastikk.
Derived terms
- gymsal
References
- “gym” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gym m (definite singular gymmen)
- 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)
- gym, gymnasium
Swedish
Etymology
Borrowed from English gym, clipping of gymnasium.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?j?m/
Noun
gym n
- gym; a sporting facility specialized on exercising strength, lifting weights.
Declension
Derived terms
- gymma
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hym
English
Pronoun
hym
- Obsolete spelling of him
Manx
Pronoun
hym (emphatic form hyms)
- first-person singular of hug
- to me
Middle English
Etymology 1
Pronoun
hym
- Alternative form of him (“him”)
Etymology 2
Pronoun
hym
- Alternative form of hem (“them”)
Old English
Pronoun
hym
- Alternative form of him: (to) him/it/them
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