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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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lyceum
English
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ??????? (Lúkeion) (the name of a gymnasium, or athletic training facility, near Athens where Aristotle established his school), from ??????? ("Lycian" or "wolf-killer").
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /la??si??m/
Noun
lyceum (plural lyceums)
- (historical) A public hall designed for lectures, readings, or concerts.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Life Without Principle
- At a lyceum, not long since, I felt that the lecturer had chosen a theme too foreign to himself, and so failed to interest me as much as he might have done.
- 1875, Henry James, Roderick Hudson, New York Edition 1909, hardcover, page 414
- In the autumn he was to return home; his family - composed, as Rowland knew, of a father, who was a cashier in a bank, and five unmarried sisters, one of whom gave lyceum lectures on woman's rights, the whole resident at Buffalo, N.Y. - had been writing him peremptory letters and appealing to him as son, brother and fellow-citizen.
- 1854, Henry David Thoreau, Life Without Principle
- (US, historical) A school, especially European, at a stage between elementary school and college, a lycée.
- An association for literary improvement.
Translations
References
- lyceum in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- lyceum at OneLook Dictionary Search
Anagrams
- cymule
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
lyceum n (definite singular lyceet, indefinite plural lyceer, definite plural lycea or lyceene)
- alternative form of lycé
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
lyceum n (definite singular lyceet, indefinite plural lyceum, definite plural lycea)
- alternative form of lycé
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