different between gymnastics vs acro

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???????? (gumnasía, “athletic training, exercise”), from ?????? (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /d??m?næs.t?ks/

Noun

gymnastics (uncountable)

1. A sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.

   Gymnastics was a significant part of the physical education curriculum.

2. Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.

   His mental gymnastics are legendary.

Derived terms

• artistic gymnastics
• rhythmic gymnastics

Related terms

• gym
• gymnasium
• gymnast
• gymnastic

Translations

See also

• gymnastics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• gymnastics on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

English

Adjective

acro

1. of or pertaining to something that combines acrobatic elements with that of something else.

Derived terms

• acro dance
• acro yoga

Noun

acro (uncountable)

1. acrobatic gymnastics

Translations

Anagrams

• AOCR, Arco, Caro, Cora, RAOC, Roca, arco, ocra, orca

Italian

Noun

acro m (plural acri)

1. acre (unit of measure)

Anagrams

• arco
• caro
• ocra
• orca
• roca

Latin

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ????? (ákr?n).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?a.kro?/, [?äk?o?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.kro/, [???k??]

Noun

acr? m (genitive acr?nis); third declension

1. The extremity of a thing
2. The stem of a plant

Declension

Third-declension noun.

References

• acro in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• acro in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette