different between gymnastics vs hockey

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

Etymology 1

Unknown origin, 16th century, possibly related to hook due to the curvature of the stick.

Pronunciation

• enPR: h?k'i, IPA^(key): /?h?ki/
• Rhymes: -?ki

Noun

hockey (uncountable)

1. (Canada, US) Ice hockey, a game on ice in which two teams of six players skate and try to score by shooting a puck into the opposing team's net, using their sticks.
2. (Britain) Field hockey, a team sport played on a pitch on solid ground where players have to hit a ball into a net using a hockey stick.
3. A variation of hockey, such as roller hockey, street hockey, shinny, or ball hockey.

Synonyms

• ice hockey
• field hockey
• (Canada) shinny, shinny hockey

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

Noun

hockey (uncountable)

1. (US, slang) Faeces, excrement.
   • 1970, Donald Harington, Lightning Bug:

     “I thought she'd just gone to pee but I reckon she must be making hockey too.”

   • 2014, Gwen Hunter, Bloodstone:

     My anger surged back a pace. “Harry Boone is a lickspittle, butt kissing, hunk of horse hockey,” I said precisely.

Etymology 3

See oche.

Noun

hockey (plural hockeys)

2. (darts, dated) Alternative form of oche.

References

• “hockey” in the Canadian Oxford Dictionary, Second Edition, Oxford University Press, 2004.

Anagrams

• chokey

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???.ki/
• Hyphenation: hoc?key
• Rhymes: -?ki

Noun

hockey n (uncountable)

1. hockey, usually field hockey

Derived terms

• hockeybal
• hockeyen
• hockeymasker
• hockeystick
• hockeyveld
• ijshockey
• unihockey
• zaalhockey

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hok?ei?/, [?ho?k?e?i?]

Noun

hockey

1. hockey

Declension

French

Etymology

From English hockey

Pronunciation

• ^{(aspirated h)} IPA^(key): /?.k?/
• Rhymes: -?
• Homophones: hoquet, hoquets

Noun

hockey m (uncountable)

1. hockey
2. (Canada) ice hockey

Synonyms

• (ice hockey): hockey sur glace

Derived terms

• hockeyeur
• hockeyeuse
• hockey sur gazon
• hockey sur glace
• hockey sur luge
• hockey sur table

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From English hockey.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.kej/, /??.kej/

Noun

hockey m (uncountable)

1. hockey

Derived terms

• hockey su ghiaccio
• hockey su pista/hockey a rotelle
• hockey su prato

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From English hockey

Noun

hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)

1. (sports) hockey

Derived terms

• hockeykølle
• ishockey

References

• “hockey” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From English hockey

Noun

hockey m (definite singular hockeyen)

1. (sports) hockey

Derived terms

• hockeykølle
• ishockey

References

• “hockey” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hockey.

Alternative forms

jóquey (rare)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xokei/, [?xo.kei?]

Noun

hockey m (plural hockey)

1. hockey

Derived terms

• hockey sobre hielo
• hockey sobre césped, hockey sobre hierba, hockey sobre pasto

Swedish

Etymology

From English hockey

Noun

hockey c (definite singular hockeyn)

1. (sports) hockey

Derived terms

• hockeybild c
• hockeyklubba c
• hockeyspelare c
• ishockey c
• landhockey c