gym

== Translingual == === Etymology === Abbreviation of English Guaymí. === Symbol === gym (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Ngäbere. === See also === Wiktionary’s coverage of Ngäbere terms == English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪm/ Rhymes: -ɪm Homophone: Jim === Noun === gym (plural gyms) Clipping of gymnasium; especially, a school gymnasium. (uncountable) Clipping of gymnastics, often as sense 4. (especially weightlifting) A sports facility specialized for lifting weights, cardio machines, and other exercise (culturally differentiated from sense 1). Synonym: fitness center Near-synonyms: health club, sports club 2016, VOA Learning English (public domain) Pete, I want to work out. Where is the gym? Physical education class (PE class). ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== gymnasium gymnast gymnastics jim (humorous) ==== Translations ==== === Verb === gym (third-person singular simple present gyms, present participle gyming or gymming, simple past and past participle gymed or gymmed) (intransitive, India, Australia, South Africa) To go to the gym. === Anagrams === YGM == Chinese == === Alternative forms === 尖 (zim1) === Etymology === From English gym. === Pronunciation === === Noun === gym (Hong Kong Cantonese) gym; gymnasium; fitness centre 做gym [Cantonese] ― zou6 zim1 [Jyutping] ― to work out ==== Derived terms ==== == Danish == === Noun === gym (not declinable) (slang) gymnasium == Dutch == === Etymology 1 === Clippings of various longer words; see those entries for more. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɣɪm/ Rhymes: -ɪm ==== Noun ==== gym n (plural gymmen, diminutive gymmetje n) clipping of gymnasium ==== Noun ==== gym m (uncountable, no diminutive) clipping of gymnastiek ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From English gym. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /dʒɪm/ Rhymes: -ɪm ==== Noun ==== gym m (plural gyms, diminutive gymmetje n) (informal) gym (fitness facility) Synonym: sportschool == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʒim/ === Noun === gym f (plural gyms) clipping of gymnastique === Noun === gym m (plural gyms) clipping of gymnase === Further reading === “gym”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == 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. == Old English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /jyːm/ Rhymes: -yːm === Verb === ġȳm singular imperative of ġȳman == Spanish == === Alternative forms === yim === Etymology === Unadapted borrowing from English gym. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: -im Syllabification: gym === Noun === gym m (plural gyms) gym, gymnasium Synonym: gimnasio ==== Usage notes ==== According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed. == Swedish == === Etymology === Borrowed from English gym, clipping of gymnasium. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈjʏm/ === Noun === gym n gym; a sporting facility specialized on exercising strength, lifting weights. ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== gymma