gymnastics
UK/d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/
gymnastics noun: a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
Noun
gymnastics (countable and uncountable, plural gymnastics)
- 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.
- Complex intellectual or artistic exercises or feats of physical agility.
- His mental gymnastics are legendary.
- […] something undoubtedly caused Mr. Joolby to stumble back and he floundered into the arms—and incidentally upon the toes—of his fellow conspirators. That was the moment chosen for the room to be blacked completely out […]
"What the hell's happened?" shouted Nickle—the first to find his voice...1934, Ernest Bramah, The Bravo of London
gymnastics meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
gymnastics in Hindi
- जिमनास्टिक, जिम्नास्टिक, जिम्नास्टिक्स
gymnastics in Tamil
- சீருடற்பயிற்சி
gymnastics in Marathi
- जिम्नॅस्टिक्स, जिम्नॅस्टिक, जिमनास्टिक्स
gymnastics in Urdu
- جمناسٹکس, جمناسٹک, جمنازٹکس
More languagesFewer languages
- gymnastics in Bengali
- জিমন্যাস্টিক্স, জিমন্যাস্টিকস, জিমন্যাস্টিক
- gymnastics in Telugu
- జిమ్నాస్టిక్స్, జిమ్నాస్టిక్
- gymnastics in Malayalam
- വ്യായാമവിദ്യ, വ്യായാമമുറകൾ, പയറ്റ്, അടവുകൾ
- gymnastics in Kannada
- ಗರಡಿಯಾಟ, ಕಣದಾಟ
- gymnastics in Punjabi
- ਜਿਮਨਾਸਟਿਕ, ਜਿਮਨਾਸਟਿਕਸ, ਜਿਮਨਾਸਟਿਕਜ਼
- gymnastics in Gujarati
- જિમ્નેસ્ટિક્સ, જિમ્નાસ્ટિક્સ, જિમનાસ્ટિક્સ
- gymnastics in Odia
- ଜିମ୍ନାଷ୍ଟିକ୍ସ, ଜିମ୍ନାଷ୍ଟିକ୍, ଜିମ୍ନାଷ୍ଟିକ୍ସ୍
- gymnastics in Sanskrit
- दाक्ष dākṣa
- gymnastics in Nepali
- जिमनास्टिक्स, जिम्नास्टिक्स, जिमनास्टिक
- gymnastics in Tagalog
- palakatwanan
- gymnastics in Arabic
- جُمْبَاز jumbāz
- gymnastics in Malay
- gerak badan, gimnastik, taiso
- gymnastics in Indonesian
- senam, gimnastik
- gymnastics in Persian
- ژیمناستیک žīmnāstīk
- gymnastics in Vietnamese
- thể dục, sự rèn luyện
Forms of gymnastics
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Origin of gymnastics
From gymnastic: see -ics; from Latin gymnasticus, from Ancient Greek γυμναστικός (gumnastikós), from γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “athlete, gymnast”), from γῠμνᾰ́ζω (gŭmnắzō, “to train, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked. By surface analysis, gymnast + -ics.
Words formed from gymnastics
Questions about gymnastics
- What does gymnastics mean?
- Gymnastics means a sport involving the performance of sequences of movements requiring physical strength, flexibility, and kinesthetic awareness.
- What is gymnastics in Hindi?
- Gymnastics in Hindi is जिमनास्टिक, जिम्नास्टिक, जिम्नास्टिक्स. See Gymnastics meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is gymnastics?
- Gymnastics is a noun.
- How do you pronounce gymnastics?
- Gymnastics is pronounced /d͡ʒɪmˈnæs.tɪks/ (UK).
- What is the plural of gymnastics?
- The plural of gymnastics is gymnastics.
Words near gymnastics in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: gymnastics (page history and authors); gymnastics (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gymnastics (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gymnastics (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); gymnastics (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); gymnastics (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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