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Plural of gymnasium

irregular plural

The plural of gymnasium is gymnasia or gymnasiums.

Forms of gymnasium

Singulargymnasium /d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/
Pluralgymnasia
gymnasiums
Countablecountable

Gymnasia and gymnasiums in a sentence

  • But these balaneia had nothing to do with the gymnasia, and are indeed sharply contrasted with them.1910, E[dward] Norman Gardiner, “The Gymnasium and the Palaestra”, in Greek Athletic Sports and Festivals, London: Macmillan and Co., […]…. From the entry balaneion
  • Particular Sophists attached themselves to particular gymnasia and palaistrai which they came to regard as their schools.1908, Kenneth J[ohn] Freeman, edited by M[ontague] J[ohn] Rendall, Schools of Hellas: An Essay on the Practice and Theory of Ancient Greek…. From the entry palaistra
  • Gymnasia were public institutions, but in the Roman period the running of the gymnasion was often left to private citizens who were appointed as gymnasiarchs.2023, Onno M. van Nijf, “Bringing Women into the Agonistic Sphere: Sport, Women and Festivals in the Greek World under Rome”, in Lucinda…. From the entry gymnasion
  • It is an ornament appropriate to my "Academia" for two reasons: Hermes is a sign common to all gymnasia, Minerva specially of this particular one.1920, Cicero, translated by Evelyn Shirley Shuckburgh, The Letters of Cicero: The Whole Extant Correspondence in Chronological Order…. From the entry Hermathena
  • Palaistras and gymnasia were an important aspect of city life, a popular place for men to gather and observe beautiful youths training their bodies and exercising their minds.2011, Amalia Avramidou, The Codrus Painter: Iconography and Reception of Athenian Vases in the Age of Pericles, Madison, Wis.: The…. From the entry palaistra

Meaning of gymnasium

  1. noun A large room or building for indoor sports.
  2. noun A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
  3. noun A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

Full definition of gymnasium

Nouns ending in -um: plural -a

Questions about the plural of gymnasium

What is the plural of gymnasium?
The plural of gymnasium is gymnasia or gymnasiums.
Which is correct, gymnasia or gymnasiums?
Both are used. gymnasiums is the more common of the two in English writing.
Is gymnasium countable?
Gymnasium is a countable noun.

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