Complete Definition of "gymnasium"

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English

Etymology
Greek gumnasion, place where athletic training or exercise was done.

Noun
en-noun| gymnasi|a | pl2=gymnasiums

  1. a large room or building for indoor sports.

Translations

Bulgarian: гимна��и�е�ки �алон m
Finnish: liikuntasali, kuntosali
German: Sporthalle f, Turnhalle f, Gymnastikraum m, Fitne�studio n
Icelandic: íþróttahús n, leikfimisalur m
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Norwegian: gymsal m, sportshall m
Serbian: sokolana
Swedish: gymnastiksal c, sporthall c

Related terms
gym
gymnastics

Category:English nouns with irregular plurals


Dutch
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Noun
gymnasium n (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)

  1. a type of secondary school (for 12 to 18 year-olds) which prepares students for university or vocational school, and which offers classes in Latin and/or Greek
  2. school of sports which the Greeks had in antiquity

Related terms
gym

See also
atheneum


Latin

Noun
gymnasium n (plural: gymnasia)

  1. a sports centre

Related terms
gymnasticus


Swedish

Pronunciation
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Noun
sv-noun-reg-r-n|2=gymnasie
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  1. a upper secondary school: intends to either prepare the student for university or give education in a particular profession

Synonyms
gymnasieskola

See also
gymnasist

Category:Greek derivations

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