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Webster 1913 Edition

gymnastics

gym-nas′tics

(jĭm-năs′tĭks)

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Noun.

1.

Athletic or disciplinary exercises; the art of performing gymnastic exercises.

2.

Disciplinary exercises for the intellect or character.

Webster 1828 Edition

Gymnastics

GYMNASTICS

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Noun.

The gymnastic art; the art of performing athletic exercises.

Definition 2025

gymnastics

gymnastics

English

Various activities in gymnastics

Noun

gymnastics ‎(uncountable)

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.

Derived terms

artistic gymnastics
rhythmic gymnastics

Related terms

Translations

a sport

Arabic: جُمْبَاز m ‎(jumbāz)
Bulgarian: гимнастика (bg) f ‎(gimnástika)
Catalan: gimnàstica (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 體操 (zh), 体操 (zh) ‎(tǐcāo), 體育 (zh), 体育 (zh) ‎(tǐyù)
Czech: gymnastika (cs) f
Danish: gymnastik
Dutch: gymnastiek (nl) f
Esperanto: gimnastiko
Finnish: voimistelu (fi)
French: gymnastique (fr) f
Galician: ximnasia f
German: Turnen (de) n, Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: γυμναστική (el) f ‎(gymnastikí)
Hindi:
Hungarian: gimnasztika (hu), torna (hu)
Icelandic: fimleikar m pl
Ido: gimnastiko (io)
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Japanese: 体操 (ja) ‎(たいそう, taisō), 体育 (ja) ‎(たいいく, taiiku)

Korean: 체조 (ko) ‎(chejo)
Latvian: vingrošana f
Macedonian: гимнастика f ‎(gimnástika)
Malay: gerak badan, gimnastik, (rare) taiso
Norwegian: gymnastikk (no)
Polish: gimnastyka (pl) f
Portuguese: ginástica (pt) f
Romanian: gimnastică (ro) f
Russian: гимна́стика (ru) f ‎(gimnástika)
Sanskrit: दाक्ष (sa) ‎(dākṣa)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: гимнастика f, тјеловјежба f

Roman: gimnastika (sh) f, tjelovježba (sh) f
Spanish: gimnasia (es) f
Swedish: gymnastik (sv)
Tagalog: palakatwanan
Ukrainian: гімнастика f ‎(himnástyka)
Vietnamese:
Walloon: djimlastike (wa) f

complex intellectual or artistic exercise

Arabic:
Chinese:
Mandarin:
Finnish: harjoitus (fi)
German: Gymnastik (de) f
Greek: ακροβατισμός (el) m ‎(akrovatismós)

Hindi:
Italian: ginnastica (it) f
Macedonian: гимнастика f ‎(gimnástika)
Russian:
Serbo-Croatian: gimnàstika (sh) f, tjèlovježba (sh) f

See also

gymnastics on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
gymnastics on Wikiversity.Wikiversity