gymnasium
See also: Gymnasium
English
Etymology
From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)
- (formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
- A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
- (historical) A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.
Synonyms
- (large room or building for indoor sports): gym
- (type of secondary school): prep school, college prep school
Related terms
- gymnastics
Translations
place for indoor sports
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type of school
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Czech
Alternative forms
- gymnázium
Noun
gymnasium n
- (archaic) grammar school
Declension
Declension of gymnasium
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| nominative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
| genitive | gymnasia | gymnasií |
| dative | gymnasiu | gymnasiím |
| accusative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
| vocative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
| locative | gymnasiu | gymnasiích |
| instrumental | gymnasiem | gymnasii |
Further reading
- gymnasium in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- gymnasium in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Danish
Etymology
From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡymnaːsjɔm/, [ɡ̊ymˈnæːˀɕɔm]
- Rhymes: -ɔm
Noun
gymnasium n (singular definite gymnasiet, plural indefinite gymnasier, in compounds: gymnasie-)
- gymnasium (a type of secondary school)
Inflection
Declension of gymnasium
| neuter gender | Singular | Plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
| nominative | gymnasium | gymnasiet | gymnasier | gymnasierne |
| genitive | gymnasiums | gymnasiets | gymnasiers | gymnasiernes |
Further reading
gymnasium on the Danish Wikipedia.Wikipedia da
Dutch
Etymology
From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: gym‧na‧si‧um
Noun
gymnasium n (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums, diminutive gymnasiumpje n)
- 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
- school of sports which the Greeks had in antiquity
Related terms
- gym
Descendants
- → Indonesian: gimnasium
See also
- atheneum
Latin
Etymology
From Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ɡymˈna.si.um/, [ɡʏmˈnäs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /d͡ʒimˈna.si.um/, [d͡ʒimˈnäːs̬ium]
Noun
gymnasium n (genitive gymnasiī or gymnasī); second declension
- gymnasium
Declension
Second-declension noun (neuter).
| Case | Singular | Plural |
|---|---|---|
| Nominative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
| Genitive | gymnasiī gymnasī1 | gymnasiōrum |
| Dative | gymnasiō | gymnasiīs |
| Accusative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
| Ablative | gymnasiō | gymnasiīs |
| Vocative | gymnasium | gymnasia |
1Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).
Related terms
- gymnasticus
Descendants
- → Albanian: gjimnaz
- Catalan: gimnàs
- French: gymnase
- Galician: ximnasio
- → German: Gymnasium (see there for further descendants)
- Italian: ginnasio
- Portuguese: ginásio
- Spanish: gimnasio
References
- “gymnasium”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “gymnasium”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gymnasium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- gymnasium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
- “gymnasium”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
- gymnasium in Ramminger, Johann (accessed 16 July 2016) Neulateinische Wortliste: Ein Wörterbuch des Lateinischen von Petrarca bis 1700, pre-publication website, 2005-2016
- “gymnasium”, in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin
Norwegian Bokmål
Noun
gymnasium n (definite singular gymnasiet, indefinite plural gymnasier, definite plural gymnasia or gymnasiene)
- alternative form of gymnas
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
gymnasium n (definite singular gymnasiet, indefinite plural gymnasium, definite plural gymnasia)
- alternative form of gymnas
Swedish
Alternative forms
- gymnasie (nonstandard)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /jʏmˈnɑːsɪɵm/, /jʏmˈnɑːsɪɛ/
audio (file)
Noun
gymnasium n
- gymnasium; upper secondary school: either theoretical ("preparing for further studies") or vocational, most commonly three years long (grades 10-12)
- a (part of a) school where gymnasium students are taught
- Synonym: gymnasieskola
Declension
| Declension of gymnasium | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | gymnasium | gymnasiet | gymnasier | gymnasierna |
| Genitive | gymnasiums | gymnasiets | gymnasiers | gymnasiernas |
Synonyms
- gymnasieskola
See also
- gymnasist
- lågstadium (grades 1-3)
- mellanstadium (grades 4-6)
- högstadium (grades 7-9)
- högskola
- universitet
Further reading
- gymnasium in Svensk ordbok.