gymnast

gymnast

English

A gymnast.

Etymology

From Ancient Greek γυμναστής (gumnastḗs, “trainer of athletes”), from γυμνάζω (gumnázō, “I train naked, exercise”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɪm.næst/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈd͡ʒɪm.næst/, /ˈd͡ʒɪm.nəst/

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Noun

gymnast (plural gymnasts)

1. One who performs (the sport of) gymnastics.

Related terms

• gymnastic
• gymnastical
• gymnastically
• gymnastics

 

Translations

one who performs gymnastics

Armenian: մարմնամարզիկ (hy) (marmnamarzik) Catalan: gimnasta m or f Chinese: Mandarin: 體操運動員／体操运动员 (zh) (tǐcāo yùndòngyuán) Czech: gymnasta (cs) m, gymnastka (cs) f Dutch: turner (nl) m, gymnast (nl) m or f, gymnaste (nl) f Finnish: voimistelija (fi) French: gymnaste (fr) m or f Galician: ximnasta m or f German: Turner (de) m, Turnerin (de) f Greek: γυμναστής (el) m (gymnastís), γυμνάστρια (el) f (gymnástria) Hungarian: tornász (hu) Italian: ginnasta (it) m or f Japanese: 体操選手 (たいそうせんしゅ, taisō senshu) Latvian: vingrotājs m, vingrotāja f Macedonian: гимнастичар m (gimnastičar), гимнастичарка f (gimnastičarka) Norwegian: Bokmål: turner (no) m Nynorsk: turnar m Persian: ژیمناست‎ (žimnâst) Portuguese: ginasta (pt) m or f Romanian: gimnast (ro) m, gimnastă (ro) f Russian: гимна́ст (ru) m (gimnást), гимна́стка (ru) f (gimnástka) Spanish: gimnasta (es) m or f Swedish: gymnast (sv) c Thai: นักกายกรรม (nák-gaai-yá-gam)

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Noun

gymnast m (plural gymnasten, diminutive gymnastje n, feminine gymnaste)

1. gymnast

Related terms

• gymnastiek

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Swedish

Noun

gymnast c

1. gymnast

Declension

Declension of gymnast
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	gymnast	gymnasten	gymnaster	gymnasterna
Genitive	gymnasts	gymnastens	gymnasters	gymnasternas

Related terms

• gymnastik
• gymnasticera
• gymnastiksal

See also

• gymnasist