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Synonyms for gymnasium

Grammar : Noun
Spell : jim-ney-zee-uh m
Phonetic Transcription : dʒɪmˈneɪ zi əm

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Définition of gymnasium

Origin :
  • 1590s, "place of exercise," from Latin gymnasium "school for gymnastics," from Greek gymnasion "public place where athletic exercises are practiced; gymnastics school," in plural, "bodily exercises," from gymnazein "to exercise or train," literally or figuratively, literally "to train naked," from gymnos "naked" (see naked). Introduced to German 15c. as a name for "high school" (more or less paralleling a sense in Latin); in English it has remained purely athletic.
  • noun arena for sports, recreation
Example sentences :
  • So they left the river and passed the gymnasium and the gate.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • The temple and walls and gymnasium were all of stone and looked as though they had been there forever.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • He heard his wonderful brother talk for hours of the life in the gymnasium.
  • Extract from : « Buried Cities, Part 2 » by Jennie Hall
  • The soldier tried to get up to me by means of the trapeze and the gymnasium rope.
  • Extract from : « My Double Life » by Sarah Bernhardt
  • She and the other teachers were seated on the raised platform at the end of the gymnasium.
  • Extract from : « The Green Satin Gown » by Laura E. Richards
  • Is it not a strange mistake to provide a gymnasium for these alone?
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • These young men we need in the gymnasium where young women exercise.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Indeed, the only gymnasium which never lacks patronage is the ball-room.
  • Extract from : « The Atlantic Monthly, Vol. 10, No. 58, August, 1862 » by Various
  • Those lathe men, they got it too easy and they play hard in gymnasium.
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
  • Still I do not get thin, but I do not play hard in gymnasium, see?
  • Extract from : « City of Endless Night » by Milo Hastings
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