Gymnasium

1 a school for students intermediate between elementary school and college; usually grades 9 to 12 [syn: secondary school, lyceum, lycee, middle school]

2 athletic facility equipped for sports or physical training [syn: gym]

see Gymnasium

English

Etymology

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

Noun

1. a large room or building for indoor sports.

Translations

• Bulgarian: гимнастически салон
• Finnish: liikuntasali, kuntosali
• German: Sporthalle , Turnhalle , Gymnastikraum , Fitnessstudio
• Icelandic: íþróttahús , leikfimisalur
• Norwegian: gymsal , sportshall
• Serbian: sokolana
• Swedish: gymnastiksal , sporthall

Related terms

• gym
• gymnastics

Dutch

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

Noun

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

Gymnasium may refer to:

• Gymnasium (ancient Greece), an educational and sporting institution in ancient Greece
• Gymnasium (school), a school of secondary education found in several European countries that prepares students for higher education
• Gym, a place for physical exercise

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