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gym⋅na⋅si⋅um

1  [jim-ney-zee-uhm]
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–noun, plural -si⋅ums, -si⋅a  [-zee-uh, -zhuh] .
1. a building or room designed and equipped for indoor sports, exercise, or physical education.
2. a place where Greek youths met for exercise and discussion.
Origin:
1590–1600; < L: a public school for gymnastics < Gk gymnásion gymnastic school (deriv. of gymnázein to train in the nude

Related forms:
gym⋅na⋅si⋅al, adjective
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gym⋅na⋅si⋅um

2  [gim-nah-zee-uhm]
–noun, plural -si⋅ums, -si⋅a  [-zee-uh] .
(often initial capital letter) (in continental Europe, esp. Germany) a classical school preparatory to the universities.
Origin:
1685–95; < G; special use of gymnasium 1
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gym·na·si·um   (jĭm-nā'zē-əm)   
n.   pl. gym·na·si·ums or gym·na·si·a (-zē-ə) Sports

  1. A room or building equipped for indoor sports.

  2. (gĭm-nä'zē-ŏŏm') An academic high school in some central European countries, especially Germany, that prepares students for the university.


[Latin, school, from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein, to exercise naked, from gumnos, naked; see nogw- in Indo-European roots.]
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gymnasium 
1598, "place of exercise," from L. gymnasium "school for gymnastics," from Gk. gymnasion, from gymnazein "to exercise or train," lit. "to train naked," from gymnos "naked." Shortened form gym is attested from 1871. Introduced to Ger. 15c. as a name for "high school," in Eng. it has remained purely athletic. Gymnast (1594) in the modern sense is a back-formation of gymnastic, (1574) from Gk. gynmastikos "pertaining to or skilled in bodily exercise."
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