# 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: /d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Noun

gymnasium (plural gymnasia or gymnasiums)
* (formal) A large room or building for indoor sports.
    Synonym: gym (clipping)
* A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university.
    Near-synonyms: grammar school, prep school
* (historical) A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.
    Alternative form: gymnasion

#### Related terms

* gymnastics
* gymno- (and its derivatives)

#### Translations
## Czech
### Alternative forms

* gymnázium

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈɡɪmnaːzɪjum]
* IPA: [ˈɡɪmnazɪjum]

### Noun

gymnasium n
* (archaic) grammar school

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “gymnasium”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “gymnasium”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Danish
### Etymology

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɡymnaːsjɔm/, [ɡ̊ymˈnæːˀɕɔm]
* Rhymes: -ɔm

### Noun

gymnasium n (singular definite gymnasiet, plural indefinite gymnasier, in compounds: gymnasie-)
* gymnasium (a type of secondary school)

#### 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 Latin) IPA: /ɡymˈna.si.um/, [ɡʏmˈnäs̠iʊ̃ˑ]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /d͡ʒimˈna.si.um/, [d͡ʒimˈnäːs̬ium]

### Noun

gymnasium n (genitive gymnasiī or gymnasī); second declension
* gymnasium

#### Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).
$^1$Found 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
* Romanian: gimnaziu
* 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 (2016 July 16 (last accessed)) 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: /jʏmˈnɑːsɪɵm/
* Audio (Gotland):(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

#### Synonyms

* gymnasieskola

#### See also

* gymnasist
* lågstadium (grades 1-3)
* mellanstadium (grades 4-6)
* högstadium (grades 7-9)
* högskola
* universitet
* high school (“American secondary school”)

### Further reading

* gymnasium in Svensk ordbok.