English-Thai Dictionary

gymnasium

N โรง พลศึกษา  โรง กีฬา  โรง กายกรรม  gym rong-pa-la-suek-sa

 

Webster's 1828 Dictionary

GYMNASIUM

n.[Gr. from naked. ] In Greece, a place where athletic exercises were performed. Hence, a place of exercise; a school.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GYMNASIUM

Gym *na "si *um n.; pl. E. Gymnasiums, L. Gymnasia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.

 

1. A place or building where athletic exercises are performed; a school for gymnastics.

 

2. A school for the higher branches of literature and science; a preparatory school for the university; -- used esp. of German schools of this kind. More like ordinary schools of gymnasia than universities. Hallam.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

gymnasium

gym na si um |jimˈnāzēəm ʤɪmˈneɪziəm | ▶noun ( pl. gymnasiums or gymnasia |-zēə | ) 1 a room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise. 2 |gimˈnäzēˌo͝om ɪmˈneɪziəm |a school in Germany, Scandinavia, or central Europe that prepares pupils for university entrance. DERIVATIVES gym na si al |-zēəl |adjective gymnasium ( sense 2 ) ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked, ’ from gumnos ‘naked. ’

 

Oxford Dictionary

gymnasium

gymnasium |dʒɪmˈneɪzɪəm | ▶noun ( pl. gymnasiums or gymnasia |-zɪə | ) 1 a room or building equipped for gymnastics, games, and other physical exercise. 2 |also gɪmˈnɑːzɪəm |a school in Germany, Scandinavia, or central Europe that prepares pupils for university entrance. DERIVATIVES gymnasial adjective gymnasium ( sense 2 ) ORIGIN late 16th cent.: via Latin from Greek gumnasion, from gumnazein ‘exercise naked ’, from gumnos ‘naked ’.

 

Duden Dictionary

Gymnasium

Gym na si um Substantiv, Neutrum , das |Gymn a sium |das Gymnasium; Genitiv: des Gymnasiums, Plural: die Gymnasien lateinisch gymnasium < griechisch gymnásion, Sportstätte, wo mit nacktem Körper geturnt wird, zu: gymnázesthai = mit nacktem Körper Leibesübungen machen, zu: gymnós = nackt; dann auch = Versammlungsstätte der Philosophen und Sophisten a zur Hochschulreife führende höhere Schule ein humanistisches, altsprachliches, neusprachliches, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliches, musisches Gymnasium | das Gymnasium besuchen | zum, aufs Gymnasium gehen b Gebäude, in dem sich ein Gymnasium 1a befindet

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

gymnasium

gym na si um /dʒɪmnéɪziəm , 2 では ɡɪmnɑ́ːziəm /名詞 複 ～s, gymnasia /-ziə /C 1 体育館, 屋内競技場 (｟略 ｠gym ).2 (ドイツの )ギムナジウム 〘大学進学課程の中等学校で年限9年 〙.