gymnasium

Oznaczający

1. A large room or building for indoor sports.
2. A type of secondary school in some European countries which typically prepares students for university; grammar school, prep school
3. A public place or building where Ancient Greek youths took exercise, with running and wrestling grounds, baths, and halls for conversation.

Wymawiane jako (IPA)

/d͡ʒɪmˈneɪ.zi.əm/

Etymologia

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion, “exercise, school”), from γυμνός (gumnós, “naked”), because Greek athletes trained naked.