fitness
See also: Fitness
English
editEtymology
editFrom fit -ness, 16th century, physical sense from 1935.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)
- The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.
- 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 5:
- Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.
- The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
- 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport[1]:
- Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.
- (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.
- (UK, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.
Synonyms
edit- (cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique): beauty, health
- (condition of being suitable): strength, suitability, competence, capability
Antonyms
edit- unfitness
- (antonym(s) of “cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique”): flab, sloth
- (antonym(s) of “ability to perform”): weakness
Derived terms
editTranslations
editcondition of being fit
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cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique
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ability to perform
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Anagrams
editFinnish
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English fitness.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfitness
- fitness (a type of fitness sport)
Declension
editInflection of fitness (Kotus type 6/paperi, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | fitness | fitnessit | |
genitive | fitnessin | fitnessien fitnesseiden fitnesseitten | |
partitive | fitnessiä | fitnesseitä fitnessejä | |
illative | fitnessiin | fitnesseihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | fitness | fitnessit | |
accusative | nom. | fitness | fitnessit |
gen. | fitnessin | ||
genitive | fitnessin | fitnessien fitnesseiden fitnesseitten | |
partitive | fitnessiä | fitnesseitä fitnessejä | |
inessive | fitnessissä | fitnesseissä | |
elative | fitnessistä | fitnesseistä | |
illative | fitnessiin | fitnesseihin | |
adessive | fitnessillä | fitnesseillä | |
ablative | fitnessiltä | fitnesseiltä | |
allative | fitnessille | fitnesseille | |
essive | fitnessinä | fitnesseinä | |
translative | fitnessiksi | fitnesseiksi | |
abessive | fitnessittä | fitnesseittä | |
instructive | — | fitnessein | |
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms
editcompounds
Further reading
edit- “fitness”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English fitness.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfitness m (uncountable)
- (physical) fitness
Further reading
edit- “fitness”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Polish
editEtymology
editPseudo-anglicism, derived from fitness.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editfitness m inan
- (uncountable, exercise) aerobics or similar physical exercises done under the supervision of an instructor at a special club
- (countable, exercise) special club where such exercises are done
Declension
editDeclension of fitness
singular | plural | |
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nominative | fitness | fitnessy |
genitive | fitnessu | fitnessów |
dative | fitnessowi | fitnessom |
accusative | fitness | fitnessy |
instrumental | fitnessem | fitnessami |
locative | fitnessie | fitnessach |
vocative | fitnessie | fitnessy |
Further reading
editPortuguese
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English fitness.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editfitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
- (artificial intelligence) fitness (degree of appropriateness of an answer in a genetic algorithm)
Adjective
editfitness (invariable)
Romanian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English fitness.
Noun
editfitness n (uncountable)
Declension
edit declension of fitness (singular only)
singular | ||
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n gender | indefinite articulation | definite articulation |
nominative/accusative | (un) fitness | fitnessul |
genitive/dative | (unui) fitness | fitnessului |
vocative | fitnessule |
Spanish
editNoun
editfitness m (uncountable)
- fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
Categories:
- English terms suffixed with -ness
- English 2-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɪtnəs
- Rhymes:English/ɪtnəs/2 syllables
- English lemmas
- English nouns
- English uncountable nouns
- English countable nouns
- English terms with quotations
- en:Evolutionary theory
- British English
- English slang
- en:Exercise
- Finnish terms borrowed from English
- Finnish unadapted borrowings from English
- Finnish terms derived from English
- Finnish 2-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Rhymes:Finnish/itnesː
- Rhymes:Finnish/itnesː/2 syllables
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish paperi-type nominals
- French terms borrowed from English
- French terms derived from English
- French 2-syllable words
- French terms with IPA pronunciation
- French terms with audio links
- French lemmas
- French nouns
- French uncountable nouns
- French masculine nouns
- fr:Exercise
- Polish pseudo-loans from English
- Polish terms derived from English
- Polish 2-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/itnɛs
- Rhymes:Polish/itnɛs/2 syllables
- Polish lemmas
- Polish nouns
- Polish masculine nouns
- Polish inanimate nouns
- Polish uncountable nouns
- pl:Exercise
- Polish countable nouns
- pl:Rooms
- Portuguese terms borrowed from English
- Portuguese unadapted borrowings from English
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- Portuguese 2-syllable words
- Portuguese 3-syllable words
- Portuguese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Portuguese lemmas
- Portuguese nouns
- Portuguese uncountable nouns
- Portuguese masculine nouns
- pt:Artificial intelligence
- Portuguese adjectives
- Portuguese indeclinable adjectives
- Brazilian Portuguese
- Portuguese informal terms
- Romanian terms borrowed from English
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- Romanian lemmas
- Romanian nouns
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- Spanish lemmas
- Spanish nouns
- Spanish uncountable nouns
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