bodybuilding
See also: Bodybuilding and body-building
English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒdiˌbɪldɪŋ/
- (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɑːdiˌbɪldɪŋ/
Audio (US) (file)
Noun
bodybuilding (uncountable)
- A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
- 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7:
- Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.
- (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
- 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258
- "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."
- 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:bodybuilding.
Related terms
Descendants
- → Finnish: bodybuilding, bodaus
- → Finnish: kehonrakennus (calque)
Translations
sport of muscle development
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work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile
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Further reading
bodybuilding on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
bodybuilding on Wikiversity.Wikiversity
Danish
Etymology
Borrowed from English bodybuilding.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from English bodybuilding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.diˌbɪl.dɪŋ/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: bo‧dy‧buil‧ding
Related terms
Finnish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈbɑdiˌbildiŋ/, [ˈbɑ̝diˌbildiŋ]
- IPA(key): /ˈbodiˌbildiŋ/, [ˈbo̞diˌbildiŋ]
Declension
| Inflection of bodybuilding (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | bodybuilding | bodybuildingit | ||
| genitive | bodybuildingin | bodybuildingien | ||
| partitive | bodybuildingiä | bodybuildingejä | ||
| illative | bodybuildingiin | bodybuildingeihin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | bodybuilding | bodybuildingit | ||
| accusative | nom. | bodybuilding | bodybuildingit | |
| gen. | bodybuildingin | |||
| genitive | bodybuildingin | bodybuildingien | ||
| partitive | bodybuildingiä | bodybuildingejä | ||
| inessive | bodybuildingissä | bodybuildingeissä | ||
| elative | bodybuildingistä | bodybuildingeistä | ||
| illative | bodybuildingiin | bodybuildingeihin | ||
| adessive | bodybuildingillä | bodybuildingeillä | ||
| ablative | bodybuildingiltä | bodybuildingeiltä | ||
| allative | bodybuildingille | bodybuildingeille | ||
| essive | bodybuildinginä | bodybuildingeinä | ||
| translative | bodybuildingiksi | bodybuildingeiksi | ||
| abessive | bodybuildingittä | bodybuildingeittä | ||
| instructive | — | bodybuildingein | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “bodybuilding”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (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
Etymology
Borrowed from English bodybuilding.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bɔ.di.bil.diŋ/
Audio (file)
Swedish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilding.
Declension
| Declension of bodybuilding | ||||
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| Uncountable | ||||
| Indefinite | Definite | |||
| Nominative | bodybuilding | bodybuildingen | — | — |
| Genitive | bodybuildings | bodybuildingens | — | — |
Related terms
See also
- kroppsbyggare
- muskelknutte
- styrketräning
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