gimnasium

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

• The sense of indoor sport place is a semantic loan from English gymnasium.

• IPA^(key): /ɡɪmnaˈsiʊm/
• Hyphenation: gim‧na‧si‧um

gimnasium (first-person possessive gimnasiumku, second-person possessive gimnasiummu, third-person possessive gimnasiumnya)

1. gymnasium:
   1. (education) 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.
   2. (sports) large room or building for indoor sports.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Brunei, Malaysia and Singapore usage can be seen in Malay gimnasium.

• “gimnasium” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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

gimnasium (Jawi spelling ݢيمناسيوم, informal 1st possessive gimnasiumku, 2nd possessive gimnasiummu, 3rd possessive gimnasiumnya)

1. (sports) gymnasium: large room or building for indoor sports.

The word is part of false friends between Standard Malay and Indonesian due to shared etymology. The Indonesian usage can be seen in Indonesian gimnasium.

• “gimnasium” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.