The German word for gymnasium is Turnhalle.
A gymnasium is a room or building usually designed for active participation in sports and exercise by the general public as opposed to passive spectating. The word is shortened in informal usage as 'gym'. A gymnasium was also a place in ancient Greece where athletes trained naked from which the word is derived. In modern usage, it is also used to refer to a German secondary school preparing students for university.
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The noun gymnasium is a common, singular, concrete noun; a word for a thing.
The literal meaning of Gymnasium is "School for naked exercise for Men" coming from the Greek word Gymno meaning "Naked"
The word gym is the shortened word of 'gymnasium'
greek came up with the word
The plural of gymnasium is gymnasiums or gymnasia.
Gymnos means 'naked'
Define the word answer?
Gym, which is short for gymnasium.