gym
French, noun/ʒim/
gym is spelled G-Y-M (3 letters) and appears 5.5 times per million words in written French, the 10,464th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Gym is a French feminine noun meaning “clipping of gymnastique” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gymnastique”.
What does gym mean in English?
noun
- 1
feminineclipping of gymnastique
noun
- 1
masculineclipping of gymnase
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Gymnastique.
noun: 1. Gymnase, salle de sport.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of gym
- gyms plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce gym?
- /ʒim/
- \ʒim\
- [ʒɪm]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to gym
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is gym in French?
gym appears 5.5 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).