Gymnastics in other Languages
The sport we know as gymnastics is not necessarily called by the same name around the world. Here are the names for gymnastics in many of the languages of the world. The names are taken from the Wikipedia page for gymnastics in each of these languages. You will notice that many of the names appear to be phonetic spelling of gymnastics in the other languages.
Name by Language
| Language | Name for the sport of gymnastics |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Gimnastiek |
| Albanian | Gjimnastika |
| Arabic | جمباز |
| Armenian | Մարմնամարզություն |
| Asturian | Ximnasia |
| Azerbaijani | Gimnastika |
| Bashkir | Гимнастика |
| Basque | Gimnastika |
| Belarusian | Гімнастыка |
| Bengali | জিমন্যাস্টিকস |
| Bosnian | Gimnastika |
| Bulgarian | Гимнастика |
| Cantonese | 體操 |
| Catalan | Gimnàstica |
| Chinese | 体操 |
| Croatian | Gimnastika |
| Czech | Gymnastika |
| Danish | Gymnastik |
| Dutch | Gymnastiek (sport) |
| Eastern Punjabi | ਜਿਮਨਾਸਟਿਕ |
| Egyptian Arabic | جمباز |
| English | Gymnastics |
| Esperanto | Gimnastiko |
| Estonian | Võimlemine |
| Finnish | Voimistelu |
| French | Gymnastique |
| Galician | Ximnasia |
| Georgian | ტანვარჯიში |
| German | Gymnastik |
| Greek | Γυμναστική |
| Haitian | Jimnastik |
| Hebrew | התעמלות |
| Hindi | जिम्नास्टिक्स |
| Hungarian | Torna |
| Icelandic | Fimleikar |
| Ido | Gimnastiko |
| Indonesian | Senam |
| Italian | Ginnastica |
| Japanese | 体操 |
| Javanese | Senam |
| Kazakh | Гимнастика |
| Korean | 체조 |
| Kyrgyz | Гимнастика |
| Lak | Гимнастика |
| Latin | Gymnastica |
| Latvian | Vingrošana |
| Lezgian | Гимнастика |
| Lithuanian | Gimnastika |
| Macedonian | Гимнастика |
| Malay | Gimnastik |
| Malayalam | ജിംനാസ്റ്റിക്സ് |
| Marathi | जिम्नॅस्टिक्स |
| Meadow Mari | Гимнастике |
| Min Nan | Thé-chhau |
| Northern Sotho | Dithobollo |
| Norwegian | Gymnastikk |
| Norwegian | Gymnastikk |
| Novial | Gimnastike |
| Occitan | Gimnastica |
| Persian | ژیمناستیک |
| Polish | Gimnastyka |
| Portuguese | Ginástica |
| Romanian | Gimnastică |
| Russian | Гимнастика |
| Sanskrit | दाक्षम् |
| Serbian | Гимнастика |
| Serbo-Croatian | Gimnastika |
| Sicilian | Ginnàstica |
| Slovak | Gymnastika |
| Slovene | Gimnastika |
| Spanish | Gimnasia |
| Swahili | Jimnastiki |
| Swedish | Gymnastik |
| Tamil | சீருடற்பயிற்சிகள் |
| Tatar | Гимнастика |
| Telugu | జిమ్నాస్టిక్స్ |
| Thai | ยิมนาสติก |
| Turkish | Jimnastik |
| Ukrainian | Гімнастика |
| Urdu | جمناسٹک |
| Uzbek | Gimnastika |
| Vietnamese | Thể dục dụng cụ |
| Walloon | Djimlastike |
| Welsh | Gymnasteg |
| Western Punjabi | جمناسٹک |
Related Pages
- See the main gymnastics page
- About Gymnastics Type Sports
- Sport Names in Other Languages
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