fitness

From fit +‎ -ness. First attested in the 16th century, with the physical sense from 1935.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfɪt.nəs/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɪtnəs

fitness (usually uncountable, plural fitnesses)

1. The condition of being fit, suitable or appropriate.

   Antonym: unfitness

   • 1861, E. J. Guerin, Mountain Charley, page 5:

     Having introduced my two characters separately, let me present them together. Why not? He, young, wealthy, honorable; she also young, also intelligent — why not bring them together? There is an eternal fitness in all things, and nothing more so than in the case of man and woman.

2. The cultivation of an attractive and/or healthy physique.
   • 2011 April 11, Phil McNulty, “Liverpool 3 - 0 Man City”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     Carroll has been edging slowly towards full fitness after his expensive arrival from Newcastle United and his partnership with £23m Luis Suarez showed rich promise as Liverpool controlled affairs from start to finish.

3. (evolutionary theory) An organism's or species' degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring.

   Synonyms: suitability, capability

4. (UK, slang) The condition of being attractive, fanciable or beautiful.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:beautiful

• infests, stefins

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfitnesː/, [ˈfit̪n̪e̞s̠ː]
• Rhymes: -itnesː
• Syllabification^(key): fit‧ness
• Hyphenation^(key): fit‧ness

fitness

1. fitness (a type of fitness sport)

• “fitness”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

• IPA^(key): /fit.nɛs/

• Audio (Belgium):

  (file)

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (condition of being fit)

• “fitness”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Pseudo-anglicism, derived from fitness.

• IPA^(key): /ˈfit.nɛs/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -itnɛs
• Syllabification: fit‧ness

fitness m inan

1. (uncountable, exercise) aerobics or similar physical exercises done under the supervision of an instructor at a special club
2. (countable, exercise) special club where such exercises are done

• fitness in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• fitness in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• fitness in PWN's encyclopedia

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

• Hyphenation: fit‧ness

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)
2. (evolutionary theory) fitness (degree of success in finding a mate and producing offspring)

   Synonyms: aptidão, valor adaptativo

fitness (invariable)

1. (Brazil, informal) athletic, fit (physically active)

   Ela está bem fitness. ― She is very fit.

Unadapted borrowing from English fitness.

fitness n (uncountable)

1. fitness

• IPA^(key): /ˈfidnes/ [ˈfið̞.nes]
• Rhymes: -idnes
• Syllabification: fit‧ness

fitness m (uncountable)

1. fitness (cultivation of an attractive and healthy physique)

• “fitness”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024