German

Noun

Bodybuilding n ‎(genitive Bodybuildings, no plural)

1. bodybuilding

Declension

Related terms

• Bodybuilder
• Bodybuilderin

English

Contestants at a bodybuilding competition.

Alternative forms

• body-building

Noun

bodybuilding ‎(uncountable)

1. A sport in which the aesthetics of muscular development is the basis for competition.
   • 1974, Charles Gaines & George Butler, Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding, page 7.

     Like those activities, bodybuilding is an obsession, a living (for a few), and a way of life for the people involved in it—a subculture, in a word, with its own values, aesthetics and vocabulary.

2. (dated) Work done to construct or repair the body of an automobile.
   • 2006 — Larry Scott (interview), Iron Man 65(5): 258

     "In my day, if you filled out your shirt, people assumed you played football or wrestled. The term bodybuilding had more to do with cars than lifting weights."

Quotations

• For usage examples of this term, see Citations:bodybuilding.

Related terms

• bodybuilder

Translations

Danish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding c (singular definite bodybuildingen, not used in plural form)

1. bodybuilding

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding n ‎(uncountable)

1. bodybuilding

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding

1. bodybuilding

Declension

Synonyms

• bodaus
• kehonrakennus

French

Etymology

Borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding m ‎(plural bodybuildings)

1. bodybuilding

Synonyms

• culturisme

Swedish

Etymology

Borrowing from English bodybuilding.

Noun

bodybuilding ?

1. bodybuilding

Declension

Related terms

• bodybuilder

See also

• kroppsbyggare
• muskelknutte
• styrketräning