ginnasio

Italian

Etymology

From Latin gymnasium, from Ancient Greek γυμνάσιον (gumnásion). Compare Catalan gimnàs, French gymnase, Portuguese ginásio, Spanish gimnasio.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d͡ʒinˈna.zjo/
  • Rhymes: -azjo
  • Hyphenation: gin‧nà‧sio

Noun

ginnasio m (plural ginnasi)

  1. gymnasium (in classical Greece)
  2. the first and second years in a secondary school

Further reading

  • ginnasio in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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