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Gymnastique – gymnastics

Gymnastique – gymnastics

In today’s lesson we’ll look at the feminine noun la gymnastique. More specifically, the term used to refer to gymnastics in athletic competitions and the Olympics is la gymnastique artistique or artistic gymnastics.

la gymnastique artistique

La gymnastique

Word origin

The French feminine noun gymnastique (gymnastics) comes from γυμνός (gymnos) in Greek.

Example sentences

This first example sentence uses the masculine noun agrès, which translates to apparatus or gym apparatus.

This example sentence uses the structure le plus + adjective (the most), which is an example of the French superlative.

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