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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.də/
- (General American) IPA(key): /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/, [ˈbɑː.ɾiˌbɪɫ.ɾɚ]
Audio (US): (file) Audio (General Australian): (file) - Rhymes: -ɒdibɪldə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: bo‧dy‧build‧er
Noun
bodybuilder (plural bodybuilders)
- (bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
- Alternative form: body-builder
- Synonym: builder
- December 1964, “Muscles are his business”, in Ebony, volume 20, number 2, page 148:
- Physique of powerful bodybuilder (below) is like piece of sculpture. Buffs strive for the well-rounded body, disdain the professional weightlifter, who merely develops a number of very specialized muscles.
- 1974, Charles Gaines, George Butler, “chapter 2”, in Pumping Iron: The Art and Sport of Bodybuilding:
- Because it is necessary for a muscle to rest while it grows and because of the importance of balanced development, most competitive bodybuilders train on a split routine; they work certain parts of the body one day and rest those muscles the next while they work the others, alternating like that six days a week.
- 1991, Samuel Wilson Fussell, “chapter 4”, in Muscle: Confessions of an Unlikely Bodybuilder:
- In the competitions, bodybuilders go through "mandatories"—a set of mandatory poses—in the morning, where the judges compare the body parts of the builders.
- Rare form of body-builder (“one who builds vehicle bodies”).
- 1881 June 10, “Situations Vacant”, in The Age, number 8212, Melbourne, Vic., front page, column 6:
- COACH BODYBUILDER wanted. Apply omnibus stables, Camberwell.
- 1881 December 12, “Professions, Trades, &c.”, in The Sydney Morning Herald, number 13,635, Sydney, N.S.W., page 12, column 2:
- COACHMAKERS.—Wanted, three IMPROVERS to the bodymaking, all new work. Greenfield and Callaway, bodybuilders to the trade, Milson’s Steam Works, 121, Liverpool-street.
- 1882 February 11, “Wanted”, in The Auckland Evening Star, volume XIII, number 3,591, Auckland, page [3], column 3:
- WANTED, First-class Coachsmith and Bodybuilder.—Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Wellington.
- 1883 March 29, The Evening Post, volume XXV, number 73, Wellington, page [3], column 9:
- WANTED, a first-class Wheelwright and Bodybuilder; state where last employed. Apply to A. Gilmore, Tauranga.
- 1890 October 23, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 16,406, Sydney, N.S.W., page 8, column 3:
- WANTED, BODYBUILDER to repair Cabs. 39 Turner-street. Redfern.
- 1892 November 11, The Evening Post, volume XLIV, number 113, Wellington, page [3], column 9:
- WANTED, a good Wheelwright and Bodybuilder: a constant job. Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Victoria-street.
- 1894 August 8, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 17,593, Sydney, N.S.W., page 10, column 6:
- BODYBUILDERS.—Ted., Redfern,—Go to shop where you met me with bicycle,—a chance.
- 1897 December 29, The Sydney Morning Herald, number 18,655, Sydney, N.S.W., page 10, column 5:
- WANTED, first-class BODYBUILDER. Apply W. Brett, Rozelle, Balmain.
- 1899 July 14, “Male Help Wanted”, in The Philadelphia Inquirer, volume 141, number 14, Philadelphia, Pa., page 10, column 1:
- BLACKSMITHS and bodybuilders. Fulton & Walker Co., 20th and Filbert.
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Translations
a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique
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Danish
Etymology
Noun
bodybuilder c (singular definite bodybuilderen, plural indefinite bodybuildere)
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Dutch
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
bodybuilder m (plural bodybuilders, diminutive bodybuildertje n, feminine bodybuildster)
- bodybuilder
- Synonym: lichaamsbouwer
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -iwdeʁ
- Hyphenation: bo‧dy‧buil‧der
Noun
bodybuilder m or f by sense (plural bodybuilders)
- (Brazil) bodybuilder
- Synonyms: (Brazil) fisiculturista, (Portugal) culturista
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Swedish
Etymology
Noun
bodybuilder c
- bodybuilder
- Synonym: kroppsbyggare
- För bodybuilders är sötpotatis en utmärkt matkälla. ― For bodybuilders, sweet potatoes is an excellent food source.
- 1980-talet brukar framställas som bodybuilderns, yuppienallens och machomannens årtionde.
- The 1980s is usually portrayed as the decade of the bodybuilder, the cellular phone and the macho man.
- Ett tufft mästerskapsår för bodybuildarna inleds med EM för herrar och par i Budapest, Ungern.
- A busy year with many championships begins with the European Championships for men and mixed pairs in Budapest, Hungary.
Usage notes
- The form bodybuildare, with a common Swedish declension, probably first appeared as a more convenient plural for this English loan-word, but is now also used in singular. However, it is far less common than kroppsbyggare.
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