aerobic
English
Alternative forms
- aërobic
Etymology
From French aérobie, coined in 1863 by Louis Pasteur, from Ancient Greek ἀήρ (aḗr, “air”) + βίος (bíos, “life”) + -ic.
Pronunciation
Adjective
aerobic (not comparable)
- Living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen e.g. aerobic bacteria.
- Antonym: anaerobic
- The bacteria require an aerobic environment to grow.# Of exercise, performed while maintaining a sufficient supply of oxygen to meet bodily energy needs.
- Of or relating to aerobics.
- She does aerobic exercise three times a week.
- He joined an aerobic fitness class at the gym.
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Welsh: aerobig
Translations
living or occurring only in the presence of oxygen
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involving or improving oxygen consumption by the body
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of or relating to aerobics
Anagrams
Finnish
Etymology
Borrowed from English aerobics.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɑerobik/, [ˈɑ̝e̞ˌro̞bik]
- Rhymes: -obik
Noun
aerobic
Declension
| Inflection of aerobic (Kotus type 5/risti, no gradation) | |||
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| nominative | aerobic | aerobicit | |
| genitive | aerobicin | aerobicien | |
| partitive | aerobicia | aerobiceja | |
| illative | aerobiciin | aerobiceihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | aerobic | aerobicit | |
| accusative | nom. | aerobic | aerobicit |
| gen. | aerobicin | ||
| genitive | aerobicin | aerobicien | |
| partitive | aerobicia | aerobiceja | |
| inessive | aerobicissa | aerobiceissa | |
| elative | aerobicista | aerobiceista | |
| illative | aerobiciin | aerobiceihin | |
| adessive | aerobicilla | aerobiceilla | |
| ablative | aerobicilta | aerobiceilta | |
| allative | aerobicille | aerobiceille | |
| essive | aerobicina | aerobiceina | |
| translative | aerobiciksi | aerobiceiksi | |
| abessive | aerobicitta | aerobiceitta | |
| instructive | — | aerobicein | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “aerobic”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (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
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French aérobique.
Adjective
aerobic m or n (feminine singular aerobică, masculine plural aerobici, feminine/neuter plural aerobice)
Declension
| singular | plural | |||||||
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| masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | |||
| nominative- accusative |
indefinite | aerobic | aerobică | aerobici | aerobice | |||
| definite | aerobicul | aerobica | aerobicii | aerobicele | ||||
| genitive- dative |
indefinite | aerobic | aerobice | aerobici | aerobice | |||
| definite | aerobicului | aerobicei | aerobicilor | aerobicelor | ||||
Spanish
Noun
aerobic m (plural aerobics)
- alternative form of aeróbic
Further reading
- “aerobic”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025