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bodybuilder

See also: Bodybuilder, body builder, and body-builder

English

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WOTD – 20 August 2007
 
A male bodybuilder (sense 1)

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Etymology

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    Etymology tree
    Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-
    Proto-West Germanic *bodag
    Old English bodiġ
    Middle English bodi
    English body
    Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
    Old English bytlan
    Middle English bylden
    Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
    Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
    Old English -ere
    Middle English -er
    Middle English byldere
    English builder
    English bodybuilder

    From body + builder.

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    Noun

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    bodybuilder (plural bodybuilders)

    2. (bodybuilding) A person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique, in order to compete in bodybuilding.
      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.
    3. 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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    Danish

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    Etymology

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    Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

    Noun

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    bodybuilder c (singular definite bodybuilderen, plural indefinite bodybuildere)

    1. bodybuilder

    Inflection

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    Declension of bodybuilder
    common
    gender     		Singular Plural
    indefinite definite indefinite definite
    nominative bodybuilder bodybuilderen bodybuildere bodybuilderne
    genitive bodybuilders bodybuilderens bodybuilderes bodybuildernes

    Dutch

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    Etymology

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      Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

      Pronunciation

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      • IPA(key): /ˈbɔ.diˌbɪl.dər/
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      • Hyphenation: bo‧dy‧buil‧der

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      bodybuilder m (plural bodybuilders, diminutive bodybuildertje n, feminine bodybuildster)

      1. bodybuilder
        Synonym: lichaamsbouwer

      Portuguese

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      Etymology

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        Etymology tree
        Proto-Indo-European *bʰewdʰ-
        Proto-West Germanic *bodag
        Old English bodiġ
        Middle English bodi
        English body
        Proto-West Germanic *buþlijan
        Old English bytlan
        Middle English bylden
        Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
        Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
        Old English -ere
        Middle English -er
        Middle English byldere
        English builder
        Portuguese bodybuilder

        Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

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        • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiw.deʁ/ [ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiʊ̯.deh]
          • (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiw.deɾ/ [ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiʊ̯.deɾ]
          • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiw.deʁ/ [ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiʊ̯.deχ]
          • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiw.deɻ/ [ˌbɔ.ɾiˈbiʊ̯.deɻ]

        • Rhymes: -iwdeʁ
        • Hyphenation: bo‧dy‧buil‧der

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        bodybuilder m or f by sense (plural bodybuilders)

        1. (Brazil) bodybuilder
          Synonyms: (Brazil) fisiculturista, (Portugal) culturista
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        Swedish

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        Etymology

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          Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

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          bodybuilder c

          1. 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

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          • 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.

          Declension

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          Declension of bodybuilder
          nominative genitive
          singular indefinite bodybuilder bodybuilders
          definite bodybuildern bodybuilderns
          plural indefinite bodybuilders bodybuilders
          definite bodybuilders bodybuilders
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