A malebodybuilder (sense 1 ) Frombody +builder .
bodybuilder (plural bodybuilders )
( bodybuilding ) A person who usesdiet andexercise tobuild anaesthetically muscular physique ,in order to compete inbodybuilding .Alternative form: body-builder Synonym: builder December 1964 , “Muscles are his business”, inEbony , volume20 , number 2, page148 :Physique of powerfulbodybuilder (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”, inPumping 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 competitivebodybuilders 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”, inMuscle: 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 ofbody-builder ( “ one who builds vehicle bodies ” ) .1881 June 10, “Situations Vacant”, inThe Age , number8212 , Melbourne, Vic.,front page , column 6:COACHBODYBUILDER wanted. Apply omnibus stables, Camberwell.
1881 December 12, “Professions, Trades, &c.”, inThe Sydney Morning Herald , number13,635 , Sydney, N.S.W.,page12 , 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”, inThe Auckland Evening Star , volume XIII, number3,591 , Auckland,page[3] , column 3:WANTED, First-class Coachsmith andBodybuilder .—Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Wellington.
1883 March 29,The Evening Post , volume XXV, number73 , Wellington,page[3] , column 9:WANTED, a first-class Wheelwright andBodybuilder ; state where last employed. Apply to A. Gilmore, Tauranga.
1892 November 11,The Evening Post , volume XLIV, number113 , Wellington,page[3] , column 9:WANTED, a good Wheelwright andBodybuilder : a constant job. Apply to M. Bohan, Wellington Coach Factory, Victoria-street.
1894 August 8,The Sydney Morning Herald , number17,593 , Sydney, N.S.W.,page10 , column 6:BODYBUILDERS .—Ted., Redfern,—Go to shop where you met me with bicycle,—a chance.
1897 December 29,The Sydney Morning Herald , number18,655 , Sydney, N.S.W.,page10 , column 5:WANTED, first-classBODYBUILDER . Apply W. Brett, Rozelle, Balmain.
1899 July 14, “Male Help Wanted”, inThe Philadelphia Inquirer , volume141 , number14 , Philadelphia, Pa.,page10 , column 1:BLACKSMITHS andbodybuilders . Fulton & Walker Co., 20th and Filbert.
a person who uses diet and exercise to build an aesthetically muscular physique
Arabic:please add this translation if you can Armenian:բոդիբիլդեր ( bodibilder ) ,կուլտուրիստ ( kulturist ) Catalan:culturista m or f Chinese:Mandarin:健美運動人員 / 健美运动人员 ( jiànměi yùndòng rényuán ) Czech:kulturista m Danish:bodybuilder Dutch:bodybuilder (nl) m ,lichaamsbouwer m Esperanto:korpokulturisto Finnish:kehonrakentaja (fi) French:culturiste (fr) m or f ,bodybuilder (fr) m ,bodybuildeur (fr) m ,bodybuildeuse (fr) f Georgian:ბოდიბილდერი ( bodibilderi ) ,კულტურისტი ( ḳulṭurisṭi ) German:Bodybuilder (de) m ,Bodybuilderin (de) f Greek:μπόντι μπίλντερ n ( bónti bílnter ) Hebrew:מפתח גוף m ( mefatéakh guf ) Hungarian:testépítő (hu) Icelandic:vaxtarræktarmaður m ,vaxtarræktarkappi m Indonesian:binaragawan (id) Irish:corpfhorbróir m Italian:culturista (it) m or f Japanese:ボディビルダー (ja) ( bodi birudaa ) Korean:보디빌더 ( bodibildeo ) Macedonian:телогра́дител m ( telográditel ) ,бо́дибилдер m ( bódibilder ) ,би́лдер m ( bílder ) ,развио́тка m ( razviótka ) ( slang ) Malay:ahli bina badan Norwegian:please add this translation if you can Ojibwe:ozhitoon'mashkawiziiwin-inini Polish:kulturysta (pl) m ,kulturystka (pl) f Portuguese:fisiculturista m or f by sense ( Brazil ) ,culturista m or f by sense ( Portugal ) ,bodybuilder m or f by sense ( Brazil ) Romanian:culturist (ro) m ,culturistă (ro) f Russian:культури́ст (ru) m ( kulʹturíst ) ,качо́к (ru) m ( kačók ) ( colloquial ) Slovak:please add this translation if you can Spanish:culturista (es) m or f ,fisicoculturista (es) m Swahili:mtunisha misuli ,mjenzi wa mwili Swedish:bodybuilder ,kroppsbyggare (sv) Telugu:please add this translation if you can Thai:นักเพาะกาย ,นักเล่นกล้าม ,นักกล้าม Turkish:vücut geliştirici ,vücut geliştirmeci ,vücutçu ,badici Vietnamese:lực sĩ (vi) Welsh:corffluniwr (cy) m
Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish bodybuilder .
bodybuilder c (singular definite bodybuilderen ,plural indefinite bodybuildere )
bodybuilder Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish bodybuilder .
IPA (key ) : /ˈbɔ.diˌbɪl.dər/ Hyphenation:bo‧dy‧buil‧der bodybuilder m (plural bodybuilders ,diminutive bodybuildertje n ,feminine bodybuildster )
bodybuilder Synonym: lichaamsbouwer Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish bodybuilder .
Rhymes:-iwdeʁ Hyphenation:bo‧dy‧buil‧der bodybuilder m or f by sense (plural bodybuilders )
( Brazil ) bodybuilder Synonyms: ( Brazil ) fisiculturista ,( Portugal ) culturista Unadapted borrowing fromEnglish bodybuilder .
bodybuilder c
bodybuilder Synonym: kroppsbyggare Förbodybuilders är sötpotatis en utmärkt matkälla. ―For bodybuilders, sweet potatoes is an excellent food source. 1980-talet brukar framställas sombodybuilderns, 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 förbodybuildarna 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. The formbodybuildare , 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 thankroppsbyggare .