bodybuilder

• body builder, body-builder

From body + builder.

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈbɒ.diˌbɪl.də/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈbɑ.diˌbɪl.dəɹ/, [ˈbɑː.ɾiˌbɪɫ.ɾɚ]

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• Rhymes: -ɒdibɪldə(ɹ)
• Hyphenation: bo‧dy‧build‧er

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.

• bodybuilding

• gym rat
• mass monster
• muscle god
• muscle morph

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

bodybuilder c (singular definite bodybuilderen, plural indefinite bodybuildere)

1. bodybuilder

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔ.diˌbɪl.dər/

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• Hyphenation: bo‧dy‧buil‧der

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

1. bodybuilder

   Synonym: lichaamsbouwer

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

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

bodybuilder m or f by sense (plural bodybuilders)

1. (Brazil) bodybuilder

   Synonyms: (Brazil) fisiculturista, (Portugal) culturista

Unadapted borrowing from English bodybuilder.

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.

• 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.