physical education

/ˈfɪ.zɪ.kl̩ ˌɛd͡ʒ.əˈkeɪʃn̩/

noun

An element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.

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Meanings

nounphysical education (uncountable)
  1. uncountableAn element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.

    In order to help teachers who are interested in the rhythmic side of physical education and its integration with units of social studies to find material, music, etc., I am listing below some of the activities and records that we have found to be very useful.

    1933, Roy J. McMurray, The Journal of Health and Physical Education, volume 4, number October 1933, page 48
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    But it can be recalled that Locsin earlier called out DepEd for seemingly being “unaffected” by the actions of a teacher who body-shamed her by describing her “an obese person” in a Physical Education (PE) educational material after the agency issued an apology.

    2020, Christia Marie Ramos, “Teacher behind exam material body-shaming Angel Locsin undergoing admin probe — DepEd”, in Philippine Daily Inquirer

    Synonyms: PE, phys ed, PhysEd, phy ed, phys. ed.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounAn element of an educational curriculum concerned with bodily development, physical health and wellness, strength, physical co-ordination, and agility.

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PEphys edPhysEdphy edphys. ed.

Translations

Arabic تَعْلِيم جَسَدِيّ, تَعْلِيم بَدَنِيّ
  • تَعْلِيم جَسَدِيّ (taʕlīm jasadiyy)curriculum component
  • تَعْلِيم بَدَنِيّ (taʕlīm badaniyy)curriculum component
Bulgarian физи́ческо възпита́ние, физкулту́ра
  • физи́ческо възпита́ние (fizíčesko văzpitánie)curriculum component
  • физкулту́ра (fizkultúra)curriculum component
  • физи́ческо (fizíčesko)curriculum component
Chinese Mandarin 體育 /体育
  • 體育 /体育 (tǐyù)curriculum component
Czech tělesná výchova, tělocvik
  • tělesná výchovacurriculum component
  • tělocvikcurriculum component
  • tělovýchovacurriculum component
Danish idræt
  • idrætcurriculum component
Dutch lichamelijke opvoeding, gymles
  • lichamelijke opvoedingcurriculum component
  • gymlescurriculum component
Estonian kehaline kasvatus
  • kehaline kasvatuscurriculum component
Finnish liikunta
  • liikuntacurriculum component
French éducation physique
  • éducation physiquecurriculum component
German Sportunterricht
  • Sportunterrichtcurriculum component
Greek φυσική αγωγή
  • φυσική αγωγή (fysikí agogí)curriculum component
Hindi शारीरिक शिक्षा
  • शारीरिक शिक्षा (śārīrik śikṣā)curriculum component
Hungarian testnevelés
  • testneveléscurriculum component
Icelandic leikfimi, leikfimiskennsla
  • leikfimicurriculum component
  • leikfimiskennslacurriculum component
Indonesian pendidikan jasmani
  • pendidikan jasmanicurriculum component
Italian educazione fisica
  • educazione fisicacurriculum component
Japanese 体育
  • 体育 (taiiku)curriculum component
Korean 체육
  • 체육 (cheyuk)curriculum component
Latvian fiziskā audzināšana, fiziskā kultūra
  • fiziskā audzināšanacurriculum component
  • fiziskā kultūracurriculum component
  • fizkultūracurriculum component
Lithuanian kūno kultūra, fizinis
  • kūno kultūracurriculum component
  • fiziniscurriculum component
  • fizinis lavinimascurriculum component
Malay pendidikan jasmani, pendidikan fizikal
  • pendidikan jasmanicurriculum component
  • pendidikan fizikalcurriculum component
Norwegian Bokmål kroppsøving
  • kroppsøvingcurriculum component
Persian آموزِشِ فیزیکی, تَربِیَتِ بَدَنی
  • آموزِشِ فیزیکی (âmuzeš-e fiziki)curriculum component
  • تَربِیَتِ بَدَنی (tarbiyat-e badani)curriculum component
Polish wychowanie fizyczne, wuef
  • wychowanie fizycznecurriculum component
  • wuefcurriculum component
  • gimnastykacurriculum component
Portuguese educação física
  • educação físicacurriculum component
Romanian educație fizică
  • educație fizicăcurriculum component
Russian физвоспита́ние, физкульту́ра
  • физвоспита́ние (fizvospitánije)curriculum component
  • физкульту́ра (fizkulʹtúra)curriculum component
  • физра́ (fizrá)curriculum component
Slovak telesná výchova
  • telesná výchovacurriculum component
Spanish educación física
  • educación físicacurriculum component
Swedish idrott, gymnastik
  • idrottcurriculum component
  • gymnastikcurriculum component
  • gympacurriculum component
  • idrott & hälsacurriculum component
Tamil உடற்கல்வி
  • உடற்கல்வி (uṭaṟkalvi)curriculum component
Thai พลศึกษา
  • พลศึกษา (pá-lá-sʉ̀k-sǎa)curriculum component
Turkish beden eğitimi
  • beden eğitimicurriculum component
Ukrainian фізи́чне вихова́ння, фізвихова́ння
  • фізи́чне вихова́ння (fizýčne vyxovánnja)curriculum component
  • фізвихова́ння (fizvyxovánnja)curriculum component
  • фізи́чна культу́ра (fizýčna kulʹtúra)curriculum component
  • фізкульту́ра (fizkulʹtúra)curriculum component
Vietnamese thể dục, giáo dục thể chất
  • thể dụccurriculum component
  • giáo dục thể chấtcurriculum component
Cite this entry
APA

physical education. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physical%20education

MLA

“physical education.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physical%20education. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “physical education,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/physical%20education.

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