weightlifting

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English

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weightlifting

Weightlifting

Alternative forms

weight lifting

Etymology

From weight +‎ lifting.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)

Noun

weightlifting (uncountable)

A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
(sports) A sport in which competitors lift heavy weights in two events: the snatch and the clean and jerk.

Synonyms

(form of exercise): weight training, pumping iron

Derived terms

weightlifting chalk

Translations

form of exercise

Assamese: ওজনদঙা (üzondoṅa), ভাৰোত্তোলন (bharüttülon)
Azerbaijani: ağır atletika, ağırlıq qaldırma
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舉重／举重 (zh) (jǔzhòng)
Danish: vægtløftning
Finnish: painonnosto (fi)
French: musculation (fr) f
Georgian: ძალოსნობა (ʒalosnoba)
Greek: άρση βαρών (el) f (ársi varón)
Hungarian: súlyzózás
Italian: sollevamento pesi (it) m
Japanese: 重量挙げ (ja) (じゅうりょうあげ, jūryōage)
Kazakh: зілтемір (zıltemır)
Macedonian: кревање тегови n (krevanje tegovi)
Norwegian: vektløftning
Portuguese: levantamento de peso m
Romanian: haltere f pl
Russian: тяжёлая атле́тика f (tjažólaja atlétika), подня́тие тя́жестей n (podnjátije tjážestej)
Spanish: levantamiento de pesas m
Swedish: tyngdlyftning (sv) c

sport in which competitors lift heavy weights

Armenian: ծանրամարտ (hy) (canramart), ծանր աթլետիկա (canr atʻletika)
Catalan: halterofília f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 舉重／举重 (zh) (jǔzhòng)
Czech: vzpírání n
Estonian: tõstmine
Finnish: painonnosto (fi)
French: haltérophilie (fr) f
Georgian: ძალოსნობა (ʒalosnoba)
German: Gewichtheben (de) n
Greek: άρση βαρών (el) f (ársi varón)
Hungarian: súlyemelés (hu)
Italian: sollevamento pesi (it) m
Japanese: 重量挙げ (ja) (じゅうりょうあげ, jūryōage), ウエイトリフティング (ja) (ueitorifutingu)
Korean: 역도(力道) (ko) (yeokdo)
Macedonian: кревање тегови n (krevanje tegovi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: vektløfting m or f

Nynorsk: vektløfting f, vektlyfting f
Persian: وزنه‌برداری (fa) (vazne-bardâri)
Polish: podnoszenie ciężarów n
Portuguese: levantamento de peso m
Romanian: halterofilie (ro) f
Russian: тяжёлая атле́тика f (tjažólaja atlétika)
Spanish: halterofilia f
Swedish: tyngdlyftning (sv) c

See also

powerlifting
weightlifting on Wikiversity.Wikiversity

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