weightlifting

See also: weight lifting and weight-lifting

English

Weightlifting

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈweɪtˌlɪftɪŋ/

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Etymology 1

From weight +‎ lifting.

Alternative forms

• weight lifting, weight-lifting

Noun

weightlifting (uncountable)

1. A form of exercise in which weights are lifted.
2. (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), სიმძიმეების აწევა (simʒimeebis ac̣eva) 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 Polish: podnoszenie ciężarów n 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 Ukrainian: важка́ атле́тика (uk) f (važká atlétyka)

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 Dutch: gewichtheffen (nl) 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 Ukrainian: важка́ атле́тика (uk) f (važká atlétyka)

Etymology 2

From weightlift + -ing.

Verb

weightlifting

1. present participle and gerund of weightlift

See also

• powerlifting
• weightlifting on Wikiversity.Wikiversity