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Definition 2024

dumbbell

dumbbell

English

two dumbbells

Noun

dumbbell ‎(plural dumbbells)

(weightlifting) A weight consisting of two disks or spheres attached to a short bar; used for exercise and weight training
(pejorative) A stupid person

Derived terms

dumbbell curve

Translations

A weight with two disks attached to a short bar

Albanian: dorak (sq) m
Basque: jasotzeko pisu
Bulgarian: гира (bg) f ‎(gíra)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 啞鈴 (zh), 哑铃 (zh) ‎(yǎlíng)
Czech: činka (cs) f
Estonian: hantel
Finnish: käsipaino (fi)
French: haltère (fr) m
German: Hantel (de) f
Greek: αλτήρας (el) m ‎(altíras)
Hungarian: súlyzó (hu)
Italian: manubrio (it) m
Japanese: ダンベル ‎(danberu), 唖鈴 ‎(あれい, arei), 鉄アレイ ‎(tetsu arei)
Korean: 아령 (ko) ‎(aryeong)
Latvian: hantele (lv) f

Lithuanian: svarmenys m
Macedonian: тег m ‎(teg)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: manual (no) m

Nynorsk: manual m
Persian: دمبل (fa) ‎(dambel)
Polish: hantel (pl) m, ciężarek (pl) m
Portuguese: haltere (pt) m, halter m
Russian: ганте́ль (ru) f ‎(gantɛ́lʹ), (colloquial) ганте́ля f ‎(gantɛ́lja)
Spanish: pesas (es) f pl, mancuerna (es) f
Swedish: hantel (sv) c
Tagalog: pesas
Turkish: hanter
Ukrainian: гантель f ‎(hantelʹ)
Uyghur: گانتېل ‎(gantël)
Vietnamese: quả tạ

A stupid person

Bulgarian: тъпак (bg) m ‎(tǎpak)
Estonian: tola (et), puupea
Finnish: tollo (fi), typerys (fi)
French: balourd (fr) m, imbécile (fr) m

Greek: βλακέντιος (el) m ‎(vlakéntios)
Hebrew: טמבל (he) m ‎(témbel)
Polish: głupek (pl) m, tuman (pl) m
Portuguese: idiota (pt) m, f, imbecil (pt) m, f
Russian: болва́н (ru) m ‎(bolván), тупи́ца (ru) m, f ‎(tupíca)

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