English[edit]
A weightlifter
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
weight + lifter
weightlifter (plural weightlifters)
- (weightlifting) A person who competes for maximum weight lifted in a series of specific lifts.
- A person who uses weights to train the muscles of the body, usually for strength or for improved performance in a sport.
Translations[edit]
person who competes for maximum weight lifted
- Armenian: ծանրորդ (hy) (canrord)
- Azerbaijani: ştanqçı, ştanqaçı, ştanqist
- Catalan: halterofilista m or f
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 舉重運動員／举重运动员 (jǔzhòng yùndòngyuán)
- Danish: vægtløfter c
- Dutch: gewichtheffer (nl) m
- Finnish: painonnostaja (fi)
- French: haltérophile (fr) m
- Georgian: ძალოსანი (ʒalosani), შტანგისტი (šṭangisṭi)
- Greek: αρσιβαρίστας (el) m (arsivarístas)
- Hungarian: súlyemelő (hu)
- Japanese: 重量挙げ選手 (jūryōage senshu)
- Kazakh: зілтемірші (zıltemırşı)
- Macedonian: кре́вач на те́гови m (krévač na tégovi)
- Maori: kaimōkihi
- Norwegian:
- Bokmål: vektløfter m
- Persian: وزنهبردار (fa) (vazne-bardâr)
- Polish: ciężarowiec (pl) m, sztangista (pl) m, sztangistka (pl) f
- Portuguese: levantador de peso m, levantador de pesos m,
- Romanian: halterofil (ro) m, halterofilă f
- Russian: штанги́ст (ru) m (štangíst), гиреви́к (ru) m (girevík), тяжелоатле́т (ru) m (tjaželoatlét)
- Spanish: halterófilo m
- Swedish: tyngdlyftare c
- Thai: นักยกน้ำหนัก (nák-yók-nám-nàk)
- Turkish: halterci (tr)
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