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bodyweight

adj · noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

adj

Meaning 1

Employing (only) a person's own weight as resistance to movement for the purpose of physical exercise.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

Examples

  • Without access to a gym, Steve focused on bodyweight work.
  • As a warmup, Jennifer did ten bodyweight squats.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The weight or mass of an organism.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From body + weight.

Across languages

Translations

22 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 自重的 (zìzhòng de) — employing only a person's own weight
  • Finnish: ruumiinpainolla — employing only a person's own weight
  • Finnish: ruumiinpaino- — employing only a person's own weight
  • French: au poids du corps — employing only a person's own weight
  • German: eigengewicht- — employing only a person's own weight
  • Italian: a corpo libero — employing only a person's own weight
  • Polish: masą ciała — employing only a person's own weight
  • Russian: теле́сно-весово́й (telésno-vesovój) — employing only a person's own weight
  • Afrikaans: liggaamsgewig — weight of an organism
  • Afrikaans: liggaamsmassa — weight of an organism
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體重 /体重 (tǐzhòng) — weight of an organism
  • Finnish: ruumiinpaino — weight of an organism
  • Finnish: elopaino — weight of an organism
  • French: poids du corps — weight of an organism
  • Hungarian: testtömeg — weight of an organism
  • Hungarian: testsúly — weight of an organism
  • Indonesian: berat badan — weight of an organism
  • Italian: peso corporeo — weight of an organism
  • Polish: masa ciała — weight of an organism
  • Spanish: peso del cuerpo — weight of an organism
  • Swedish: kroppsvikt — weight of an organism
  • Turkish: vücut ağırlığı — weight of an organism
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