counterweight

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *ḱe? Proto-Indo-European *ḱóm Proto-Italic *kom Proto-Italic *kom- Proto-Indo-European *-teros Proto-Italic *-teros Proto-Italic *komterosder. Proto-Italic *komterād Latin contrāder. Old French contre- Anglo-Norman countre-bor. Middle English counter- English counter- English weight English counterweight From counter- + weight.

24 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Catalan: contrapès — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Chinese Mandarin: 配重 (pèizhòng) — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Dutch: contragewicht — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Finnish: vastapaino — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• French: contrepoids — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• German: Gegengewicht — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Greek: αντίβαρο (antívaro) — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Gujarati: ધડો (dhaḍo) — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Irish: frithmheáchan — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Italian: contrappeso — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Norwegian Bokmål: motvekt — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Norwegian Nynorsk: motvekt — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Polish: przeciwwaga — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Portuguese: contrapeso — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Romanian: contragreutate — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Russian: противове́с (protivovés) — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Spanish: contrapeso — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Swedish: motvikt — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Tagalog: gantimbigat — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Turkish: denge ağırlığı — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Ukrainian: протива́га (protyváha) — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Walloon: contrumasse — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Walloon: contrupwès — heavy mass reducing the amount of work which must be done to effect the raising and lowering of something
• Spanish: contrapeso — counterbalance