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From Middle English weight, weiȝte, weght, wight, from Old English wiht, ġewiht (“weight”), from Proto-Germanic *wihtiz ("weight"; compare *weganą (“to move”)), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵh- (“to move; pull; draw; drive”). Equivalent to weigh + -t (abstract nominal suffix). Cognate with Scots wecht, weicht (“weight”), Saterland Frisian Wächte (“scale”), Gewicht (“weight”), West Frisian gewicht (“weight”), Dutch gewicht (“weight”), German Low German Wicht, Gewicht (“weight”), German Wucht (“massiveness, force”), Gewicht (“weight”).

342 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: gewig — force due to gravity
• Albanian: peshë — force due to gravity
• Southern Altai: беске (beske) — force due to gravity
• Southern Altai: уурлык (uurlïk) — force due to gravity
• Amharic: ክብደት (kəbdät) — force due to gravity
• Arabic: وَزْن (wazn) — force due to gravity
• Arabic: وزن (wazin) — force due to gravity
• Armenian: կշիռ (kšiṙ) — force due to gravity
• Armenian: քաշ (kʻaš) — force due to gravity
• Armenian: ծանրություն (canrutʻyun) — force due to gravity
• Assamese: ওজন (üzon) — force due to gravity
• Asturian: pesu — force due to gravity
• Azerbaijani: çəki — force due to gravity
• Azerbaijani: ağırlıq — force due to gravity
• Azerbaijani: vəzn — force due to gravity
• Bashkir: ауырлыҡ (awırlıq) — force due to gravity
• Basque: pisu — force due to gravity
• Belarusian: ва́га (váha) — force due to gravity
• Belizean Creole: wayt — force due to gravity
• Bengali: ওজন (ōjon) — force due to gravity
• Breton: pouez — force due to gravity
• Bulgarian: тегло́ (tegló) — force due to gravity
• Burmese: အလေး (a.le:) — force due to gravity
• Catalan: pes — force due to gravity
• Cebuano: kabug-aton — force due to gravity
• Chinese Mandarin: 重量 (zhòngliàng) — force due to gravity
• Chinese Mandarin: 體重 /体重 (tǐzhòng) — force due to gravity
• Czech: tíha — force due to gravity
• Czech: váha — force due to gravity
• Danish: vægt — force due to gravity
• Danish: tyngdekraft — force due to gravity
• Dutch: gewicht — force due to gravity
• Esperanto: pezo — force due to gravity
• Estonian: kaal — force due to gravity
• Ewe: kpekpeme — force due to gravity
• Finnish: paino — force due to gravity
• French: poids — force due to gravity
• Friulian: pês — force due to gravity
• Galician: peso — force due to gravity
• Georgian: წონა (c̣ona) — force due to gravity
• German: Gewicht — force due to gravity
• German: Gwicht — force due to gravity
• Bavarian German: Gwicht — force due to gravity
• Gothic: 𐌺𐌰𐌿𐍂𐌴𐌹 (kaurei) — force due to gravity
• Greek: βάρος (város) — force due to gravity
• Ancient Greek: βάρος (báros) — force due to gravity
• Hawaiian: kaumaha — force due to gravity
• Hebrew: מִשְׁקָל (mishkál) — force due to gravity
• Hindi: भार (bhār) — force due to gravity
• Hindi: वज़न (vazan) — force due to gravity
• Hungarian: súly — force due to gravity
• Icelandic: þyngd — force due to gravity
• Ido: pezo — force due to gravity
• Ilocano: dagsen — force due to gravity
• Indonesian: berat — force due to gravity
• Indonesian: bobot — force due to gravity
• Ingrian: paino — force due to gravity
• Ingrian: paine — force due to gravity
• Ingrian: raskahus — force due to gravity
• Irish: meáchan — force due to gravity
• Italian: peso — force due to gravity
• Japanese: 重さ (omosa) — force due to gravity
• Japanese: 重量 (jūryō) — force due to gravity
• Japanese: 体重 (taijū) — force due to gravity
• Kannada: ತೂಕ (tūka) — force due to gravity
• Kapampangan: bayat — force due to gravity
• Kazakh: салмақ (salmaq) — force due to gravity
• Khmer: ទម្ងន់ (tɔɔtumngŭən) — force due to gravity
• Korean: 중량 (jungnyang) — force due to gravity
• Korean: 무게 (muge) — force due to gravity
• Korean: 체중 (chejung) — force due to gravity
• Kyrgyz: салмак (salmak) — force due to gravity
• Ladin: peis — force due to gravity
• Lao: ນ້ໍາຫນັກ (nam nak) — force due to gravity
• Latin: pondus — force due to gravity
• Latvian: svars — force due to gravity
• Lithuanian: svoris — force due to gravity
• Lombard: pes — force due to gravity
• Luxembourgish: Gewiicht — force due to gravity
• Macedonian: тежина (težina) — force due to gravity
• Malay: berat — force due to gravity
• Malayalam: ഭാരം (bhāraṁ) — force due to gravity
• Manchu: ᡨᠣᠣᠰᡝ (toose) — force due to gravity
• Māori: taimaha — force due to gravity
• Maranao: timbang — force due to gravity
• Marathi: वजन (vaj̈an) — force due to gravity
• Central Melanau: baat — force due to gravity
• Mongolian: жин (žin) — force due to gravity
• Mongolian: дэнс (dens) — force due to gravity
• Neapolitan: pisemo — force due to gravity
• Nepali: तौल (taul) — force due to gravity
• Norwegian Bokmål: vekt — force due to gravity
• Norwegian Nynorsk: tyngd — force due to gravity
• Occitan: pes — force due to gravity
• Odia: ଭାର (bhāra) — force due to gravity
• Old English: ġewiht — force due to gravity
• Oromo: ulfina — force due to gravity
• Ossetian: уӕз (wæz) — force due to gravity
• Iranian Persian: وَزْن (vazn) — force due to gravity
• Piedmontese: peis — force due to gravity
• Plautdietsch: Wicht (nds) — force due to gravity
• Polish: ciężar — force due to gravity
• Polish: waga — force due to gravity
• Portuguese: peso — force due to gravity
• Romanian: greutate — force due to gravity
• Romansh: paisa — force due to gravity
• Romansh: peisa — force due to gravity
• Romansh: pesa — force due to gravity
• Romansh: pais — force due to gravity
• Russian: вес (ves) — force due to gravity
• Russian: тяжесть (tjažestʹ) — force due to gravity
• Sanskrit: गुरुत्व (gurutva) — force due to gravity
• Sardinian: pesu — force due to gravity
• Sardinian: pessu — force due to gravity
• Scots: weicht — force due to gravity
• Scottish Gaelic: cudrom — force due to gravity
• Serbo-Croatian: тежѝна — force due to gravity
• Serbo-Croatian: težìna — force due to gravity
• Sicilian: pisu — force due to gravity
• Sinhalese: බර (bara) — force due to gravity
• Slovak: váha — force due to gravity
• Slovene: teža — force due to gravity
• Somali: culays — force due to gravity
• Spanish: peso — force due to gravity
• Spanish: pesadez — force due to gravity
• Spanish: pesadumbre — force due to gravity
• Spanish: pesantez (monosemic) — force due to gravity
• Spanish: pesadura — force due to gravity
• Spanish: pesor (monosemic) — force due to gravity
• Swahili: uzani — force due to gravity
• Swedish: tyngd — force due to gravity
• Swedish: vikt — force due to gravity
• Tagalog: bigat — force due to gravity
• Tajik: вазн (vazn) — force due to gravity
• Tamil: எடை (eṭai) — force due to gravity
• Tatar: авырлык (awırlıq) — force due to gravity
• Telugu: భారము (bhāramu) — force due to gravity
• Telugu: బరువు (baruvu) — force due to gravity
• Thai: น้ําหนัก (nám-nàk) — force due to gravity
• Tocharian B: krāmär — force due to gravity
• Turkish: ağırlık — force due to gravity
• Ottoman Turkish: ثقلت (sıklet) — force due to gravity
• Turkmen: agyrlyk — force due to gravity
• Ukrainian: ва́га (váha) — force due to gravity
• Urdu: وَزْن (vazn) — force due to gravity
• Uyghur: ئېغىرلىق (ëghirliq) — force due to gravity
• Uzbek: ogʻirlik — force due to gravity
• Uzbek: vazn — force due to gravity
• Venetan: pexo — force due to gravity
• Vietnamese: trọng lượng — force due to gravity
• Vietnamese: cân nặng — force due to gravity
• Welsh: pwysau — force due to gravity
• Yiddish: געוויכט (gevikht) — force due to gravity
• Arabic: ثِقْل (ṯiql) — object to make something heavier
• Armenian: բեռ (beṙ) — object to make something heavier
• Armenian: ծանրություն (canrutʻyun) — object to make something heavier
• Bulgarian: те́жест (téžest) — object to make something heavier
• Catalan: pes — object to make something heavier
• Chinese Mandarin: 配重 (pèizhòng) — object to make something heavier
• Czech: závaží — object to make something heavier
• Dutch: gewicht — object to make something heavier
• Finnish: paino — object to make something heavier
• French: poids — object to make something heavier
• French: lest — object to make something heavier
• German: Gewicht — object to make something heavier
• German: Gwicht — object to make something heavier
• Bavarian German: Gwicht — object to make something heavier
• Greek: βάρος (város) — object to make something heavier
• Hebrew: מִשְׁקֹלֶת (mishqólet) — object to make something heavier
• Hindi: भार (bhār) — object to make something heavier
• Hungarian: súly — object to make something heavier
• Indonesian: pemberat — object to make something heavier
• Ingrian: partsa — object to make something heavier
• Italian: peso — object to make something heavier
• Japanese: 重り (omori) — object to make something heavier
• Korean: 추 (chu) — object to make something heavier
• Latvian: svars — object to make something heavier
• Latvian: atsvars — object to make something heavier
• Luxembourgish: Gewiicht — object to make something heavier
• Malay: pemberat — object to make something heavier
• Malayalam: ഭാരം (bhāraṁ) — object to make something heavier
• Māori: tāwē — object to make something heavier
• Māori: wēti — object to make something heavier
• Māori: taumaha — object to make something heavier
• Māori: toimaha — object to make something heavier
• Norwegian: vekt — object to make something heavier
• Old English: ġewiht — object to make something heavier
• Polish: ciężarek — object to make something heavier
• Portuguese: peso — object to make something heavier
• Romanian: greutate — object to make something heavier
• Russian: груз (gruz) — object to make something heavier
• Scots: weicht — object to make something heavier
• Spanish: pesa — object to make something heavier
• Swedish: vikt — object to make something heavier
• Swedish: tyngd — object to make something heavier
• Telugu: బరువు (baruvu) — object to make something heavier
• Arabic: ثِقْل (ṯiql) — standardized measuring weight
• Armenian: կշռաքար (kšṙakʻar) — standardized measuring weight
• Belarusian: гі́ра (híra) — standardized measuring weight
• Bulgarian: тегли́лка (teglílka) — standardized measuring weight
• Catalan: pes — standardized measuring weight
• Chinese Mandarin: 砝碼 /砝码 (fámǎ) — standardized measuring weight
• Czech: závaží — standardized measuring weight
• Estonian: kaaluma — standardized measuring weight
• Finnish: punnus — standardized measuring weight
• French: poids — standardized measuring weight
• Greek: ζύγι (zýgi) — standardized measuring weight
• Greek: σταθμά (stathmá) — standardized measuring weight
• Greek: σταθμίον (stathmíon) — standardized measuring weight
• Ancient Greek: σταθμίον (stathmíon) — standardized measuring weight
• Hebrew: מִשְׁקֹלֶת (mishkólet) — standardized measuring weight
• Hindi: भार (bhār) — standardized measuring weight
• Hungarian: súly — standardized measuring weight
• Japanese: 分銅 (fundō) — standardized measuring weight
• Korean: 분동 (bundong) — standardized measuring weight
• Māori: maihea — standardized measuring weight
• Old English: ġewiht — standardized measuring weight
• Iranian Persian: وَزْنِه (vazne) — standardized measuring weight
• Polish: ciężarek — standardized measuring weight
• Polish: odważnik — standardized measuring weight
• Portuguese: peso — standardized measuring weight
• Romanian: greutate — standardized measuring weight
• Russian: ги́ря (gírja) — standardized measuring weight
• Scots: weicht — standardized measuring weight
• Slovak: závažie — standardized measuring weight
• Spanish: peso — standardized measuring weight
• Swedish: vikt — standardized measuring weight
• Turkish: ağırlık — standardized measuring weight
• Ukrainian: ги́ря (hýrja) — standardized measuring weight
• Azerbaijani: çəki — importance or influence
• Bulgarian: тежест (težest) — importance or influence
• Bulgarian: влия́ние (vlijánie) — importance or influence
• Bulgarian: авторите́т (avtoritét) — importance or influence
• Catalan: pes — importance or influence
• Finnish: painoarvo — importance or influence
• Finnish: merkitys — importance or influence
• German: Gewicht — importance or influence
• German: Gwicht — importance or influence
• Bavarian German: Gwicht — importance or influence
• Hebrew: מִשְׁקָל (mishkál) — importance or influence
• Latin: auctōritās — importance or influence
• Luxembourgish: Bedeitung — importance or influence
• Luxembourgish: Gewiicht — importance or influence
• Portuguese: peso — importance or influence
• Romanian: greutate — importance or influence
• Russian: вес (ves) — importance or influence
• Spanish: peso — importance or influence
• Swedish: vikt — importance or influence
• Arabic: ثِقْل (ṯiql) — weight for training muscles
• Belarusian: гі́ра (híra) — weight for training muscles
• Bulgarian: тежести (težesti) — weight for training muscles
• Catalan: pes — weight for training muscles
• Finnish: paino — weight for training muscles
• French: poids — weight for training muscles
• German: Gewicht — weight for training muscles
• German: Gwicht — weight for training muscles
• Bavarian German: Gwicht — weight for training muscles
• Greek: βάρη (vári) — weight for training muscles
• Hebrew: מִשְׁקֹלֶת (mishkólet) — weight for training muscles
• Hindi: भार (bhār) — weight for training muscles
• Hungarian: súly — weight for training muscles
• Italian: peso — weight for training muscles
• Japanese: 重り (omori) — weight for training muscles
• Iranian Persian: وَزْنِه (vazne) — weight for training muscles
• Portuguese: peso — weight for training muscles
• Portuguese: haltere — weight for training muscles
• Romanian: halteră — weight for training muscles
• Romanian: haltere — weight for training muscles
• Romanian: greutate — weight for training muscles
• Russian: блин (blin) — weight for training muscles
• Russian: ги́ря (gírja) — weight for training muscles
• Russian: ганте́ль (gantɛ́lʹ) — weight for training muscles
• Scots: weicht — weight for training muscles
• Spanish: pesa — weight for training muscles
• Swedish: vikt — weight for training muscles
• Swedish: tyngd — weight for training muscles
• Turkish: ağırlık — weight for training muscles
• Turkish: halter — weight for training muscles
• Turkish: dambıl — weight for training muscles
• Ukrainian: ги́ря (hýrja) — weight for training muscles
• Arabic: وَزْن (wazn) — statistics: multiplier
• Armenian: կշիռ (kšiṙ) — statistics: multiplier
• Bulgarian: тегло́ (tegló) — statistics: multiplier
• Chinese Mandarin: 權重 /权重 (quánzhòng) — statistics: multiplier
• Finnish: painokerroin — statistics: multiplier
• Finnish: paino — statistics: multiplier
• Finnish: painotuskerroin — statistics: multiplier
• Finnish: painotus — statistics: multiplier
• Hungarian: súly — statistics: multiplier
• Hungarian: súlyozás — statistics: multiplier
• Italian: peso — statistics: multiplier
• Japanese: 重さ (omosa) — statistics: multiplier
• Japanese: 重み (omomi) — statistics: multiplier
• Malay: pemberat — statistics: multiplier
• Portuguese: peso — statistics: multiplier
• Russian: вес (ves) — statistics: multiplier
• Scots: weicht — statistics: multiplier
• Spanish: peso — statistics: multiplier
• Swedish: vikt — statistics: multiplier
• Finnish: paino — topology: the smallest cardinality of a base
• Bulgarian: дебелина (debelina) — typography: boldness of a font
• Finnish: paksuus — typography: boldness of a font
• French: graisse — typography: boldness of a font
• Hungarian: vonalvastagság — typography: boldness of a font
• Luxembourgish: Stäerkt — typography: boldness of a font
• Spanish: grosor — typography: boldness of a font
• Swedish: vikt — typography: boldness of a font
• Bulgarian: дебелина (debelina) — visual art: line weight
• Finnish: paksuus — visual art: line weight
• Finnish: peitto — visual art: thickness and opacity of paint
• Finnish: peittävyys — visual art: thickness and opacity of paint
• Bulgarian: товаря (tovarja) — add weight
• Finnish: lisätä painoa — add weight
• French: alourdir — add weight
• French: lester — add weight
• French: appesantir — add weight
• German: beschweren — add weight
• German: gewichten — add weight
• Hindi: भरना (bharnā) — add weight
• Italian: appesantire — add weight
• Romanian: îngreuna — add weight
• Swedish: göra tyngre — add weight
• Bulgarian: обременявам (obremenjavam) — oppress
• Finnish: kuormittaa — oppress
• Finnish: raskauttaa — oppress
• Italian: gravare — oppress
• Romanian: îngreuna — oppress
• Swedish: tynga — oppress
• Dutch: wegen — in mathematics
• Finnish: painottaa — in mathematics
• French: pondérer — in mathematics
• German: gewichten — in mathematics
• Hungarian: súlyoz — in mathematics
• Italian: ponderare — in mathematics
• Portuguese: ponderar — in mathematics
• Romanian: pondera — in mathematics
• Spanish: pesar — in mathematics
• Spanish: ponderar — in mathematics
• Swedish: vikta — in mathematics
• Finnish: painottaa — to bias, to slant
• Swedish: vinkla — to bias, to slant
• Finnish: lisätä paino — to handicap a horse