Phrase guide

weight gain

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An increase in weight, usually of a person or animal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

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Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: weight loss

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Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: напълняване (napǎlnjavane) — increase in weight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 體重增加 /体重增加 (tǐzhòng zēngjiā) — increase in weight
  • Chinese Mandarin: 發胖 /发胖 (fāpàng) — increase in weight
  • Dutch: gewichtstoename — increase in weight
  • Finnish: painonnousu — increase in weight
  • Finnish: lihominen — increase in weight
  • French: prise de poids — increase in weight
  • German: Gewichtszunahme — increase in weight
  • Hungarian: súlygyarapodás — increase in weight
  • Hungarian: hízás — increase in weight
  • Hungarian: súlynövekedés — increase in weight
  • Japanese: 体重増加 (taijū zōka) — increase in weight
  • Korean: 체중증가 (chejungjeungga) — increase in weight
  • Polish: przytycie — increase in weight
  • Portuguese: ganho de peso — increase in weight
  • Russian: увеличе́ние ве́са (uveličénije vésa) — increase in weight
  • Spanish: engorde — increase in weight
  • Swedish: viktuppgång — increase in weight
  • Swedish: viktökning — increase in weight