kettlebell

English

A one pood (16 kg or 36 lb) kettlebell

Etymology

From kettle +‎ bell.

Noun

kettlebell (plural kettlebells)

1. A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.
   • 2014, Steve Cotter, Kettlebell Training:

     Also called kettlebell sport, this is a Russian national sport in which the girya (kettlebell) is used either in single or double form to accumulate as many repetitions as possible in 10 minutes in order to compare one lifter with the next in a sporting framework.

   • 2021 March 29, E. Alex Jung, “The Budget Kettlebell That Vulture Writer E. Alex Jung Swings at Home”, in Wirecutter‎^[1]:

     The rows of kettlebells, spotted with various colors of spray paint, fit in with the spartan surroundings. The kettlebell is intimidating in its simplicity: a ball with a handle, like a Biblical weapon or a giant bull’s testicle.

Synonyms

• girya

Related terms

• barbell
• dumbbell

 

Descendants

• → Portuguese: kettlebell

Translations

a kind of weight

• Azerbaijani: idman daşı
• Belarusian: гі́ра f (híra)
• Bulgarian: пу́довка f (púdovka)
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 壺鈴／壶铃 (wu⁴ ling⁴)

  Mandarin: 壺鈴／壶铃 (zh) (húlíng)

• Czech: bulina (cs) f, girja f
• Dutch: kettlebell, girya
• Esperanto: globhaltero, girjo
• Estonian: sangpomm
• Finnish: kahvakuula (fi)
• French: girevoy (fr) m
• German: Kugelhantel f
• Hungarian: gömbsúlyzó, füles súlyzó
• Icelandic: ketilbjalla f
• Indonesian: kettlebell
• Italian: kettlebell m, ghiria f
• Japanese: ケトルベル (ketoruberu)
• Kalmyk: гиир (giir)
• Korean: 케틀벨 (keteulbel)
• Kyrgyz: гиря (girya)
• Latvian: svaru bumba f
• Lithuanian: svarstis, svarmuo m
• Norwegian: vektkule
• Polish: giria (pl) f
• Portuguese: kettlebell m
• Russian: ги́ря (ru) f (gírja)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: руско звоно n, гирја f

  Roman: rusko zvono n, girja f

• Southern Altai: киире (kiire)
• Spanish: pesa rusa f
• Swedish: kettlebell, girja
• Turkish: please add this translation if you can
• Ukrainian: ги́ря (uk) f (hýrja)
• Welsh: pwysau tegell (cy) m
• Yakut: киирэ (kiire)

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English kettlebell.

Noun

kettlebell m or f (plural kettlebells)

1. (weightlifting) kettlebell (cast iron ball with a handle)