weight loss

See also: weightloss

English

Noun

weight loss (uncountable)

1. The reduction of total body mass due to loss of fluid, fat, tissue, etc.

   John achieved 25 pounds in weight loss after abstaining from soda and running two miles in the morning every day.

Antonyms

• weight gain

Translations

reduction of body mass

• Armenian: քաշի կորուստ (kʿaši korust)
• Catalan: pèrdua de pes f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: (intentional) 減肥／减肥 (zh) (jiǎnféi), (unintentional) 體重下降／体重下降 (tǐzhòng xiàjiàng)

• Danish: vægttab n
• Dutch: gewichtsverlies (nl) n
• Esperanto: malpeziĝo
• Finnish: painonpudotus (desirable); painonmenetys (unwanted)
• French: perte de poids f
• German: Gewichtsverlust (de), Gewichtsabnahme f
• Greek: αδυνάτισμα (el) n (adynátisma)
• Hungarian: fogyás (hu), súlyvesztés, súlycsökkenés (hu)
• Icelandic: þyngdartap n
• Italian: perdita di peso f
• Japanese: please add this translation if you can
• Korean: 체중감량 (chejunggamnyang)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vekttap n

  Nynorsk: vekttap n

• Polish: odchudzanie n
• Portuguese: perda de peso f
• Russian: похуде́ние (ru) n (poxudénije)
• Spanish: adelgazamiento (es) m, pérdida de peso f
• Swedish: viktminskning (sv) c, viktförlust c, viktnedgång (sv) c
• Thai: น้ำหนักลด (nám-nàk-lót)
• Turkish: kilo kaybı
• Ukrainian: сху́днення n (sxúdnennja)