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 (kʻaši korust)
• Catalan: pèrdua de pes f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 減肥／减肥 (zh) (jiǎnféi), 减肥 (zh) (jiǎnféi)

• Danish: vægttab n
• Dutch: gewichtsverlies n
• Esperanto: malpeziĝo
• Finnish: painonpudotus (desirable); painonmenetys (unwanted)
• French: perte de poids f
• German: Gewichtsverlust (de)
• Greek: αδυνάτισμα (el) n (adynátisma)
• Hungarian: fogyás (hu), súlyvesztés
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• Italian: perdita di peso f
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: vekttap n

  Nynorsk: vekttap n

• Portuguese: perda de peso f
• Russian: please add this translation if you can
• Spanish: adelgazamiento (es) m, pérdida de peso f
• Swedish: viktminskning (sv) c, viktförlust c
• Thai: น้ำหนักลด (nám-nàk-lót)