Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounAn increase in weight, usually of a person or animal.
Opposite
Translations
Bulgarian напълняване
- напълняване (napălnjavane)increase in weight
Chinese Mandarin 體重增加 /体重增加, 發胖 /发胖
- 體重增加 /体重增加 (tǐzhòng zēngjiā)increase in weight
- 發胖 /发胖 (fāpàng)increase in weight
Dutch gewichtstoename
- gewichtstoenameincrease in weight
Finnish painonnousu, lihominen
- painonnousuincrease in weight
- lihominenincrease in weight
French prise de poids
- prise de poidsincrease in weight
German Gewichtszunahme
- Gewichtszunahmeincrease in weight
Hungarian súlygyarapodás, hízás
- súlygyarapodásincrease in weight
- hízásincrease in weight
- súlynövekedésincrease in weight
Japanese 体重増加
- 体重増加 (taijū zōka)increase in weight
Korean 체중 증가
- 체중 증가 (chejung jeungga)increase in weight
Polish przytycie
- przytycieincrease in weight
Portuguese ganho de peso
- ganho de pesoincrease in weight
Russian увеличе́ние ве́са
- увеличе́ние ве́са (uveličénije vésa)increase in weight
Spanish engorde
- engordeincrease in weight
Swedish viktuppgång, viktökning
- viktuppgångincrease in weight
- viktökningincrease in weight
Cite this entry
APA
weight gain. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20gain
MLA
“weight gain.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20gain. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “weight gain,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weight%20gain.
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