dumbbell

English

two dumbbells

Alternative forms

dumb-bell
(rare) dumbell

Etymology

From dumb +‎ bell. Originally an apparatus used to strike a bell, yet without the bell, hence the term dumb.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈdʌm.bɛl/
Audio (CA) (file)

Noun

dumbbell (plural dumbbells)

A weight training implement consisting of a short bar with weight counterpoised on each end.
(derogatory) A stupid person.

Derived terms

dumbbell curve

Translations

a weight with two disks attached to a short bar

Albanian: dorak (sq) m
Arabic: دُمْبِل‎ m (dumbil)
Assamese: please add this translation if you can
Azerbaijani: hantel
Basque: jasotzeko pisu
Belarusian: гантэ́ль f (hantélʹ)
Bulgarian: ги́ра (bg) f (gíra)
Catalan: manuella (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 啞鈴／哑铃 (zh) (yǎlíng)
Czech: činka (cs) f
Danish: håndvægt c
Dutch: halter (nl) m
Esperanto: haltero
Estonian: hantel
Finnish: käsipaino (fi)
French: haltère (fr) m
German: Kurzhantel f, Hantel (de) f
Greek: αλτήρας (el) m (altíras)
Ancient: ἁλτῆρες m pl (haltêres)
Gujarati: please add this translation if you can
Hindi: please add this translation if you can
Hungarian: kézi súlyzó (hu), súlyzó (hu)
Icelandic: handlóð (is) n
Irish: tromán lúith m
Italian: manubrio (it) m
Japanese: ダンベル (danberu), 唖鈴 (ja) (あれい, arei), 鉄アレイ (tetsu arei)
Korean: 아령 (ko) (aryeong), 덤벨 (deombel)
Latvian: hantele f
Lithuanian: svarmenys m
Macedonian: тег m (teg)
Malay: please add this translation if you can
Norwegian:
Bokmål: manual (no) m

Nynorsk: manual m
Persian: دمبل‎ (fa) (dambel)
Polish: hantel (pl) m, ciężarek (pl) m
Portuguese: haltere (pt) m, halter m
Russian: ганте́ль (ru) f (gantɛ́lʹ), (colloquial) ганте́ля f (gantɛ́lja)
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: бу̏чица f

Latin: bȕčica (sh) f
Slovak: činka (sk) f
Spanish: pesas (es) f pl, mancuerna (es) f
Swedish: hantel (sv) c
Tagalog: pesas
Turkish: hanter, halter (tr), dambıl
Ukrainian: ганте́ль f (hantélʹ)
Uyghur: گانتېل‎ (gantël)
Vietnamese: quả tạ
Welsh: dymbel (cy) m

a stupid person

Bulgarian: тъпак (bg) m (tǎpak)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 蠢人 (zh) (chǔnrén)
Estonian: tola (et), puupea
Finnish: tollo (fi), typerys (fi)
French: balourd (fr) m, imbécile (fr) m
Greek: βλακέντιος (el) m (vlakéntios)
Hebrew: טמבל‎ (he) m (témbel)
Hungarian: idióta (hu), ostoba/hülye alak, barom (hu)
Italian: cretino (it) m, deficiente (it) m or f, idiota (it) m or f, imbecille (it) m or f, scemo (it) m, stupido (it) m
Polish: głupek (pl) m, tuman (pl) m
Portuguese: idiota (pt) m or f, imbecil (pt) m or f
Russian: болва́н (ru) m (bolván), тупи́ца (ru) m or f (tupíca)
Spanish: estúpido (es) m, imbécil (es) m or f, pendejo (es) m, tonto (es) m
Swedish: dumsnut (sv), dumbom (sv) c