weight

weight
weight [weɪt]
1. noun
poids m
• it is sold by weight cela se vend au poids
• what is your weight? combien pesez-vous ?
• my weight is 60 kilos je pèse 60 kilos
• it is 3 kilos in weight ça pèse 3 kilos
• it's/she's worth its/her weight in gold cela/elle vaut son pesant d'or
• to put on or gain weight grossir prendre du poids
• to lose weight maigrir perdre du poids
• to carry weight [argument, factor] avoir du poids (with pour ) ; [person] avoir de l'influence
2. compounds
► weight gain noun prise f de poids
► weight lifter noun haltérophile mf
► weight lifting noun haltérophilie f
► weight limit noun limitation f de poids
► weight loss noun perte f de poids
► weight-train intransitive verb faire de la musculation
► weight training noun musculation f (avec des poids)
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[weɪt] 1.
noun lit, fig poids m

to put on weight — prendre du poids

to be under/over 1 kilo in weight — avoir un poids inférieur/supérieur à 1 kilo

by weight — au poids

what is your weight? — combien pesez-vous?

not to carry much weight — fig ne pas peser lourd (with pour)

to add one's weight to something — faire jouer son influence en faveur de quelque chose

to throw one's weight behind something — soutenir quelque chose à fond

to give due weight to a proposal — accorder à une proposition l'importance qu'elle mérite

2.
transitive verb
1) lit lester
2) (bias)

to weight something against somebody/something — faire jouer quelque chose contre quelqu'un/quelque chose

to weight something in favour of somebody/something — faire jouer quelque chose en faveur de quelqu'un/quelque chose

3) (in statistics) pondérer
Phrasal Verbs:
••

by (sheer) weight of numbers — par la force du nombre

to be a weight off one's mind — être un grand soulagement

to pull one's weight — faire sa part de travail

to take the weight off one's feet — s'asseoir

to throw one's weight about ou around — faire l'important/-e m/f


English-French dictionary. 2013.

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