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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesbantamweight
/ˈbæntəmweɪt/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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A weight class in certain sports (such as boxing, wrestling, and MMA) heavier than flyweight and lighter than featherweight.
"He is competing for the world bantamweight championship this weekend."
Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from 'bantam' (a small breed of domestic fowl, originally from Bantam in Java) + 'weight', originally used in 19th-century boxing to describe fighters weighing less than featherweight.
10 Global Lexicons: How "bantamweight" is said worldwide
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poids coq
Transliteration: pwa kok
"Il a remporté le titre mondial des poids coq."
Bantamgewicht
Transliteration: Bantamgewicht
"Der Boxer kämpft im Bantamgewicht."
pesi gallo
Transliteration: pesi gallo
"Il campione dei pesi gallo ha difeso il suo titolo."
peso gallo
Transliteration: peso gallo
"El boxeador subió al ring en la categoría de peso gallo."
peso-galo
Transliteration: peso galo
"Ele lutará na categoria de peso-galo."
बantamवेट
Transliteration: bantamvet
"वह एक पेशेवर बantamवेट मुक्केबाज है।"
最轻量级
Transliteration: zuì qīngliàng jí
"他赢得了最轻量级的金牌。"
밴텀급
Transliteration: baenteum-geup
"그는 밴텀급 챔피언에 등극했다."
バンタム級
Transliteration: bantamu-kyū
"彼はバンタム級のタイトル防衛戦に臨む。"
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