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10 Language-to-English Dictionariesamaigrissement
Pronunciation / Transliteration: uh-meh-grees-mahn
"Cet exercice aide à l'amaigrissement."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
Designed or tending to make the wearer appear thinner.
"She wore a dark, slimming dress to the evening gala."
- 1
The process or practice of losing weight in order to become thinner.
"He joined a club dedicated to healthy eating and slimming."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'slim' (from Middle Low German 'slim', meaning crooked, bad, or thin) combined with the Old English suffix '-ing' denoting action or process. The term evolved during the late 19th and 20th centuries alongside modern commercial health, diet, and aesthetic trends focused on weight reduction.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Slimming" is said worldwide
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amaigrissement
Transliteration: uh-meh-grees-mahn
"Cet exercice aide à l'amaigrissement."
schlank machend
Transliteration: shlank mah-chend
"Dieses Kleid ist sehr schlank machend."
dimagrimento
Transliteration: dee-mah-gree-men-toh
"Segue una dieta per il dimagrimento."
adelgazamiento
Transliteration: ah-del-gah-thah-myen-toh
"El adelgazamiento requiere constancia y buena dieta."
emagrecimento
Transliteration: ee-mah-gre-seen-too
"O emagrecimento saudável envolve exercícios regulares."
वजन घटाने वाला
Transliteration: vajan ghatane vala
"यह एक वजन घटाने वाला व्यायाम है।"
减肥的
Transliteration: jiǎn féi de
"这件衣服穿起来很显瘦。"
체중 감량의
Transliteration: chejung gamryang-ui
"그녀는 체중 감량을 위해 운동을 시작했다."
ダイエット用
Transliteration: daietto-you
"これはスタイルがよく見える服です。"
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