kettlebell
/ˈkɛtəlˌbɛl/noun
kettlebell is a noun meaning “A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled K-E-T-T-L-E-B-E-L-L, and it appears about once in every 4 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of kettlebell is kettlebells.
What does kettlebell mean?
noun
- 1
A weight consisting of a cast iron ball with a single handle for gripping the weight during exercise.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce kettlebell?
- US /ˈkɛtəlˌbɛl/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-kettlebell.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of kettlebell
- kettlebells plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is kettlebell?
Kettlebell appears about once in every 4 million words in written English, the 62,894th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Kettlebell in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense a kind of weight:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | girevoy, girya, kettlebell |
| German | Kugelhantel |
| Portuguese | kettlebell |
| Spanish | pesa rusa |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does kettlebell come from?
From kettle + bell.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).