That's correct. In Japanese, ウエートレス corresponds both to the English "waitress" and "weightless". However, "waitress" is the more usual meaning.
Source: tatoeba (409437)
Weightless
Synonyms for "weightless" (33 found)
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Closest matches (7)
Strong matches (10)
Related words (16)
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Translations
42 translations across 25 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀβαρής adj (which has no weight)
Armenian
2 entries- անկշիռ adj (which has no weight)
- անկշիռ adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Belarusian
4 entries- бязва́жкі adj (which has no weight)
- бязва́жкі adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
- неваго́мы adj (which has no weight)
- неваго́мы adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Bulgarian
2 entries- безтегло́вен adj (which has no weight)
- безтегло́вен adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Catalan
2 entries- ingràvid adj (which has no weight)
- lleuger adj (which has no weight)
Chinese Mandarin
2 entries- 失重 adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
- 無重量的 /无重量的 adj (which has no weight)
Czech
1 entries- beztížný adj (which has no weight)
Danish
2 entries- vægtløs adj (which has no weight)
- vægtløs adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Dutch
1 entries- gewichtloos adj (which has no weight)
Faroese
1 entries- tyngdarleysur adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Finnish
2 entries- painoton adj (which has no weight)
- painoton adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
French
2 entries- en apesanteur adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
- léger adj (which has no weight)
German
2 entries- gewichtslos adj (which has no weight)
- schwerelos adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Greek
1 entries- αβαρής adj (which has no weight)
Hungarian
1 entries- súlytalan adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Macedonian
1 entries- бестежински adj (which has no weight)
Norwegian Bokmål
2 entries- vektløs adj (which has no weight)
- vektløs adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Polish
2 entries- nieważki adj (which has no weight)
- nieważki adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Russian
2 entries- невесо́мый adj (which has no weight)
- невесо́мый adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Slovak
2 entries- beztiažový adj (which has no weight)
- bezváhový adj (which has no weight)
Slovene
1 entries- breztežen adj (which has no weight)
Spanish
1 entries- ingrávido adj (which has no weight)
Swedish
2 entries- tyngdlös adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
- viktlös adj (which has no weight)
Ukrainian
2 entries- неваго́мий adj (which has no weight)
- неваго́мий adj (which is not being affected by gravity)
Vietnamese
1 entries- không trọng lượng adj (which has no weight)
Sample sentences
5 total sentences available.
That's right. In Japanese, "uetoresu" corresponds both to the English "waitress" and "weightless". However, "waitress" is the more common meaning.
Source: tatoeba (1334300)
Astronauts are weightless and can sleep in any orientation. However, they have to attach themselves so they don't float around and bump into something.
Source: tatoeba (5322349)
An astronaut in space can be weightless but cannot be without mass.
Source: tatoeba (6293890)
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