obesity
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obesity
- /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/ UK
- /oʊˈbisɪti/ Canada, US
- [-ɾi] Canada, US
- /ə(ʉ)ˈbiːsɪti/ Australia
- /ɐ(ʉ)ˈbiːsɪti/ Australia
- [-ɾi] Australia
- /oʊˈbɛzɪti/ obsolete
Where it comes from
From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese + -ity.
noun obesities
- The state of being obese. The fowls, ducks, and goats all looked fat and thriving on the refuse food of a dense population, and the Chinamen's pigs were in a state of obesity that foreboded early death.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: fleshiness, fatness, adiposity, fat, obese, overweight, stroke, hypoventilation, preponderance, lipomatosis, contributor, weight, bigeye, plumpness, chubbiness, corpulence
Translations
Every language
noun act or state of being obese
| Español | obesidad, sobrepeso, adiposis |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 비만 biman |
| 日本語 | 肥満 himan, 肥大 hidai, 肥満症 himanshō |
| 中文 | 肥胖 féipàng, 肥胖症 féipàngzhèng |
| हिन्दी | मोटापा moṭāpā, मोटापन moṭāpan, स्थूलता sthūltā, स्थूलत्व sthūlatva |
| Kiswahili | kiribatumbo |
| Português | obesidade |
| Français | obésité |
| Deutsch | Fettsucht, Übergewicht, Adipositas, Fettleibigkeit |
| Italiano | obesità |
| Ελληνικά | παχυσαρκία pachysarkía |
| Română | obezitate |
| Русский | ожире́ние ožirénije, ту́чность túčnostʹ |
| Tiếng Việt | béo phì |
| العربية | سِمْنَة simna, بَدَانَة badāna |
| עברית | שׁוֹמֶן shomen, השמנת יתר חולנית |
Talk about this word "obesity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/obesity. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. obesity. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/obesity "obesity." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/obesity.Cite this
@misc{obesity_2026,
title = {obesity},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/obesity},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
}
