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English
Etymology
From Middle English corpulent , from Old French corpulent , from Latin corpulentus .
Pronunciation
Adjective
corpulent (comparative more corpulent , superlative most corpulent )
Large in body ; fat ; overweight .
( obsolete ) Physical , material , corporeal .
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Translations
large in body; fat
Arabic:
Egyptian: تخين ( tiḵīn ) , سمين ( samīn )
Bengali: মোটা (bn) ( mōṭa )
Chinese:
Mandarin: 胖 (zh) ( pàng ) , 肥胖 (zh) ( féipàng )
French: corpulent (fr)
German: korpulent (de) , beleibt (de)
Greek: παχύσαρκος (el) ( pachýsarkos )
Hindi: मोटा (hi) ( moṭā )
Hungarian: korpulens (hu)
Icelandic: feitur (is) , feitlaginn
Japanese: 肥満 (ja) ( ひまん, himan )
Latin: corpulentus , obesus
Plautdietsch: forsch
Polish: korpulentny (pl)
Portuguese: corpulento (pt)
Romanian: corpolent (ro)
Russian: по́лный (ru) ( pólnyj ) , ту́чный (ru) ( túčnyj ) , доро́дный (ru) ( doródnyj ) , ( impolite ) жи́рный (ru) ( žírnyj ) , ( impolite ) то́лстый (ru) ( tólstyj ) , корпуле́нтный (ru) ( korpuléntnyj )
Serbo-Croatian: корпулентно , корпулентан
Roman: korpulentno , korpulentan (sh)
Spanish: corpulento (es) , obeso (es)
Tocharian B: kraupalñetstse
Urdu: موٹا ( moṭā )
References
Oxford English Dictionary , 2nd ed., 1989.
Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary , 1987-1996.
Catalan
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin corpulentus .
Pronunciation
Adjective
corpulent (feminine corpulenta , masculine plural corpulents , feminine plural corpulentes )
well-built , burly , stout , solid
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French corpulent , from Old French corpulent , from Latin corpulentus .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /ˌkɔr.pyˈlɛnt/
Hyphenation: cor‧pu‧lent
Rhymes: -ɛnt
Adjective
corpulent (comparative corpulenter , superlative corpulentst )
overweight , corpulent
Synonyms: gezet , lijvig
Inflection
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French
Etymology
Inherited from Middle French corpulent , from Old French corpulent , a borrowing from Latin corpulentus .
Pronunciation
Adjective
corpulent (feminine corpulente , masculine plural corpulents , feminine plural corpulentes )
corpulent , stout
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