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Dutch
Etymology
From Latin obēsitās (“obesity”), from obēsus (“fat, weighty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oːˈbeːsitɑs/
- Hyphenation: obe‧si‧tas
Noun
obesitas f (uncountable)
- (medicine) obesity, especially as a medical syndrome
- Synonyms: overgewicht, vetzucht, zwaarlijvigheid
Derived terms
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch obesitas (“obesity”), from Latin obēsitās (“obesity”), from obēsus (“fat, weighty”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /obɛ.si.tas/
- Hyphenation: obè‧si‧tas
Noun
obèsitas (plural obesitas-obesitas)
- (pathology) obesity
Further reading
Latin
Etymology
From obēsus (“fat”) + -tās.
Pronunciation
Noun
obēsitās f (genitive obēsitātis); third declension
- obesity, fatness, corpulence
- 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Valetudo Finnorum minus prospera , Nuntii Latini 20.4.2018:
Obesitas et symptoma depressionis crebrescunt atque alta pressio sanguinis et cholesterolum nimis altum sunt adhuc communia.- Obesity and symptoms of depression are on the rise, and high blood pressure and high cholesterol are still common.
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- “obesitas”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- obesitas in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.