obesitas

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin obēsitās (“obesity”), from obēsus (“fat, weighty”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oːˈbeːsitɑs/

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• Hyphenation: obe‧si‧tas

Noun

obesitas f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) obesity, especially as a medical syndrome

   Synonyms: overgewicht, vetzucht, zwaarlijvigheid

Derived terms

• obesitaspatiënt

Related terms

• obees

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)

1. (pathology) obesity

Alternative forms

• obesiti (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “obesitas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Latin

Etymology

From obēsus (“fat”) +‎ -tās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /oˈbeː.si.taːs/, [ɔˈbeːs̠ɪt̪äːs̠]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /oˈbe.si.tas/, [oˈbɛːs̬it̪äs]

Noun

obēsitās f (genitive obēsitātis); third declension

1. obesity, fatness, corpulence
   • 2018, Tuomo Pekkanen, Valetudo Finnorum minus prospera [1], 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.

	singular	plural
nominative	obēsitās	obēsitātēs
genitive	obēsitātis	obēsitātum
dative	obēsitātī	obēsitātibus
accusative	obēsitātem	obēsitātēs
ablative	obēsitāte	obēsitātibus
vocative	obēsitās	obēsitātēs

Descendants

• Catalan: obesitat
• Dutch: obesitas
• English: obesity
• French: obésité
• Galician: obesidade
• Italian: obesità
• Portuguese: obesidade
• Romanian: obezitate
• Spanish: obesidad

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.