adipeux

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.di.pø/

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Adjective

adipeux (feminine adipeuse, masculine plural adipeux, feminine plural adipeuses)

1. (anatomy) adipose
   • 1992, Amélie Nothomb, translated by Alison Anderson, Hygiène de l'assassin; republished as Hygiene and the Assassin, 2010:

     À dire vrai, que ce sédentaire adipeux ait survécu jusqu’à l’âge de quatre-vingt-trois ans rendait perplexe la médecine moderne.

     Modern medicine was sincerely puzzled by the fact that this adipose, sedentary man had survived to the age of eighty-three.

Derived terms

• nageoire adipeuse

 

Related terms

• adipose

Further reading

• “adipeux”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.