See also: bulímia and bulimią

English

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía, ravenous hunger), from βοῦς (boûs, cow, ox) +‎ λῑμός (līmós, hunger).

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bulimia (countable and uncountable, plural bulimias)

  1. (pathology) A chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting.
  2. (pathology, obsolete) Excessive hunger.

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Finnish

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbulimiɑ/, [ˈbuliˌmiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): bu‧li‧mi‧a

Noun

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bulimia

  1. (pathology) bulimia

Declension

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Inflection of bulimia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
nominative bulimia bulimiat
genitive bulimian bulimioiden
bulimioitten
partitive bulimiaa bulimioita
illative bulimiaan bulimioihin
singular plural
nominative bulimia bulimiat
accusative nom. bulimia bulimiat
gen. bulimian
genitive bulimian bulimioiden
bulimioitten
bulimiain rare
partitive bulimiaa bulimioita
inessive bulimiassa bulimioissa
elative bulimiasta bulimioista
illative bulimiaan bulimioihin
adessive bulimialla bulimioilla
ablative bulimialta bulimioilta
allative bulimialle bulimioille
essive bulimiana bulimioina
translative bulimiaksi bulimioiksi
abessive bulimiatta bulimioitta
instructive bulimioin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of bulimia (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bulimiani bulimiani
accusative nom. bulimiani bulimiani
gen. bulimiani
genitive bulimiani bulimioideni
bulimioitteni
bulimiaini rare
partitive bulimiaani bulimioitani
inessive bulimiassani bulimioissani
elative bulimiastani bulimioistani
illative bulimiaani bulimioihini
adessive bulimiallani bulimioillani
ablative bulimialtani bulimioiltani
allative bulimialleni bulimioilleni
essive bulimianani bulimioinani
translative bulimiakseni bulimioikseni
abessive bulimiattani bulimioittani
instructive
comitative bulimioineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative bulimiasi bulimiasi
accusative nom. bulimiasi bulimiasi
gen. bulimiasi
genitive bulimiasi bulimioidesi
bulimioittesi
bulimiaisi rare
partitive bulimiaasi bulimioitasi
inessive bulimiassasi bulimioissasi
elative bulimiastasi bulimioistasi
illative bulimiaasi bulimioihisi
adessive bulimiallasi bulimioillasi
ablative bulimialtasi bulimioiltasi
allative bulimiallesi bulimioillesi
essive bulimianasi bulimioinasi
translative bulimiaksesi bulimioiksesi
abessive bulimiattasi bulimioittasi
instructive
comitative bulimioinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bulimiamme bulimiamme
accusative nom. bulimiamme bulimiamme
gen. bulimiamme
genitive bulimiamme bulimioidemme
bulimioittemme
bulimiaimme rare
partitive bulimiaamme bulimioitamme
inessive bulimiassamme bulimioissamme
elative bulimiastamme bulimioistamme
illative bulimiaamme bulimioihimme
adessive bulimiallamme bulimioillamme
ablative bulimialtamme bulimioiltamme
allative bulimiallemme bulimioillemme
essive bulimianamme bulimioinamme
translative bulimiaksemme bulimioiksemme
abessive bulimiattamme bulimioittamme
instructive
comitative bulimioinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative bulimianne bulimianne
accusative nom. bulimianne bulimianne
gen. bulimianne
genitive bulimianne bulimioidenne
bulimioittenne
bulimiainne rare
partitive bulimiaanne bulimioitanne
inessive bulimiassanne bulimioissanne
elative bulimiastanne bulimioistanne
illative bulimiaanne bulimioihinne
adessive bulimiallanne bulimioillanne
ablative bulimialtanne bulimioiltanne
allative bulimiallenne bulimioillenne
essive bulimiananne bulimioinanne
translative bulimiaksenne bulimioiksenne
abessive bulimiattanne bulimioittanne
instructive
comitative bulimioinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative bulimiansa bulimiansa
accusative nom. bulimiansa bulimiansa
gen. bulimiansa
genitive bulimiansa bulimioidensa
bulimioittensa
bulimiainsa rare
partitive bulimiaansa bulimioitaan
bulimioitansa
inessive bulimiassaan
bulimiassansa
bulimioissaan
bulimioissansa
elative bulimiastaan
bulimiastansa
bulimioistaan
bulimioistansa
illative bulimiaansa bulimioihinsa
adessive bulimiallaan
bulimiallansa
bulimioillaan
bulimioillansa
ablative bulimialtaan
bulimialtansa
bulimioiltaan
bulimioiltansa
allative bulimialleen
bulimiallensa
bulimioilleen
bulimioillensa
essive bulimianaan
bulimianansa
bulimioinaan
bulimioinansa
translative bulimiakseen
bulimiaksensa
bulimioikseen
bulimioiksensa
abessive bulimiattaan
bulimiattansa
bulimioittaan
bulimioittansa
instructive
comitative bulimioineen
bulimioinensa

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Further reading

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Italian

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Italian Wikipedia has an article on:
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Noun

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bulimia f (plural bulimie)

  1. bulimia, binge eating disorder

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Polish

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Etymology

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Internationalism; compare English bulimia, French boulimie, German Bulimie, ultimately from Ancient Greek βουλιμία (boulimía).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /buˈli.mja/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -imja
  • Syllabification: bu‧li‧mia

Noun

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bulimia f (related adjective bulimiczny)

  1. (pathology) bulimia (chronic eating disorder characterized by a binge-and-purge cycle: extreme overeating followed by self-induced vomiting)
    Synonym: żarłoczność psychiczna

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Further reading

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  • bulimia in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • bulimia in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • bulimia in PWN's encyclopedia

Portuguese

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Pronunciation

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  • Hyphenation: bu‧li‧mi‧a

Noun

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bulimia f (plural bulimias)

  1. (pathology) bulimia
    Synonyms: cinorexia, hiperorexia, licorexia

Spanish

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Noun

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bulimia f (plural bulimias)

  1. (pathology) bulimia

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