corpulent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːpjələnt/, /ˈkɔːpjʊlənt/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoɹpjəlɪnt/
Adjective edit
corpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent)
Usage notes edit
- In contemporary usage, "corpulent" can designate a range of bodily states, from modest plumpness to significant fatness to extreme obesity.
Synonyms edit
- See also Thesaurus:obese
Related terms edit
Translations edit
large in body; fat
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References edit
- Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
- Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.
Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Learned borrowing from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [kur.puˈlen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kor.puˈlent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɾ.puˈlent]
Adjective edit
corpulent (feminine corpulenta, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “corpulent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
corpulent (comparative corpulenter, superlative corpulentst)
Inflection edit
Declension of corpulent | ||||
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uninflected | corpulent | |||
inflected | corpulente | |||
comparative | corpulenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | corpulent | corpulenter | het corpulentst het corpulentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | corpulente | corpulentere | corpulentste |
n. sing. | corpulent | corpulenter | corpulentste | |
plural | corpulente | corpulentere | corpulentste | |
definite | corpulente | corpulentere | corpulentste | |
partitive | corpulents | corpulenters | — |
Derived terms edit
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, a borrowing from Latin corpulentus.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
corpulent (feminine corpulente, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “corpulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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