Dutch

Noun

obesitas f ‎(uncountable)

1. obesity, especially as a medical syndrome

Synonyms

• overgewicht
• vetzucht
• zwaarlijvigheid

Derived terms

• obesitaspatiënt

Latin

Etymology

From obēsus ‎(“fat”) +‎ -itās.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /oˈbeː.si.taːs/, [ɔˈbeː.sɪ.taːs]

Noun

obēsitās f ‎(genitive obēsitātis); third declension

1. obesity, fatness

Inflection

Third declension.

References

• obesitas in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “obesitas”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.