corpulent

== English == === Etymology === From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɔːpjələnt/, /ˈkɔːpjʊlənt/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈkoɹpjəlɪnt/ === Adjective === corpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent) Large in body; fat; overweight. (obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal. ==== Usage notes ==== In contemporary usage, corpulent can designate a range of bodily states, from modest plumpness to significant fatness to extreme obesity. ==== Synonyms ==== See also Thesaurus:obese ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== corpulence ==== Translations ==== === References === Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989. Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996. == Catalan == === Etymology === Learned borrowing from Latin corpulentus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kur.puˈle̞n] IPA(key): (Balearic) [kor.puˈlent] IPA(key): (Central) [kur.puˈlen] IPA(key): (Valencia) [koɾ.puˈlent] IPA(key): (Northwestern) [kor.puˈlen] === Adjective === corpulent (feminine corpulenta, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes) well-built, burly, stout, solid ==== Related terms ==== corpus corpulència === Further reading === “corpulent”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˌkɔr.pyˈlɛnt/ Hyphenation: cor‧pu‧lent Rhymes: -ɛnt === Adjective === corpulent (comparative corpulenter, superlative corpulentst) overweight, corpulent Synonyms: gezet, lijvig ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French corpulent, from Old French corpulent, a borrowing from Latin corpulentus. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔʁ.py.lɑ̃/ === Adjective === corpulent (feminine corpulente, masculine plural corpulents, feminine plural corpulentes) corpulent, stout ==== Related terms ==== corpulence === Further reading === “corpulent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012