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corpulence

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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1

noun

Meaning 1

The characteristic or state of being corpulent.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: corpulentness, fatness, obesity, pudginess

Antonyms: slimness, thinness

2

noun

Meaning 2

the property of excessive fatness

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overweight, stoutness, adiposis

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fleshiness, obesity, corpulency

History

Etymology

From Old French corpulence, from Latin corpulentia.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: дебелина (debelina) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥滿 /肥满 (féimǎn) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Chinese Mandarin: 肥胖 (féipàng) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • French: corpulence — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • German: Korpulenz — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Hungarian: testesség — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Hungarian: kövérség — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Hungarian: korpulencia — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Italian: corpulenza — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Japanese: 肥満 (himan) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Korean: 비만 (biman) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Latin: corpulentia — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Latin: adeps — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Russian: доро́дность (doródnostʹ) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Russian: корпуле́нция (korpuléncija) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Russian: ту́чность (túčnostʹ) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Spanish: obesidad — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Ottoman Turkish: سمیزلك (semizlik) — characteristic or state of being corpulent
  • Ottoman Turkish: شیشمانلق (şişmanlık) — characteristic or state of being corpulent