adj
Meaning 1
Of or pertaining to diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- diabetic complications
- the diabetic foot
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
diabetic
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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UK: /daɪəˈbɛtɪk/
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Canada, US: /ˌdaɪəˈbɛtɪk/
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Canada, US: [ˌdaɪəˈbɛɾɪk]
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Australian: /dɑɪəˈbetɪk/
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Australian: [dɑɪəˈbeɾɪk]
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rhymes with -ɛtɪk
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CMU ARPABET: D AY2 AH0 B EH1 T IH0 K Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
adj
Meaning 2
Having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- diabetic patients (patients with diabetes)
- He turned diabetic in his thirties.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 3
Suitable for one having diabetes, especially diabetes mellitus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- diabetic socks
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
A person with diabetes, usually diabetes mellitus.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 5
of or relating to or causing diabetes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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adjective satellite
Meaning 6
suffering from diabetes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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noun
Meaning 7
someone who has diabetes
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: sick person, diseased person, sufferer
History
Etymology
From diabetes + -ic. Doublet of diabatic.
Across languages
Translations
71 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Catalan: diabètic — of diabetes
- Finnish: sokeritaudin — of diabetes
- Finnish: sokeritautiin liittyvä — of diabetes
- French: diabétique — of diabetes
- Galician: diabético — of diabetes
- German: Diabetiker- — of diabetes
- Greek: διαβητικός (diavitikós) — of diabetes
- Italian: diabetico — of diabetes
- Norwegian Bokmål: diabetisk — of diabetes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: diabetisk — of diabetes
- Polish: cukrzycowy — of diabetes
- Portuguese: diabético — of diabetes
- Romanian: diabetic — of diabetes
- Spanish: diabético — of diabetes
- Spanish: diabetológico — of diabetes
- Swedish: diabetisk — of diabetes
- Volapük: diabetik — of diabetes
- Catalan: diabètic — having diabetes
- Finnish: sokeritautinen — having diabetes
- French: diabétique — having diabetes
- Galician: diabético — having diabetes
- German: zuckerkrank — having diabetes
- Greek: διαβητικός (diavitikós) — having diabetes
- Hebrew: סוכרתי (sukarti) — having diabetes
- Hebrew: סוכרתית (sukartit) — having diabetes
- Hungarian: cukorbeteg — having diabetes
- Hungarian: cukorbajos — having diabetes
- Hungarian: diabéteszes — having diabetes
- Italian: diabetico — having diabetes
- Norwegian Bokmål: diabetisk — having diabetes
- Norwegian Nynorsk: diabetisk — having diabetes
- Polish: diabetyczny — having diabetes
- Portuguese: diabético — having diabetes
- Romanian: diabetic — having diabetes
- Spanish: diabético — having diabetes
- Swedish: diabetisk — having diabetes
- Swedish: sockersjuk — having diabetes
- Tagalog: diyabetiko — having diabetes
- Dutch: diabetisch — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- Finnish: diabeetikoille sopiva — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- French: diabétique — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- Galician: diabético — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- German: diabetisch — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- Greek: διαβητικός (diavitikós) — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- Italian: diabetico — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- Norwegian Bokmål: diabetisk — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: diabetisk — suitable for one having diabetes mellitus
- Catalan: diabètic — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Chinese Mandarin: 糖尿病患者 (tángniàobìnghuànzhě) — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Chinese Mandarin: 患糖尿病者 (huàntángniàobìngzhě) — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Czech: diabetik — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Danish: diabetiker — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Finnish: sokeritautinen — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Finnish: diabeetikko — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Finnish: sokeritautipotilas — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- French: diabétique — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Galician: diabético — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- German: Diabetiker — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- German: Diabetikerin — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Greek: διαβητικός (diavitikós) — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Hungarian: cukorbeteg — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Hungarian: cukros — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Italian: diabetico — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Norwegian Bokmål: diabetiker — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Norwegian Nynorsk: diabetikar — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Portuguese: diabético — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Russian: диабе́тик (diabétik) — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Spanish: diabético — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Volapük: diabetan — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Volapük: hidiabetan — person suffering from diabetes mellitus
- Volapük: jidiabetan — person suffering from diabetes mellitus