Phrase guide

eating disorder

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

Any psychological disorder characterized by abnormal eating habits.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

a disorder of the normal eating routine

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: disorder, upset

Narrower terms: anorexia, pica, bulimarexia, binge-purge syndrome, binge-vomit syndrome, bulima nervosa, bulimia, binge-eating syndrome

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Across languages

Translations

40 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Azerbaijani: qidalanma pozuntusu — psychological disorder
  • Bulgarian: хранителните разстройства (hranitelnite razstrojstva) — psychological disorder
  • Catalan: trastorn de comportament alimentari — psychological disorder
  • Catalan: trastorns de la conducta alimentària — psychological disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 進食障礙 /进食障碍 (jìnshí zhàng'ài) — psychological disorder
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飲食失調 /饮食失调 (yǐnshí shītiáo) — psychological disorder
  • Czech: poruchy příjmu potravy — psychological disorder
  • Danish: spiseforstyrrelse — psychological disorder
  • Dutch: eetstoornis — psychological disorder
  • Esperanto: nutromalsano — psychological disorder
  • Estonian: söömishäired — psychological disorder
  • Finnish: syömishäiriö — psychological disorder
  • French: trouble des conduites alimentaires — psychological disorder
  • Georgian: კვებითი აშლილობა (ḳvebiti ašliloba) — psychological disorder
  • German: Essstörung — psychological disorder
  • Greek: διαταραχή σίτισης (diatarachí sítisis) — psychological disorder
  • Greek: διατροφική διαταραχή (diatrofikí diatarachí) — psychological disorder
  • Hungarian: étkezési zavar — psychological disorder
  • Icelandic: átröskun — psychological disorder
  • Indonesian: gangguan makan — psychological disorder
  • Irish: neamhord itheacháin — psychological disorder
  • Italian: disturbi del comportamento alimentare — psychological disorder
  • Italian: disturbi alimentari psicogeni — psychological disorder
  • Japanese: 摂食障害 (sesshoku shōgai) — psychological disorder
  • Kazakh: тамақтану бұзылыстары (tamaqtanu būzylystary) — psychological disorder
  • Latvian: ēšanas traucējumi — psychological disorder
  • Lithuanian: valgymo sutrikimas — psychological disorder
  • Malay: gangguan makan — psychological disorder
  • Norwegian Bokmål: spiseforstyrrelse — psychological disorder
  • Polish: zaburzenie odżywiania — psychological disorder
  • Portuguese: transtorno alimentar — psychological disorder
  • Portuguese: disfunção alimentar — psychological disorder
  • Russian: наруше́ние пищево́го поведе́ния (narušénije piščevóvo povedénija) — psychological disorder
  • Russian: расстро́йство приёма пи́щи (rasstrójstvo prijóma píšči) — psychological disorder
  • Scottish Gaelic: mì-rian ithe — psychological disorder
  • Spanish: trastorno de la conducta alimentaria — psychological disorder
  • Swedish: ätstörning — psychological disorder
  • Turkish: yeme bozukluğu — psychological disorder
  • Ukrainian: ро́злад харчово́ї поведі́нки (rózlad xarčovóji povedínky) — psychological disorder
  • Welsh: anhwylder bwyta — psychological disorder