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gluttonous

adj · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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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  • General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɡlʌt(ə)nəs/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: G L AH1 T AH0 N AH0 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Given to excessive eating; prone to overeating.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: gluttonish, gluttonly

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Greedy.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

adjective

Meaning 3

given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands
  • a gluttonous debauch
  • a gluttonous appetite for food and praise and pleasure

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: abstemious

History

Etymology

From Middle English glotenose, glotenouse, glotonos, glotonous, glotounius, glotynous, from Middle French glotonos; equivalent to glutton + -ous.

Across languages

Translations

101 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: hamës — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Arabic: نَهِم (nahim) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Arabic: شَرِه (šarih) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Armenian: որկրամոլ (orkramol) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Bulgarian: ненаситен (nenasiten) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Bulgarian: чревоугоднически (črevougodničeski) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Catalan: golós — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Chinese Cantonese: 為食 /为食 (wai6 sik6) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貪嘴 /贪嘴 (tānzuǐ) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暴食的 (bàoshí-de) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Chinese Mandarin: 饞 /馋 (chán) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Czech: nenasytný — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Dutch: vraatzuchtig — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Estonian: ablas — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Estonian: ahne — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Finnish: ahnas — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • French: glouton — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • French: gourmand — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • French: goulu — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Friulian: golôs — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Galician: comellón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Galician: lambón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Galician: lambaz — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Galician: galdrumeiro — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • German: gefräßig — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • German: unersättlich — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Greek: λαίμαργος (laímargos) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Ancient Greek: γαστρίμαργος (gastrímargos) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Ancient Greek: λαίμαργος (laímargos) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Ancient Greek: λίχνος (líkhnos) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδηφάγος (adēphágos) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Indonesian: lahap — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Indonesian: rakus — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Indonesian: caruk — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Japanese: 飽くなき (akunaki) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Kabuverdianu: laskadu — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Kabuverdianu: guloze — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Kabuverdianu: gulós — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Latin: edāx — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Latin: gulōsus — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Latin: lurcinābundus — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Māori: pukukai — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Māori: homanga — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Māori: honekai — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Māori: pūkino — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Portuguese: guloso — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Portuguese: glutão — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Romanian: mâncăcios — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Russian: прожо́рливый (prožórlivyj) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Russian: ненасы́тный (nenasýtnyj) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Scottish Gaelic: craosach — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Scottish Gaelic: gionach — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: glotón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: goloso — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: garoso — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: tragón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: tragantón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: comelón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: comilón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: zampón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Spanish: hartón — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Turkish: obur — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Ottoman Turkish: اوبور (obur) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Ottoman Turkish: قورساقسز (kursaksız) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Ukrainian: ненаже́рливий (nenažérlyvyj) — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Vietnamese: phàm ăn — given to excessive eating; prone to overeating
  • Albanian: hamës — greedy — see also greedy
  • Arabic: جَشِع (jašiʕ) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Armenian: անհագ (anhag) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Armenian: ագահ (agah) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Bulgarian: алчен (alčen) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Bulgarian: ненаситен (nenasiten) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Chinese Mandarin: 貪婪 /贪婪 (tānlán) — greedy — see also greedy
  • French: avide — greedy — see also greedy
  • French: vorace — greedy — see also greedy
  • French: goulu — greedy — see also greedy
  • Galician: lurco — greedy — see also greedy
  • Galician: gorxón — greedy — see also greedy
  • Galician: lanfreán — greedy — see also greedy
  • Galician: lurpio — greedy — see also greedy
  • Galician: ofegante — greedy — see also greedy
  • German: unersättlich — greedy — see also greedy
  • German: gierig — greedy — see also greedy
  • German: verfressen — greedy — see also greedy
  • Greek: λαίμαργος (laímargos) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Greek: αδηφάγος (adifágos) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Ancient Greek: ἀδηφάγος (adēphágos) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Japanese: 貪欲な (tan'yoku-na) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Kabuverdianu: laskadu — greedy — see also greedy
  • Kabuverdianu: gulós — greedy — see also greedy
  • Kabuverdianu: guloze — greedy — see also greedy
  • Māori: homanga — greedy — see also greedy
  • Portuguese: guloso — greedy — see also greedy
  • Russian: ненасы́тный (nenasýtnyj) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Russian: жа́дный (žádnyj) — greedy — see also greedy
  • Scottish Gaelic: gionach — greedy — see also greedy
  • Scottish Gaelic: sanntach — greedy — see also greedy
  • Spanish: codicioso — greedy — see also greedy
  • Spanish: ávido — greedy — see also greedy
  • Turkish: açgözlü — greedy — see also greedy
  • Turkish: obur — greedy — see also greedy