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gluttony

noun · 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.

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Pronunciation

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  • /ˈɡlʌ.tən.i/
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1

noun

Meaning 1

The vice of eating to excess.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: overeating, gula

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: mortal sin, deadly sin

3

noun

Meaning 3

habitual eating to excess

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: intemperance

Narrower terms: greediness, hoggishness, piggishness, edacity, esurience, rapaciousness, rapacity, voracity, voraciousness

History

Etymology

From Old French glutonie, from gloton + -ie, from Latin glutio, equivalent to glutton + -y.

Across languages

Translations

94 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: نَهَم (naham) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Arabic: شَرَه (šarah) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Arabic: شَرَاهَة (šarāha) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Arabic: بِطْنَة (biṭna) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Armenian: որկրամոլություն (orkramolutʻyun) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Armenian: շատակերություն (šatakerutʻyun) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Belarusian: абжо́рства (abžórstva) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Bulgarian: лакоми́я (lakomíja) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Bulgarian: ненаси́тност (nenasítnost) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Bulgarian: чревоуго́дие (črevougódie) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Catalan: gola — the vice of eating to excess
  • Cebuano: kahakog — the vice of eating to excess
  • Chinese Mandarin: 暴食 (bàoshí) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Czech: obžerství — the vice of eating to excess
  • Czech: nenasytnost — the vice of eating to excess
  • Danish: fråseri — the vice of eating to excess
  • Dutch: vraatzucht — the vice of eating to excess
  • Dutch: gulzigheid — the vice of eating to excess
  • Esperanto: glutemeco — the vice of eating to excess
  • Estonian: aplus — the vice of eating to excess
  • Estonian: ahnus — the vice of eating to excess
  • Finnish: ylensyönti — the vice of eating to excess
  • Finnish: mässäily — the vice of eating to excess
  • Finnish: vatsanpalvonta — the vice of eating to excess
  • French: gourmandise — the vice of eating to excess
  • French: gloutonnerie — the vice of eating to excess
  • Galician: gargantoice — the vice of eating to excess
  • Galician: lurpiña — the vice of eating to excess
  • Georgian: ნაყროვნება (naq̇rovneba) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Georgian: მსუნაგობა (msunagoba) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Georgian: გაუმაძღრობა (gaumaʒɣroba) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Georgian: ღორმუცელობა (ɣormuceloba) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Georgian: სიწუწკე (sic̣uc̣ḳe) — the vice of eating to excess
  • German: Völlerei — the vice of eating to excess
  • German: Fresssucht — the vice of eating to excess
  • German: Gefräßigkeit — the vice of eating to excess
  • Greek: λαιμαργία (laimargía) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Ancient Greek: γαστριμαργία (gastrimargía) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Ancient Greek: λαιμαργία (laimargía) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Hungarian: torkosság — the vice of eating to excess
  • Hungarian: falánkság — the vice of eating to excess
  • Ilocano: buklaw — the vice of eating to excess
  • Irish: craos — the vice of eating to excess
  • Italian: gola — the vice of eating to excess
  • Italian: ghiottoneria — the vice of eating to excess
  • Italian: ingordigia — the vice of eating to excess
  • Japanese: 暴食 (bōshoku) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Japanese: 健啖 (kentan) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Japanese: 大食い (ōgui) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Kazakh: жемқорлық (jemqorlyq) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Korean: 대식 (daesik) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Korean: 폭식 (poksik) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Korean: 건담하다 (geondamhada) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Latin: gula — the vice of eating to excess
  • Macedonian: ненаситност (nenasitnost) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Nahuatl: xixicuiyotl — the vice of eating to excess
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fråtseri — the vice of eating to excess
  • Old Tupi: mba'e'ueteeté — the vice of eating to excess
  • Persian: پرخوری (porxori) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Persian: ژرد (žard) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Polish: obżarstwo — the vice of eating to excess
  • Polish: łakomstwo — the vice of eating to excess
  • Polish: żarłoczność — the vice of eating to excess
  • Portuguese: gula — the vice of eating to excess
  • Portuguese: gulodice — the vice of eating to excess
  • Portuguese: gulosice — the vice of eating to excess
  • Romanian: voracitate — the vice of eating to excess
  • Romanian: lăcomie — the vice of eating to excess
  • Russian: чревоуго́дие (črevougódije) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Russian: обжо́рство (obžórstvo) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Russian: прожо́рливость (prožórlivostʹ) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Scottish Gaelic: craos — the vice of eating to excess
  • Serbo-Croatian: proždrljivost — the vice of eating to excess
  • Serbo-Croatian: prežderavanje — the vice of eating to excess
  • Serbo-Croatian: neumjerenost (u jelu) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Serbo-Croatian: neumerenost — the vice of eating to excess
  • Serbo-Croatian: crevougodstvo — the vice of eating to excess
  • Slovak: obžerstvo — the vice of eating to excess
  • Slovak: nenajedenosť — the vice of eating to excess
  • Slovak: nenásytnosť — the vice of eating to excess
  • Slovene: požrešnost — the vice of eating to excess
  • Slovene: nenasitnost — the vice of eating to excess
  • Slovene: lakomnost — the vice of eating to excess
  • Spanish: gula — the vice of eating to excess
  • Spanish: glotonería — the vice of eating to excess
  • Swahili: ulafi — the vice of eating to excess
  • Swedish: frosseri — the vice of eating to excess
  • Tagalog: katakawan — the vice of eating to excess
  • Thai: ตะกละ (dtà-glà) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Turkish: oburluk — the vice of eating to excess
  • Ukrainian: обже́рливість (obžérlyvistʹ) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Ukrainian: ненаже́рливість (nenažérlyvistʹ) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Ukrainian: обже́рство (obžérstvo) — the vice of eating to excess
  • Welsh: glythineb — the vice of eating to excess
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