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low-fat

adj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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adj

Meaning 1

Not having a high number of calories from fat or great amount of fats, especially an alternate variety of food designed to have lower calories, dietetic.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Qualifier: nutrition

Examples

  • a low-fat diet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: skinny

Antonyms: none provided

History

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Across languages

Translations

17 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: قليل الدسم (galīl ad-dasam) — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Czech: nízkotučný — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Dutch: vetarm — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Dutch: mager — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Finnish: vähärasvainen — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Galician: magro — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • German: fettarm — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Greek: με χαμηλά λιπαρά (me chamilá lipará) — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Greek: χαμηλών λιπαρών (chamilón liparón) — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Hungarian: alacsony zsírtartalmú — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Hungarian: sovány — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Hungarian: zsírszegény — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Japanese: 低脂肪 (teishibō) — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Korean: 저지방 (jeojibang) — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Norwegian Bokmål: fettfattig — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Polish: niskotłuszczowy — not having a high number of calories from fat
  • Slovak: nízkotukový — not having a high number of calories from fat
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