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satiety

noun · 2 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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  • /səˈtaɪ̯ɪti/ without t-flapping
  • [səˈthaɪ̯ɪthɪi̯] without t-flapping
  • /səˈtaɪ̯ɪɾi/ t-flapping
  • [səˈthaɪ̯ɪɾɪi̯] t-flapping
  • /səˈtaɪ̯əti/ without t-flapping
  • [səˈthaɪ̯əthɪi̯] without t-flapping
  • /səˈtaɪ̯əɾi/ t-flapping
  • [səˈthaɪ̯əɾɪi̯] t-flapping
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  • rhymes with -aɪɪti
  • rhymes with -aɪəti
  • CMU ARPABET: S AA0 T AY1 AH0 T IY2 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The state of being satiated.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

Examples

  • Eating half of that loaf of bread has left me in a state of utter satiety.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

the state of being satisfactorily full and unable to take on more

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: repletion, satiation

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fullness

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas.

Across languages

Translations

37 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: شَبَع (šabaʕ) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Bulgarian: насита (nasita) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Bulgarian: насищане (nasištane) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Catalan: sacietat — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Chinese Mandarin: 飽腹感 /饱腹感 (bǎofùgǎn) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Czech: sytost — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Czech: nasycenost — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Danish: mæthed — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Dutch: verzadiging — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Finnish: kylläisyys — state of being perfectly satiated
  • French: satiété — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Galician: saciedade — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Galician: fartura — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Georgian: სიმაძღრე (simaʒɣre) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • German: Sattheit — state of being perfectly satiated
  • German: Sättigung — state of being perfectly satiated
  • German: Befriedigung — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Greek: κορεσμός (koresmós) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Ancient Greek: κόρος (kóros) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Hebrew: שֹׂבַע (sóva) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Hebrew: שׇׂבְעָה (sov'á) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Interlingua: satietate — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Italian: sazietà — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Latin: satietas — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Maltese: xebgħa — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Manx: sonnys — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Polish: sytość — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Polish: najedzenie — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Portuguese: saciedade — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Punjabi: ਰੱਜ (rajja) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Romanian: sațietate — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Russian: сы́тость (sýtostʹ) — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Spanish: saciedad — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Tocharian B: soylñe — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Turkish: tokluk — state of being perfectly satiated
  • Welsh: syrffed — state of being perfectly satiated
  • ǃXóõ: da̰m — state of being perfectly satiated