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steatopygia

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

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1

noun

Meaning 1

An excessive accumulation of fat on the buttocks.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an extreme accumulation of fat on the buttocks

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: fatness, fat, blubber, avoirdupois

History

Etymology

Etymology tree English steato- English pygo- Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -iader. English -ia English steatopygia From steato- + pygo- + -ia.

Across languages

Translations

14 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Finnish: rasvapakaraisuus — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Finnish: steatopygia — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • French: stéatopygie — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • German: Steatopygie — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • German: Fettsteiß — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • German: Hottentottenarsch — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Greek: στεατοπυγία (steatopygía) — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Italian: steatopigia — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Polish: steatopygia — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Romanian: steatopigie — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Russian: стеатопиги́я (steatopigíja) — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Russian: толстоза́дость (tolstozádostʹ) — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Serbo-Croatian: steatopìgija — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks
  • Swedish: steatopygi — the presence of excessive amount of fat in the buttocks