Fatness — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

excess bodily weight

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/fˈætnəs/

🇬🇧British English

/fˈatnəs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/fˈatnəs/

2 syllables Say it as /fˈætnəs/.

Examples

she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

blubber fat avoirdupois

Antonyms

leanness

Parts of Speech

noun	excess bodily weight “she disliked fatness in herself as well as in others”

Word Forms

fat	adjective	having an (over)abundance of flesh
fat	verb	make fat or plump
blubbery	adjective	swollen with fat

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

Fettigkeit

Übergewicht des Körpers

🇫🇷French

embonpoint

excès de poids corporel

🇪🇸Spanish

gordura

exceso de peso corporal

🇮🇹Italian

grassezza

eccesso di peso corporeo

🇳🇱Dutch

vetheid

overgewicht

🇵🇹Portuguese

gordura

excesso de peso corporal

🇷🇺Russian

упитанность

лишний вес тела

India

🇮🇳Hindi

मोटापा

अतिरिक्त शारीरिक वजन

🇧🇩Bengali

চর্বি

অতিরিক্ত শারীরিক ওজন

🇮🇳Tamil

பருமன்

அதிக உடல் எடை

🇮🇳Telugu

లావు

అదనపు శరీర బరువు

🇮🇳Marathi

लठ्ठपणा

जास्त शारीरिक वजन

🇮🇳Gujarati

જાડાપણું

અધિક શારીરિક વજન

🇮🇳Kannada

ಕೊಬ್ಬು

ಹೆಚ್ಚುವರಿ ದೇಹದ ತೂಕ

🇮🇳Malayalam

കൊഴുപ്പ്

അധിക ശരീരഭാരം

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਮੋਟਾਪਾ

ਵਾਧੂ ਸਰੀਰਕ ਭਾਰ

🇵🇰Urdu

موٹاپا

اضافی جسمانی وزن

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

肥胖

体重超标

🇯🇵Japanese

肥満

過剰な体重

🇰🇷Korean

비만

초과 체중

🇻🇳Vietnamese

béo phì

trọng lượng cơ thể dư thừa

🇹🇭Thai

ความอ้วน

น้ำหนักตัวส่วนเกิน

🇮🇩Indonesian

kegemukan

berat badan berlebih

🇵🇭Filipino

katabaan

labis na timbang sa katawan

🇲🇾Malay

kegemukan

berat badan berlebihan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

السمنة

الوزن الزائد في الجسم

🇮🇷Persian

چاق بودن

اضافه وزن بدن

🇹🇷Turkish

şişmanlık

aşırı vücut ağırlığı

🇮🇱Hebrew

שׁוּמָן

משקל גוף עודף

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The primary meaning of 'fatness' is 'excess bodily weight'.

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