Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

obesity

/oʊˈbisɪti/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.81 in modern English

Syllables: obes-i-ty
IPA: /oʊˈbisɪti/

12

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being obese.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"The fowls, ducks, and goats all looked fat and thriving on the refuse food of a dense population, and the Chinamen's pigs were in a state of obesity that foreboded early death."
"While the majority of individuals with severe obesity are able to maintain eucapnia, a significant minority will develop obesity hypoventilation syndrome (OHS), characterized by alveolar hypoventilation (PaCO 2 > 45 mmHg) unexplained by other disorders."

Etymology

From French obésité, from Latin obēsitās, from obēsus (“fat”). By surface analysis, obese + -ity.

Origin

Source language: French

Word Breakdown

Root: *h₁ed-, obésité, obēsitās

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /oʊˈbisɪti/
British English: /ə(ʊ)ˈbiːsɪti/

Usage

Inflected Forms

obesities (plural)

Derived Forms

antiobesity autobesity diabesity globesity hyperobesity infobesity nonobesity preobesity superobesity

Phrases

energy obesity morbid obesity obesity hypoventilation syndrome

Synonyms

fleshiness corpulency

Questions

How do you pronounce obesity?: The recorded pronunciation is /oʊˈbisɪti/.
What does obesity mean?: The state of being obese.
Where does obesity come from?: It is traced to French.

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