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Pronunciation / Transliteration: corpulent
"Il était devenu un homme corpulent avec l'âge."
Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
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(Of a person) fat; having a large, bulky body.
"The corpulent gentleman settled heavily into the armchair."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Late Middle English: from Latin corpulentus, from corpus 'body'.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "corpulent" is said worldwide
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corpulent
Transliteration: corpulent
"Il était devenu un homme corpulent avec l'âge."
korpulent
Transliteration: korpulent
"Der korpulente Mann atmete schwer nach dem Treppensteigen."
corpulento
Transliteration: corpulento
"Era un uomo corpulento dalla voce profonda."
corpulento
Transliteration: corpulento
"El hombre corpulentó cruzó la habitación con dificultad."
corpulento
Transliteration: corpulento
"O senhor corpulento vestia um terno escuro."
मोटा
Transliteration: mota
"वह एक मोटा और खुशमिजाज व्यक्ति था।"
肥胖的
Transliteration: féipàng de
"那个肥胖的商人正坐在桌子旁。"
비만한
Transliteration: bimhanan
"그 비만한 남자는 소파에 깊숙이 앉았다."
肥満した
Transliteration: himan shita
"彼は少し肥満した体格をしていた。"
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