cellulite

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French cellulite. By surface analysis, cellule +‎ -ite. Doublet of cellulitis. First attested in the 1960s.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.jʊ.laɪt/, /ˌ-liːt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛl.jə.laɪt/, /ˌ-lit/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛljʊlaɪt, -ɛljʊliːt
• Hyphenation: cel‧lu‧lite

Noun

cellulite (countable and uncountable, plural cellulites)

1. (pathology, informal) Skin dimpling caused by the herniation (protrusion) of subcutaneous adipose tissue (fat within connective tissue), especially on the pelvic area of women.

   Synonyms: (medical) adiposis edematosa, dermopanniculosis deformans, status protrusus cutis, gynoid lipodystrophy; (slang) orange peel syndrome

Derived terms

• anticellulite
• cellulitic

Related terms

• cellulitis

Translations

dimpled skin

• Afrikaans: selluliet
• Catalan: cel·lulitis (ca) f, pell de taronja f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橘皮組織 / 橘皮组织 (júzǔzǔzhī)

• Danish: appelsinhud c
• Dutch: sinaasappelhuid f
• Finnish: selluliitti (fi)
• French: cellulite (fr) f
• Greek: κυτταρίτιδα (el) f (kyttarítida)
• Hungarian: narancsbőr (hu), cellulit (hu)
• Icelandic: appelsínuhúð
• Indonesian: selulit
• Italian: cellulite (it) f
• Japanese: セルライト (seruraito)
• Polish: cellulit (pl) m inan, cellulitis (pl) m inan, skórka pomarańczowa (pl) f
• Portuguese: celulite (pt) f
• Romanian: celulită (ro) f
• Russian: целлюли́т (ru) m (celljulít)
• Spanish: celulitis (es) f, grasa celulítica f
• Turkish: selülit (tr)

Further reading

• “cellulite”, in Cambridge English Dictionary, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire: Cambridge University Press, 1999–present.
• “cellulite”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• “cellulite”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
• “cellulite”, in Merriam-Webster.com Online Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: Merriam-Webster, 1996–present.
• “cellulite”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• “cellulite, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.

French

Etymology

From cellule +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.ly.lit/ ~ /se.ly.lit/

• Audio (France (Lyon)):

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Noun

cellulite f (plural cellulites)

1. (pathology) cellulite
2. (pathology) cellulitis

Further reading

• “cellulite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Italian

Etymology

From cellula +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃel.luˈli.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: cel‧lu‧lì‧te

Noun

cellulite f (plural celluliti)

1. (pathology) cellulite
2. (pathology) cellulitis

Synonyms

• liposclerosi

Derived terms

• cellulitico