diabète
See also: diabete
French
Pronunciation
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Noun
diabète m (plural diabètes)
Related terms
Further reading
- “diabète”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”), a form of διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”); this refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.
Noun
diabète f (plural diabètes)