diabetes

See also: Diabetes and diabètes

English

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/, /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs/

• Audio (AU):

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Noun

diabetes (uncountable)

1. A group of metabolic diseases whereby a person (or other animal) has high blood sugar due to an inability to produce, or inability to metabolize, sufficient quantities of the hormone insulin.
2. Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.
3. (slang, humorous) Any food or beverage with a high amount of sugar.
   • 2017 August 6, “The craziest things you have to eat in New York City”, in Silver Stories‎^[1]:

     This milkshake is pure diabetes, as my friends and I agreed on as a joke when we first came to Black Tap.

Synonyms

• (group of metabolic diseases): diabetes mellitus, DM, diabeetus (humorous)

Hyponyms

• (group of metabolic diseases): IDDM, juvenile diabetes, NIDDM

Derived terms

• diabesity
• diabetes mellitus
• diabetes insipidus
• type 1 diabetes
• type 2 diabetes
• type 3 diabetes

Related terms

• diabetic

Translations

A group of metabolic diseases

• Arabic: السَّكَّرِيّ m (as-sakkariyy)
• Armenian: դիաբետ (hy) (diabet), շաքարախտ (hy) (šakʻaraxt)
• Belarusian: дыябе́т m (dyjabjét)
• Bulgarian: диабе́т m (diabét)
• Catalan: diabetis f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 糖尿病 (tong⁴ niu⁶ beng⁶)

  Mandarin: 糖尿病 (zh) (tángniàobìng)

• Cornish: kleves melys m
• Czech: cukrovka (cs) f
• Danish: sukkersyge (da), diabetes (da)
• Dutch: diabetes (nl) m, suikerziekte (nl)
• Esperanto: diabeto
• Estonian: suhkurtõbi
• Finnish: diabetes (fi), sokeritauti (fi)
• French: diabète (fr) m
• Galician: diabete (gl) f
• Georgian: დიაბეტი (diabeṭi)
• German: Diabetes (de) m, Zuckerkrankheit f, (colloquial) Zucker (de) m
• Greek: διαβήτης (el) m (diavítis), ζάχαρο (el) n (zácharo)

  Ancient: δίψακος m (dípsakos)

• Gujarati: મધુપ્રમેહ (madhuprameh)
• Hausa: ciwon sukari (ha)
• Hebrew: סוכרת / סֻכֶּרֶת (he) f (sukéret)
• Hindi: मधुमेह (hi) (madhumeh)
• Indonesian: kencing manis (id), diabetes (id)
• Italian: diabete (it) m
• Japanese: 糖尿病 (とうにょうびょう, tōnyōbyō)
• Korean: 당뇨병 (ko) (dangnyobyeong) (糖尿病 (ko))
• Kurdish:
• Lao: ໂລກເບົາຫວານ (lōk bao wān), ໂຣກເບົາຫວານ (rōk bao wān), ເບົາຫວານ (bao wān)
• Maori: mate hukatoto, mate huka
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Mongolian: чихрийн шижин (čixriin šižin), чихрийн өвчин (čixriin övčin)
• Navajo: atsʼíístah áshįįh łikan nanitʼąʼ silį́į́ʼ
• Norman: diabète f, maladie d'chucre f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: diabetes (no) m, sukkersyke m

  Nynorsk: diabetes m, sukkersjuke m or f

• Occitan: diabèta f
• Ojibwe: ziinzibaakwadowaapinewin
• Persian: مرض قند (fa) (maraz-e qand), بیماری قند (bimâri-ye qand), دیابت (fa) (diyâbet)
• Polish: cukrzyca (pl) f
• Portuguese: diabetes (pt) m or f, diabete (pt) m or f
• Romanian: diabet (ro)
• Russian: диабе́т (ru) m (diabét)
• Sanskrit: मधुमेह (sa) (madhumeha)
• Scottish Gaelic: tinneas an t-siùcair m, galar-fuail m, ruith-fhuail f
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: дијабетес m

  Roman: dijabetes (sh) m

• Slovak: cukrovka (sk) f
• Slovene: sladkorna bolezen (sl) f
• Spanish: diabetes f
• Swahili: kisukari (sw)
• Swedish: diabetes (sv)
• Tagalog: pag-ihi ng matamis
• Thai: เบาหวาน (th) (bao-wǎan)
• Turkish: diyabet (tr), şeker hastalığı (tr)
• Ukrainian: діабе́т m (diabét)
• Vietnamese: đái tháo đường, tiểu đường
• Volapük: diabet
• Welsh: dibetes m, clefyd siwgr m

diabetes insipidus — see diabetes insipidus

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• German: ^{(please verify)} Diabetes (de) f, ^{(please verify)} Zuckerkrankheit f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Icelandic: ^{(please verify)} sykursýki f

Anagrams

• beadiest

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin diabetes mellitus, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌdi.aːˈbeː.təs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes
• Rhymes: -eːtəs

Noun

diabetes m (uncountable)

1. diabetes

Related terms

• diabeet
• diabetisch

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɑbeːtːes/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌbe̞ːt̪ːe̞s̠] (usually)
• IPA^(key): /ˈdiɑbetes/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌbe̞t̪e̞s̠] (spelling pronunciation)
• Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes

Noun

diabetes

1. diabetes (type I)
2. diabetes (type II)

Declension

Inflection of diabetes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)
nominative		diabetes	diabetekset
genitive		diabeteksen	diabetesten diabeteksien
partitive		diabetesta	diabeteksia
illative		diabetekseen	diabeteksiin
		singular	plural
nominative		diabetes	diabetekset
accusative	nom.	diabetes	diabetekset
	gen.	diabeteksen
genitive		diabeteksen	diabetesten diabeteksien
partitive		diabetesta	diabeteksia
inessive		diabeteksessa	diabeteksissa
elative		diabeteksesta	diabeteksista
illative		diabetekseen	diabeteksiin
adessive		diabeteksella	diabeteksilla
ablative		diabetekselta	diabeteksilta
allative		diabetekselle	diabeteksille
essive		diabeteksena	diabeteksina
translative		diabetekseksi	diabeteksiksi
abessive		diabeteksetta	diabeteksitta
instructive		—	diabeteksin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of diabetes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diabetekseni diabetekseni accusative nom. diabetekseni diabetekseni gen. diabetekseni genitive diabetekseni diabetesteni diabeteksieni partitive diabetestani diabeteksiani inessive diabeteksessani diabeteksissani elative diabeteksestani diabeteksistani illative diabetekseeni diabeteksiini adessive diabeteksellani diabeteksillani ablative diabetekseltani diabeteksiltani allative diabetekselleni diabeteksilleni essive diabeteksenani diabeteksinani translative diabeteksekseni diabeteksikseni abessive diabeteksettani diabeteksittani instructive — — comitative — diabeteksineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative diabeteksesi diabeteksesi accusative nom. diabeteksesi diabeteksesi gen. diabeteksesi genitive diabeteksesi diabetestesi diabeteksiesi partitive diabetestasi diabeteksiasi inessive diabeteksessasi diabeteksissasi elative diabeteksestasi diabeteksistasi illative diabetekseesi diabeteksiisi adessive diabeteksellasi diabeteksillasi ablative diabetekseltasi diabeteksiltasi allative diabeteksellesi diabeteksillesi essive diabeteksenasi diabeteksinasi translative diabetekseksesi diabeteksiksesi abessive diabeteksettasi diabeteksittasi instructive — — comitative — diabeteksinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diabeteksemme diabeteksemme accusative nom. diabeteksemme diabeteksemme gen. diabeteksemme genitive diabeteksemme diabetestemme diabeteksiemme partitive diabetestamme diabeteksiamme inessive diabeteksessamme diabeteksissamme elative diabeteksestamme diabeteksistamme illative diabetekseemme diabeteksiimme adessive diabeteksellamme diabeteksillamme ablative diabetekseltamme diabeteksiltamme allative diabeteksellemme diabeteksillemme essive diabeteksenamme diabeteksinamme translative diabetekseksemme diabeteksiksemme abessive diabeteksettamme diabeteksittamme instructive — — comitative — diabeteksinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative diabeteksenne diabeteksenne accusative nom. diabeteksenne diabeteksenne gen. diabeteksenne genitive diabeteksenne diabetestenne diabeteksienne partitive diabetestanne diabeteksianne inessive diabeteksessanne diabeteksissanne elative diabeteksestanne diabeteksistanne illative diabetekseenne diabeteksiinne adessive diabeteksellanne diabeteksillanne ablative diabetekseltanne diabeteksiltanne allative diabeteksellenne diabeteksillenne essive diabeteksenanne diabeteksinanne translative diabetekseksenne diabeteksiksenne abessive diabeteksettanne diabeteksittanne instructive — — comitative — diabeteksinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative diabeteksensa diabeteksensa accusative nom. diabeteksensa diabeteksensa gen. diabeteksensa genitive diabeteksensa diabetestensa diabeteksiensa partitive diabetestaan diabetestansa diabeteksiaan diabeteksiansa inessive diabeteksessaan diabeteksessansa diabeteksissaan diabeteksissansa elative diabeteksestaan diabeteksestansa diabeteksistaan diabeteksistansa illative diabetekseensa diabeteksiinsa adessive diabeteksellaan diabeteksellansa diabeteksillaan diabeteksillansa ablative diabetekseltaan diabetekseltansa diabeteksiltaan diabeteksiltansa allative diabetekselleen diabeteksellensa diabeteksilleen diabeteksillensa essive diabeteksenaan diabeteksenansa diabeteksinaan diabeteksinansa translative diabeteksekseen diabetekseksensa diabeteksikseen diabeteksiksensa abessive diabeteksettaan diabeteksettansa diabeteksittaan diabeteksittansa instructive — — comitative — diabeteksineen diabeteksinensa

Synonyms

• sokeritauti (ambiguous)
• nuoruusiän diabetes (type I)
• aikuisdiabetes (type II)

Derived terms

• diabeetikko

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.a.be.tes/, [dɪ.ɑ.ˈbeː.teːs]

Noun

diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)

1. diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)

Synonyms

• sukkersyke

References

“diabetes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.a.beː.teːs/, [dɪ.ɑ.ˈbeː.teːs]

Noun

diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)

1. diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)

Synonyms

• sukkersjuke

References

“diabetes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• diabete

Noun

1. diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)

Usage notes

• The gender of this Portuguese noun varies from speaker to speaker. Some use it as a masculine noun and others as a feminine noun.

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /djaˈbetes/ [d̪jaˈβ̞e.t̪es]

Noun

diabetes f (plural diabetes)

1. diabetes

Related terms

• diabético