diabetes
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
Noun
diabetes (uncountable)
- 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.
- Diabetes insipidus, a condition characterized by excessive thirst and excretion of large amounts of severely diluted urine.
- (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
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Translations
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Anagrams
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
Noun
diabetes m (uncountable)
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Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdiɑbeːtːes/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌbe̞ːt̪ːe̞s̠] (usually)
- IPA(key): /ˈdiɑbetes/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌbe̞t̪e̞s̠] (spelling pronunciation)
- Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes
Noun
diabetes
Declension
Inflection of diabetes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) | ||||
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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. |
Synonyms
- sokeritauti (ambiguous)
- nuoruusiän diabetes (type I)
- aikuisdiabetes (type II)
Derived terms
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).
Pronunciation
Noun
diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)
- diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)
Synonyms
References
“diabetes” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).
Pronunciation
Noun
diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)
- diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)
Synonyms
References
“diabetes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Noun
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- 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.
Spanish
Pronunciation
Noun
diabetes f (plural diabetes)
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- English uncountable nouns
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- en:Diseases
- Dutch terms derived from Latin
- Dutch terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Dutch terms with IPA pronunciation
- Dutch terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Dutch/eːtəs
- Dutch lemmas
- Dutch nouns
- Dutch uncountable nouns
- Dutch masculine nouns
- Finnish 4-syllable words
- Finnish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Finnish lemmas
- Finnish nouns
- Finnish vastaus-type nominals
- Norwegian Bokmål terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Norwegian Bokmål lemmas
- Norwegian Bokmål nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål masculine nouns
- Norwegian Bokmål uncountable nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk terms derived from Ancient Greek
- Norwegian Nynorsk lemmas
- Norwegian Nynorsk nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk masculine nouns
- Norwegian Nynorsk uncountable nouns
- Spanish 3-syllable words
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- es:Diseases