corpulent

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UK/ˈkɔːpjələnt/UK/ˈkɔːpjʊlənt/US/ˈkoɹpjəlɪnt/

adjective

Large in body; fat; overweight.

“corpulent person”

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obeseweightyrotundfat
OriginMiddle English corpulent ← Old French corpulent ← Latin corpulentus →
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Meanings

adjectivecorpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent)

comparative more corpulent · superlative most corpulent

  1. Large in body; fat; overweight.

    corpulent person

  2. obsoletePhysical, material, corporeal.

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveexcessively fat

Similar
obeseweightyrotundfat
Also see
fatfleshyfull-figuredobeserotundstoutthicksetweighty

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Latincorpulentus
  2. Old Frenchcorpulent
  3. Middle Englishcorpulent
  4. Englishcorpulent

From Middle English corpulent, from Old French corpulent, from Latin corpulentus.

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Translations

Bengali মোটা
  • মোটা (mōṭa)large in body; fat
Bulgarian пълен, тлъст
  • пълен (pălen)large in body; fat
  • тлъст (tlăst)large in body; fat
  • месест (mesest)large in body; fat
Chinese Mandarin 胖, 肥胖
  • 胖 (pàng)large in body; fat
  • 肥胖 (féipàng)large in body; fat
Esperanto korpulenta
  • korpulentalarge in body; fat
French corpulent
  • corpulentlarge in body; fat
German korpulent, beleibt
  • korpulentlarge in body; fat
  • beleibtlarge in body; fat
Greek παχύσαρκος
  • παχύσαρκος (pachýsarkos)large in body; fat
Hindi मोटा
  • मोटा (moṭā)large in body; fat
Hungarian korpulens
  • korpulenslarge in body; fat
Icelandic feitur, feitlaginn
  • feiturlarge in body; fat
  • feitlaginnlarge in body; fat
Japanese 肥満
  • 肥満 (himan)large in body; fat
Latin corpulentus, obesus
  • corpulentuslarge in body; fat
  • obesuslarge in body; fat
Polish korpulentny
  • korpulentnylarge in body; fat
Portuguese corpulento
  • corpulentolarge in body; fat
Romanian corpolent
  • corpolentlarge in body; fat
Russian по́лный, ту́чный
  • по́лный (pólnyj)large in body; fat
  • ту́чный (túčnyj)large in body; fat
  • доро́дный (doródnyj)large in body; fat
  • жи́рный (žírnyj)large in body; fat
  • то́лстый (tólstyj)large in body; fat
  • корпуле́нтный (korpuléntnyj)large in body; fat
Spanish corpulento
  • corpulentolarge in body; fat
Turkish semiz, etli butlu
  • semizlarge in body; fat
  • etli butlularge in body; fat
  • şişmanlarge in body; fat
  • besililarge in body; fat
  • yağlılarge in body; fat
  • etlilarge in body; fat
  • dolgunlarge in body; fat
  • balıketlilarge in body; fat
  • etine dolgunlarge in body; fat
Urdu موٹا
  • موٹا (moṭā)large in body; fat
Cite this entry
APA

corpulent. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpulent

MLA

“corpulent.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpulent. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “corpulent,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/corpulent.

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