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/

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

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Derived terms

Translations
diabetes insipidus — see diabetes insipidus
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Dutch

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
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes

Noun

diabetes m (uncountable)

  1. diabetes

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɑbeːtːes/, [ˈdiɑbe̞ːt̪ːe̞s̠] (usually)
  • IPA(key): /ˈdiɑbetes/, [ˈdiɑbe̞t̪e̞s̠] (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
instructive — diabeteksin
abessive diabeteksetta diabeteksitta
comitative — diabeteksineen

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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.

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.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

Noun

diabetes m or f (in variation) (uncountable)

  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.

Spanish

Noun

diabetes f (plural diabetes)

  1. diabetes
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