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corpulent

/ˈkɔːpjələnt/US/ˈkoɹpjəlɪnt/

corpulent adjective: large in body; fat; overweight.

Adjective

corpulent (comparative more corpulent, superlative most corpulent)

  1. Large in body; fat; overweight.
    • corpulent person
  2. (obsolete) Physical, material, corporeal.

corpulent meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

corpulent in Hindi

large in body; fat
मोटा moṭā

corpulent in Tamil

கொழுத்த, பருத்த, பெருத்த

corpulent in Urdu

large in body; fat
موٹا moṭā

corpulent in Bengali

large in body; fat
মোটা mōṭa
More languagesFewer languages
corpulent in Malayalam
തടിച്ച, മാംസളമായ, വണ്ണമുള്ള
corpulent in Kannada
ತೋರ, ಕೊಬ್ಬಿದ, ದಪ್ಪ, ಬೊಜ್ಜಿನ
corpulent in Gujarati
અદોદળું adodaḷũ, માતેલું mātelũ

Forms of corpulent

comparativemore corpulent
superlativemost corpulent

Origin of corpulent

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

Words formed from corpulent

Questions about corpulent

What does corpulent mean?
Corpulent means large in body; fat; overweight.
What is corpulent in Hindi?
Corpulent in Hindi is मोटा (moṭā). See Corpulent meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is corpulent?
Corpulent is an adjective.
How do you pronounce corpulent?
Corpulent is pronounced /ˈkɔːpjələnt/ (UK).

Words near corpulent in the dictionary

  1. corpulence
  2. corpulence index
  3. corpulences
  4. corpulencies
  5. corpulency
  6. corpulent
  7. corpulently
  8. corpulentness
  9. corpus
  10. corpus allatum
  11. corpus calloscotomy

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Adapted from Wiktionary: corpulent (page history and authors); corpulent (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corpulent (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); corpulent (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); અદોદળું (Gujarati) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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