"debility" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

IPA: /dɪˈbɪlɪti/ [UK] Forms: debilities [plural]
Rhymes: -ɪlɪti Etymology: From Middle English debylite, from Old French debilité (French débilité), from Latin dēbilitās (“weakness”), from dēbilis (“weak”), from dē- + habilis (“able”). Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|debylite}} Middle English debylite, {{der|en|fro|debilité}} Old French debilité, {{der|en|la|dēbilitās||weakness}} Latin dēbilitās (“weakness”) Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} debility (countable and uncountable, plural debilities)
  1. A state of physical or mental weakness. Tags: countable, uncountable Related terms: debile, debilitate, debilitation Translations (state of weakness): безсилие (bezsilie) (Bulgarian), немощ (nemošt) (Bulgarian), débilité [feminine] (French), fatigue [feminine] (French), laige [feminine] (Irish), 衰弱 (suijaku) (Japanese), infirmitas [feminine] (Latin), debilitas [feminine] (Latin), درمانسزلق (dermansızlık) (Ottoman Turkish), ضعیفلق (zaʼiflık) (Ottoman Turkish), عجز ('ajz) (Persian), ناتوانی (nâtavâni) (Persian), debilidade [feminine] (Portuguese), сла́бость (slábostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), бесси́лие (bessílije) [neuter] (Russian), не́мощь (némoščʹ) [feminine] (Russian), деграда́ция (degradácija) [feminine] (Russian), debilidad [feminine] (Spanish), сла́бкість (slábkistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), сла́бість (slábistʹ) [feminine] (Ukrainian), безси́лля (bezsýllja) [neuter] (Ukrainian)

Inflected forms

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