"cellulite" meaning in English

See cellulite in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛl.jʊ.laɪt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌ-liːt/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈsɛl.jə.laɪt/ [General-American], /ˌ-lit/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-cellulite.wav Forms: cellulites [plural]
Rhymes: -ɛljʊlaɪt, -ɛljʊliːt Etymology: Borrowed from French cellulite. By surface analysis, cellule + -ite. Doublet of cellulitis. First attested in the 1960s. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|cellulite}} Borrowed from French cellulite, {{surf|en|cellule|-ite}} By surface analysis, cellule + -ite, {{doublet|en|cellulitis}} Doublet of cellulitis, {{etydate|1960s}} First attested in the 1960s Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} cellulite (countable and uncountable, plural cellulites)
  1. (pathology, informal) Skin dimpling caused by the herniation (protrusion) of subcutaneous adipose tissue (fat within connective tissue), especially on the pelvic area of women. Tags: countable, informal, uncountable Synonyms: adiposis edematosa, dermopanniculosis deformans, status protrusus cutis, gynoid lipodystrophy, ;, orange peel syndrome Derived forms: anticellulite, cellulitic Related terms: cellulitis Translations (dimpled skin): cel·lulitis [feminine] (Catalan), pell de taronja [feminine] (Catalan), 橘皮組織 /橘皮组织 (júzǔzǔzhī) (Chinese Mandarin), appelsinhud [common-gender] (Danish), sinaasappelhuid [feminine] (Dutch), selluliitti (Finnish), cellulite [feminine] (French), κυτταρίτιδα (kyttarítida) [feminine] (Greek), narancsbőr (Hungarian), cellulit (Hungarian), appelsínuhúð (Icelandic), selulit (Indonesian), cellulite [feminine] (Italian), celulit [masculine] (Polish), celulite [feminine] (Portuguese), celulită [feminine] (Romanian), целлюли́т (celljulít) [masculine] (Russian), celulitis [feminine] (Spanish), grasa celulítica [feminine] (Spanish)

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      "word": "celulit"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "dimpled skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "celulite"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "lang_code": "ro",
      "sense": "dimpled skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "celulită"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "celljulít",
      "sense": "dimpled skin",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "целлюли́т"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "dimpled skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "celulitis"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "dimpled skin",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "grasa celulítica"
    }
  ],
  "word": "cellulite"
}

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