cellulite

English

Etymology

From French cellulite.

Noun

cellulite (countable and uncountable, plural cellulites)

1. The dimpled appearance of skin caused by the protrusion of subcutaneous adipose tissue.

Translations

dimpled appearance of skin

• Catalan: cel·lulitis f, pell de taronja f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 橘皮組織／橘皮组织 (júzǔzǔzhī)

• Danish: appelsinhud c
• Dutch: sinaasappelhuid f
• Finnish: selluliitti (fi)
• French: cellulite (fr) f
• Greek: κυτταρίτιδα (el) f (kyttarítida)
• Hungarian: narancsbőr (hu), cellulit (hu)
• Icelandic: appelsínuhúð
• Indonesian: selulit
• Italian: cellulite (it) f
• Polish: celulit m
• Portuguese: celulite (pt) f
• Romanian: celulită (ro) f
• Russian: целлюли́т (ru) m (celljulít)
• Spanish: celulitis (es) f

French

Etymology

From cellule +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sɛ.ly.lit/, /se.ly.lit/

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Noun

cellulite f (plural cellulites)

1. cellulite
2. cellulitis

Further reading

• “cellulite”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From cellula +‎ -ite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t͡ʃel.luˈli.te/
• Rhymes: -ite
• Hyphenation: cel‧lu‧lì‧te

Noun

cellulite f (plural celluliti)

1. cellulite
2. cellulitis

Synonyms

• liposclerosi

Derived terms

• cellulitico