# diabetes
## English
### Etymology

From Latin diabētēs (“siphon”), from Ancient Greek διαβήτης (diabḗtēs), from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”).

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtiːz/, /ˌdaɪəˈbiːtɪs/
* (US, Canada) IPA: /ˌdaɪəˈbitiz/, [ˌdaɪəˈbiɾiz], /ˌdaɪəˈbitɪs/, [ˌdaɪəˈbiɾɪs]
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˌdɑɪəˈbiːtiːz/
** Audio (Queensland):(file)
* (Philippines) IPA: /dajaˈbitis/

### Noun

diabetes (uncountable)
* (pathology) Diabetes mellitus; any of 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. [from 19th c.]
** 2020 September 7, Ian Sample, The Guardian:In the UK, one in 10 people over 40 live with type 2 diabetes, while one in four have high blood pressure, a condition described as a “silent killer” because it increases the risk of heart attack and stroke but rarely causes symptoms beforehand.
* (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.
* Diabetes insipidus; any condition characterized by excessive or incontinent urine, now specifically as caused by impaired production of, or response to, the antidiuretic hormone vasopressin. [from 15th c.]
** 1649, Nicholas Culpeper, The Physical Directory:A Sheeps or Goats bladder being burnt, and the ashes given inwardly, helps the Diabetes, or continuall pissing.
** 1751, [Tobias] Smollett, The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Harrison and Co., […], →OCLC:The lady laboured under a Diabetes, in consequence of having used the waters injudiciously for another complaint; and, that she might not be an impediment to the carriage, by ordering it to halt,as often as she should have occasion to disembogue, she had provided herself with a leathern contrivance […] .

#### Synonyms

* (group of metabolic diseases): diabetes mellitus, DM, diabeetus (humorous)

#### Hyponyms

* (group of metabolic diseases): IDDM, juvenile diabetes, NIDDM

#### Derived terms

* adult-onset diabetes
* antidiabetes
* bronze diabetes
* diabesity
* diabetes insipidus
* diabetes mellitus
* diabetology
* diabulimia
* gestational diabetes
* I have diabetes
* nondiabetes
* prediabetes
* sugar diabetes
* telediabetes
* type 1 diabetes
* type 2 diabetes
* type 3 diabetes

#### Related terms

* diabetic

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* beadiest

## Czech
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdɪjabɛtɛs]

### Noun

diabetes m inan
* diabetes mellitus
    Synonyms: cukrovka, (dated) úplavice cukrová

#### Related terms

* diabetes insipidus
* diabetes mellitus
* diabetik

### Further reading

* “diabetes”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “diabetes”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “diabetes”, in Akademický slovník cizích slov at prirucka.ujc.cas.cz [Academic dictionary of foreign words] (in Czech), 1995

## Danish
### Noun

diabetes c (singular definite diabetesen, not used in plural form)
* diabetes
    Synonym: sukkersyge

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “diabetes” in Den Danske Ordbog

## Dutch
### Etymology

From New Latin diabetes mellitus, from Ancient Greek διαβαίνω (diabaínō, “to pass through”), via the agent noun διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”). This refers to the excessive amounts of urine produced by sufferers. This etymology is incomplete. You can help Wiktionary by elaborating on the origins of this term.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˌdi.aːˈbeː.təs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes
* Rhymes: -eːtəs

### Noun

diabetes m (uncountable)
* diabetes

#### Related terms

* diabeet
* diabetica
* diabeticus
* diabetisch

#### Descendants

* → Indonesian: diabetes

## Finnish
### Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin diabētēs.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiɑbe(ː)t(ː)es/, [ˈdiɑ̝ˌbe̞(ː)t̪(ː)e̞s̠]
* Rhymes: -etes
* Hyphenation: dia‧be‧tes

### Noun

diabetes
* diabetes
    Synonym: sokeritauti
    Hyponyms: nuoruusiän diabetes (type I), aikuisdiabetes (type II)

#### Declension

Possessive forms of diabetes (Kotus type 39/vastaus, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diabetekseni
diabetekseni
accusative
nom.
diabetekseni
diabetekseni
gen.
diabetekseni
genitive
diabetekseni
diabetesteni diabeteksieni
partitive
diabetestani
diabeteksiani
inessive
diabeteksessani
diabeteksissani
elative
diabeteksestani
diabeteksistani
illative
diabetekseeni
diabeteksiini
adessive
diabeteksellani
diabeteksillani
ablative
diabetekseltani
diabeteksiltani
allative
diabetekselleni
diabeteksilleni
essive
diabeteksenani
diabeteksinani
translative
diabeteksekseni
diabeteksikseni
abessive
diabeteksettani
diabeteksittani
instructive
comitative
—diabeteksineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diabeteksesi
diabeteksesi
accusative
nom.
diabeteksesi
diabeteksesi
gen.
diabeteksesi
genitive
diabeteksesi
diabetestesi diabeteksiesi
partitive
diabetestasi
diabeteksiasi
inessive
diabeteksessasi
diabeteksissasi
elative
diabeteksestasi
diabeteksistasi
illative
diabetekseesi
diabeteksiisi
adessive
diabeteksellasi
diabeteksillasi
ablative
diabetekseltasi
diabeteksiltasi
allative
diabeteksellesi
diabeteksillesi
essive
diabeteksenasi
diabeteksinasi
translative
diabetekseksesi
diabeteksiksesi
abessive
diabeteksettasi
diabeteksittasi
instructive
comitative
—diabeteksinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diabeteksemme
diabeteksemme
accusative
nom.
diabeteksemme
diabeteksemme
gen.
diabeteksemme
genitive
diabeteksemme
diabetestemme diabeteksiemme
partitive
diabetestamme
diabeteksiamme
inessive
diabeteksessamme
diabeteksissamme
elative
diabeteksestamme
diabeteksistamme
illative
diabetekseemme
diabeteksiimme
adessive
diabeteksellamme
diabeteksillamme
ablative
diabetekseltamme
diabeteksiltamme
allative
diabeteksellemme
diabeteksillemme
essive
diabeteksenamme
diabeteksinamme
translative
diabetekseksemme
diabeteksiksemme
abessive
diabeteksettamme
diabeteksittamme
instructive
comitative
—diabeteksinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diabeteksenne
diabeteksenne
accusative
nom.
diabeteksenne
diabeteksenne
gen.
diabeteksenne
genitive
diabeteksenne
diabetestenne diabeteksienne
partitive
diabetestanne
diabeteksianne
inessive
diabeteksessanne
diabeteksissanne
elative
diabeteksestanne
diabeteksistanne
illative
diabetekseenne
diabeteksiinne
adessive
diabeteksellanne
diabeteksillanne
ablative
diabetekseltanne
diabeteksiltanne
allative
diabeteksellenne
diabeteksillenne
essive
diabeteksenanne
diabeteksinanne
translative
diabetekseksenne
diabeteksiksenne
abessive
diabeteksettanne
diabeteksittanne
instructive
comitative
—diabeteksinenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
diabeteksensa
diabeteksensa
accusative
nom.
diabeteksensa
diabeteksensa
gen.
diabeteksensa
genitive
diabeteksensa
diabetestensa diabeteksiensa
partitive
diabetestaan diabetestansa
diabeteksiaan diabeteksiansa
inessive
diabeteksessaan diabeteksessansa
diabeteksissaan diabeteksissansa
elative
diabeteksestaan diabeteksestansa
diabeteksistaan diabeteksistansa
illative
diabetekseensa
diabeteksiinsa
adessive
diabeteksellaan diabeteksellansa
diabeteksillaan diabeteksillansa
ablative
diabetekseltaan diabetekseltansa
diabeteksiltaan diabeteksiltansa
allative
diabetekselleen diabeteksellensa
diabeteksilleen diabeteksillensa
essive
diabeteksenaan diabeteksenansa
diabeteksinaan diabeteksinansa
translative
diabeteksekseen diabetekseksensa
diabeteksikseen diabeteksiksensa
abessive
diabeteksettaan diabeteksettansa
diabeteksittaan diabeteksittansa
instructive
comitative
—diabeteksineen diabeteksinensa :

#### Derived terms

* aikuisdiabetes
* esidiabetes
* nuoruusdiabetes
* raskausdiabetes

#### Related terms

* diabeetikko

### Further reading

* “diabetes”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

## Indonesian
### Alternative forms

* diabet (colloquial, uncommon)

### Etymology

From Dutch diabetes.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /diaˈbetəs/ [di.aˈbe.t̪əs]
* Rhymes: -etəs
* Syllabification: di‧a‧be‧tes

### Noun

diabetês (uncountable)
* (medicine) diabetes, a general term referring to any of various disorders characterized by excessive urination (polyuria)
* (medicine, colloquial) diabetes mellitus, a medical disorder characterized by varying or persistent hyperglycemia
    Synonyms: diabetes melitus, penyakit kencing manis, penyakit gula

#### Hyponyms

* diabetes insipidus
* diabetes melitus

### Further reading

* diabetes on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia $^{id}$
* “diabetes” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Latin
### Etymology

Borrowing from Ancient Greek δῐᾰβήτης (dĭăbḗtēs, “siphon; diabetes”), from δῐᾰβαίνω (dĭăbaínō, “to step across, pass over”) +‎ -της (-tēs, “-er, -or”, agent noun suffix).

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /di.aˈbeː.teːs/, [d̪iäˈbeːt̪eːs̠]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /di.aˈbe.tes/, [d̪iäˈbɛːt̪es]

### Noun

diabētēs m (genitive diabētae); first declension
* a siphon
    Synonym: sīphō
** 4 CE – c. 70 CE, Columella, De Re Rustica 3.10:Naturali enim spiritu omne alimentum virentis, quasi quaedam anima, per medullam trunci veluti per siphonem quem diabeten vocant mechanici, trahitur in summum: […] For by natural respiration all the nourishment of a green plant is drawn, as a sort of vital breath, into the highest point, passing through the pith of the stem as though through a siphon, which mechanics call diabetes; […]
* (New Latin, pathology) diabetes

#### Inflection

First-declension noun (masculine Greek-type with nominative singular in -ēs).

#### Descendants

* → English: diabetes

### References

* “diabetes”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From the Ancient Greek participle διαβήτης (diabḗtēs, “passing through”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.a.be.tes/, [dɪ.ɑ.ˈbeː.teːs]

### Noun

diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)
* 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: /dɪɑˈbeːtes/

### Noun

diabetes m (singular definite diabetesen) (uncountable)
* diabetes (a group of metabolic diseases)

#### Synonyms

* sukkersjuke

### References

“diabetes” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* diabete

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃis/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃis], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈbɛ.t͡ʃis/
* (Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃis/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃis], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈbɛ.t͡ʃis/
** (Rio de Janeiro) IPA: /d͡ʒi.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃiʃ/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈbɛ.t͡ʃiʃ], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈbɛ.t͡ʃiʃ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /d͡ʒi.aˈbɛ.tes/ [d͡ʒɪ.aˈbɛ.tes], (faster pronunciation) /d͡ʒjaˈbɛ.tes/
* (Portugal) IPA: /di.ɐˈbɛ.tɨʃ/ [di.ɐˈβɛ.tɨʃ], (faster pronunciation) /djɐˈbɛ.tɨʃ/ [djɐˈβɛ.tɨʃ]
* Hyphenation: di‧a‧be‧tes

### Noun

diabetes f or m (invariable)
* 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.

### Noun

diabetes f pl or m pl
* plural of diabete

### References

* “diabetes”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

## Spanish
### Alternative forms

* diábetes (nonstandard)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /djaˈbetes/ [d̪jaˈβ̞e.t̪es]
* Audio (Costa Rica):(file)
* Audio (Venezuela); [ˈd̪ja.β̞e.t̪es]:(file)
* Rhymes: -etes
* Syllabification: dia‧be‧tes

### Noun

diabetes f (plural diabetes)
* diabetes

#### Derived terms

* diabetes insípida

#### Related terms

* diabético

### Further reading

* “diabetes”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

diabetes c
* diabetes (diabetes mellitus)
    Synonym: (less common) sockersjuka

#### Related terms

* diabetiker (“a diabetic”)
* diabetisk (“diabetic”)

### References

* diabetes in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* diabetes in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* diabetes in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
* Svensk MeSH