Meaning

1 senses
  1. (countable, informal, uncountable)Skin dimpling caused by the herniation (protrusion) of subcutaneous adipose tissue (fat within connective tissue), especially on the pelvic area of women.

    целлюли́тcelljulít

More definitions
  • lumpy deposits of body fat especially on women's thighs etc.

Examples

3 sentences
  1. You're too young to worry about cellulite.

    ruТы слишком молода, чтобы беспокоиться о целлюлите.

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  2. Do you have cellulite?

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  3. The spa offers an anti-cellulite treatment.

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Translations

7 languages
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dimpled skin:

Origin

Borrowed from French cellulite. By surface analysis, cellule + -ite. Doublet of cellulitis

Borrowed from French cellulite. By surface analysis, cellule + -ite. Doublet of cellulitis. First attested in the 1960s.

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Forms

plural: cellulites
Singularcellulite
Pluralcellulites

regular

Synonyms

5 synonyms
adiposis edematosadermopanniculosis deformansstatus protrusus cutisgynoid lipodystrophyorange peel syndrome

Word family

3 related words

See also

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