satiety

satiety

English

Alternative forms

• saciety (obsolete)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French satieté, from Latin satietas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈtaɪ.ə.ti/

Noun

satiety (usually uncountable, plural satieties)

1. The state of being satiated.

   Eating half of that loaf of bread has left me in a state of utter satiety.

Synonyms

• satiation

Antonyms

• hunger, appetite

Related terms

• satiate
• satiated

Translations

state of being perfectly satiated

Arabic: شَبَع‎ m (šabaʿ) Catalan: sacietat f French: satiété (fr) f German: Sattheit f, Sättigung (de) f Greek: κορεσμός (el) m (koresmós) Ancient: κόρος m (kóros)

Manx: sonnys m Portuguese: saciedade (pt) f Romanian: sațietate (ro) f Spanish: saciedad (es) f Turkish: tokluk (tr) ǃXóõ: da̰m