gravidade

Galician

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gravitās, gravitātem (“weight”).

Noun

gravidade f (uncountable)

1. gravity (result of gravitational force)

Related terms

• gravitación
• gravitacional
• gravitacionalmente
• gravitatorio

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin gravitātem (“weight”), from gravis (“heavy”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷréh₂us.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.viˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.viˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ɡɾa.viˈda.de/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐ.viˈda.dɨ/ [ɡɾɐ.viˈða.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐ.viˈda.dɨ/ [ɡɾɐ.viˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɡɾɐ.biˈda.dɨ/ [ɡɾɐ.βiˈða.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: gra‧vi‧da‧de

Noun

gravidade f (plural gravidades)

1. gravitation

   Synonym: gravitação

2. gravity (force on Earth's surface)
3. gravity; graveness

   Synonym: seriedade

4. composure

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:compostura

   Antonyms: descontrole, descompostura

5. the quality of having low pitch or tone

   Antonyms: agudez, agudeza

Derived terms

• gravidade zero

Related terms

• grave
• gravimétrico
• gravímetro
• gravitação
• gravitar