calvície
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin calvitiēs.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [kəlˈβi.si.ə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [kəlˈvi.si.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [kalˈvi.si.e]
Noun
calvície f (plural calvícies)
Related terms
Further reading
- “calvície”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “calvície”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “calvície” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “calvície” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- calvice (nonstandard)
Etymology
From Latin calvities.[1] By surface analysis, calvo + -ície.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈvi.si/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.si], /kawˈvi.si.i/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sɪ.i], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈvi.sji/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sji]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /kawˈvi.se/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.se], /kawˈvi.si.e/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sɪ.e], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈvi.sje/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sje]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /kalˈvi.sɨ/ [kaɫˈvi.sɨ], /kalˈvi.sji/ [kaɫˈvi.sji]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /kalˈbi.sɨ/ [kaɫˈβi.sɨ], /kalˈbi.sji/ [kaɫˈβi.sji]
- Hyphenation: cal‧ví‧ci‧e
Noun
calvície f (plural calvícies)
- baldness (the state of being bald)
References
- ^ “calvície”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025