covardia
See also: covardía
Catalan
Etymology
From covard (“coward”) + -ia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): (Central) [ku.βərˈdi.ə]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [ko.vərˈdi.ə]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [ko.vaɾˈði.a]
Noun
covardia f (plural covardies)
- cowardice (the lack of courage)
Further reading
- “covardia”, 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
- “covardia”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025.
- “covardia” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “covardia” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese covardia, from covarda, from Old French coart, cuard, from coe (“tail”) + -ard (“pejorative agent noun”); coe is in turn from Latin cauda. The reference seems to be to an animal “turning tail”, or having its tail between its legs, especially a dog.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.vaʁˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/ [ko.vaɦˈd͡ʒi.ɐ]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /ko.vaɾˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /ko.vaʁˈd͡ʒi.ɐ/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ko.vaɻˈd͡ʒi.a/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.vɐɾˈdi.ɐ/ [ku.vɐɾˈði.ɐ]
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /ku.bɐɾˈdi.ɐ/ [ku.βɐɾˈði.ɐ]
Noun
covardia f (uncountable)
- cowardice (the lack of courage)
- Synonyms: medo, pusilanimidade
- Antonym: coragem