gravida

See also: grávida and gravidă

English

Etymology

From Latin gravida,[1] the feminine singular adjective (and also noun) of gravidus (pregnant), from gravis (heavy).

Pronunciation

Noun

gravida (plural gravidas or gravidae)

  1. (medicine) A pregnant woman.

Usage notes

  • She is referred to as gravida 1 during the first pregnancy, gravida 2 during the second, etc.

Derived terms

See also

References

  1. ^ John G. Robertson, Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements (Senior Scribe Publications, 1991, →ISBN), page 64.

Dutch

Noun

gravida f (plural gravidae or gravida's, diminutive gravidaatje n)

  1. (gynaecology) a pregnant woman

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravidFrench gravideItalian gravidoSpanish grávido, all from Latin gravidus (pregnant).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡraˈvi.da/

Adjective

gravida

  1. pregnant

Derived terms

  • gravideskar (to become pregnant, conceive a child)
  • gravideskeso (conception)
  • gravideso (pregnancy, gestation)
  • gravidigar (to make pregnant)

Italian

Adjective

gravida

  1. feminine singular of gravido

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of gravida fēmina (laden woman, pregnant woman).

Pronunciation

Noun

gravida f (genitive gravidae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) pregnant woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative gravida gravidae
genitive gravidae gravidārum
dative gravidae gravidīs
accusative gravidam gravidās
ablative gravidā gravidīs
vocative gravida gravidae

Adjective

gravida

  1. inflection of gravidus:
    1. nominative/vocative singular feminine
    2. nominative/vocative/accusative plural neuter

Adjective

gravidā

  1. ablative singular feminine of gravidus

Verb

gravidā

  1. second-person singular present active indicative of gravidō