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-idade
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See also: idade
Galician
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.
Suffix
-idade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -idades)
- forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
- auténtico (“authentic”) + -idade → autenticidade (“authenticity”)
Portuguese
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.
Pronunciation
Suffix
-idade f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -idades)
- forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
- Synonyms: -or, -eza, -ez
- desumano (“inhumane”) + -idade → desumanidade (“inhumanity”)
- forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity
- côncavo (“concave”) + -idade → concavidade (“concavity”)
Usage notes
The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:
- ⟨-ão⟩ (as a non-verb suffix, including plurals) → ⟨-on-⟩
- ⟨-ã(o)-⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-(i)an-⟩, ⟨-am-⟩, or ⟨-(i)on-⟩, depending on the base word's etymology
- ⟨-m⟩ (including plurals) → ⟨-n-⟩
- ⟨-vel⟩ (unstressed and adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-bil-⟩
- ⟨-z⟩ (adjectival, including plurals) → ⟨-c-⟩
Derived terms
Further reading
- “-idade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
- “-idade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025
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