algidez

Portuguese

Etymology

From álgido +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ʒiˈde(j)s/ [aʊ̯.ʒiˈde(ɪ̯)s]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.ʒiˈde(j)s/ [aʊ̯.ʒiˈde(ɪ̯)s]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.ʒiˈde(j)ʃ/ [aʊ̯.ʒiˈde(ɪ̯)ʃ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.ʒiˈdeʃ/ [aɫ.ʒiˈðeʃ]

• Rhymes: -eʃ
• Hyphenation: al‧gi‧dez

Noun

algidez f (uncountable)

1. (medicine) algidity (the state of being algid)
2. (poetic) coldness (the state of being cold)

   Synonym: frio

Further reading

• “algidez”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “algidez”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “algidez” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “algidez”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “algidez”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “algidez”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Spanish

Etymology

From álgido +‎ -ez.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alxiˈdeθ/ [al.xiˈð̞eθ] (Spain)
• IPA^(key): /alxiˈdes/ [al.xiˈð̞es] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -eθ (Spain)
• Rhymes: -es (Latin America, Philippines)
• Syllabification: al‧gi‧dez

Noun

algidez f (plural algideces)

1. (medicine) algidity

Further reading

• “algidez”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024