gravid
English
WOTD – 30 July 2011
Etymology
From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹævɪd/
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Adjective
gravid (comparative more gravid, superlative most gravid)
- (of egglaying animals, now chiefly figuratively) Pregnant.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow, London: Chatto & Windus:
- In vast state incubators, rows upon rows of gravid bottles will supply the world with the population it requires. The family system will disappear; society, sapped at its very base, will have to find new foundations; and Eros, beautifully and irresponsibly free, will flit like a gay butterfly from flower to flower through a sunlit world.
- 1922 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], OCLC 560090630:
- The gravest problems of obstetrics and forensic medicine were examined with as much animation as the most popular beliefs on the state of pregnancy such as the forbidding to a gravid woman to step over a country stile lest, by her movement, the navelcord should strangle her creature
- 2004, David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 345:
- One slender hand was raised in a graceful gesture gravid with meaning.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, New York: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 507:
- The minute she'd settled into the seat next to him, her billowing widow's rig had got redisposed to reveal her neatly gravid waistline, at which, now, he nodded.
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Derived terms
- gravidic
- gravidism
- gravidity
- gravidness
Translations
pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
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Danish
Etymology
From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraviːd/, [ɡ̊ʁɑˈviðˀ]
Adjective
gravid
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child)
Inflection
Inflection of gravid | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Common singular | gravid | — | —2 |
Neuter singular | gravidt | — | —2 |
Plural | gravide | — | —2 |
Definite attributive1 | gravide | — | — |
1) When an adjective is applied predicatively to something definite, the corresponding "indefinite" form is used. 2) The "indefinite" superlatives may not be used attributively. |
Synonyms
- drægtig (of non-humans)
- frugtsommelig (archaic)
- med barn (“with child”)
- svanger (dated)
- ventende
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).
Adjective
gravid (neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child)
Synonyms
- drektig (of non-humans)
- svanger
Derived terms
- graviditet
- høygravid
References
- “gravid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).
Adjective
gravid (neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child)
Synonyms
- drektig (of non-humans)
- svanger
Derived terms
- graviditet
- høggravid
References
- “gravid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French gravide, Italian gravido, Latin gravidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡraˈvid/
Adjective
gravid m or n (feminine singular gravidă, masculine plural gravizi, feminine and neuter plural gravide)
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child)
Declension
Declension of gravid
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | gravid | gravidă | gravizi | gravide | ||
definite | gravidul | gravida | gravizii | gravidele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | gravid | gravide | gravizi | gravide | ||
definite | gravidului | gravidei | gravizilor | gravidelor |
Synonyms
- însărcinat, borțos
Swedish
Etymology
From Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -iːd
Adjective
gravid (not comparable)
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child, generally only applied to humans)
- Synonym: (somewhat formal) havande
Declension
Inflection of gravid | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | gravid | — | — |
Neuter singular | gravitt | — | — |
Plural | gravida | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | gravide | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | gravide | — | — |
All | gravida | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
See also
- dräktig (of non-humans)
Anagrams
- vidgar