calvície

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin calvitiēs.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kəlˈβi.si.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [kəlˈvi.si.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [kalˈvi.si.e]

Noun

calvície f (plural calvícies)

1. baldness

   Synonym: calbesa

Related terms

• calb

Further reading

• “calvície” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “calvície”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
• “calvície” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “calvície” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• calvice (nonstandard)

Etymology

From Latin calvities. By surface analysis, calvo +‎ -ície.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈvi.si/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.si], /kawˈvi.si.i/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sɪ.i], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈvi.sji/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sji]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈvi.si/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.si], /kawˈvi.si.i/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sɪ.i], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈvi.sji/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sji]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /kawˈvi.se/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.se], /kawˈvi.si.e/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sɪ.e], (faster pronunciation) /kawˈvi.sje/ [kaʊ̯ˈvi.sje]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈvi.sɨ/ [kaɫˈvi.sɨ], /kalˈvi.sji/ [kaɫˈvi.sji]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈvi.sɨ/ [kaɫˈvi.sɨ], /kalˈvi.sji/ [kaɫˈvi.sji]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /kalˈbi.sɨ/ [kaɫˈβi.sɨ], /kalˈbi.sji/ [kaɫˈβi.sji]

• Hyphenation: cal‧ví‧ci‧e

Noun

calvície f (plural calvícies)

1. baldness (the state of being bald)