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”).

Noun

gravida (plural gravidas or gravidae)

(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

Related terms

References

^ 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)

(gynaecology) a pregnant woman

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravid, French gravide, Italian gravido, Spanish grávido, all from Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɡraˈvi.da/

Adjective

gravida

pregnant

Derived terms

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

Italian

Adjective

gravida

feminine singular of gravido

Anagrams

dragavi, gradiva, gridava

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.u̯i.da/, [ˈɡräu̯ɪd̪ä]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈɡra.vi.da/, [ˈɡräːvid̪ä]

Noun

gravida f (genitive gravidae); first declension

(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

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

Adjective

gravidā

ablative singular feminine of gravidus

Verb

gravidā

second-person singular present active indicative of gravidō

[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.

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