gravid
English
WOTD – 30 July 2011
Etymology
From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹavɪd/
Adjective
gravid (comparative more gravid, superlative most gravid)
- Pregnant; now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Chrome Yellow:
- 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, James Joyce, Ulysses:
- 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
- One slender hand was raised in a graceful gesture gravid with meaning.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, Against the Day, Vintage 2007, p. 568:
- 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.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Chrome Yellow:
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
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
Adjective
gravid (neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)
Synonyms
Derived terms
References
- “gravid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
Adjective
gravid (neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)
Synonyms
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, n (feminine singular gravidă, masculine plural gravizi, feminine and neuter plural gravide)
Declension
declension of gravid
Synonyms
Swedish
Pronunciation
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Adjective
gravid (neuter gravitt, definite and plural gravida)
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child, generally only applied to humans)
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