gravitas
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin gravitās (“weight, heaviness”)
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
gravitas (uncountable)
- Seriousness in bearing or manner; dignity.
- (figuratively) substance, weight.
Usage notes [edit]
Frequently used in a jocular or stilted sense.
Related terms [edit]
Translations [edit]
Translations
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Anagrams [edit]
Esperanto [edit]
Verb [edit]
gravitas
- present of graviti
French [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
gravitas
- second-person singular past historic of graviter
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From gravis (“heavy”) + -itās
Pronunciation [edit]
Noun [edit]
gravitās (genitive gravitātis); f, third declension
Inflection [edit]
Synonyms [edit]
- (pregnancy): graviditās
Related terms [edit]
Descendants [edit]
Portuguese [edit]
Verb [edit]
gravitas
Spanish [edit]
Verb [edit]
gravitas (infinitive gravitar)
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- English terms derived from Latin
- English nouns
- Esperanto verb forms
- French verb forms
- Latin words suffixed with -itas
- Latin nouns
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- Portuguese forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Portuguese verb indicative forms
- Portuguese verb second-person forms
- Portuguese verb singular forms
- Portuguese verb present forms
- Spanish verb forms
- Spanish forms of verbs ending in -ar
- Spanish verb indicative forms
- Spanish verb singular forms
- Spanish verb second-person forms
- Spanish verb informal forms
- Spanish verb present forms
