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-idade

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See also: idade

Galician

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Suffix

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-idade f (noun-forming suffix, plural -idades)

  1. forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
    auténtico (authentic) + ‎-idade → ‎autenticidade (authenticity)

Portuguese

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Old Galician-Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.

Pronunciation

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Suffix

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-idade f (noun-forming suffix, usually uncountable, plural -idades)

  1. forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
    Synonyms: -or, -eza, -ez
    desumano (inhumane) + ‎-idade → ‎desumanidade (inhumanity)
  2. forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity
    côncavo (concave) + ‎-idade → ‎concavidade (concavity)

Usage notes

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The following ending(s) change(s) in words appended with this suffix:

  • -ão (as a non-verb suffix, incl. plurals) → -on
  • -ã(o) (incl. plurals) → -(i)an, -am, or -(i)on, depending on the base word's etymology
  • -m (incl. plurals) → -n
  • -vel (unstressed and adjectival, incl. plurals) → -bil
  • -z (adjectival, incl. plurals) → -c

Derived terms

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