electricidade

Galician

Alternative forms

• eletricidade (reintegrationist)

Etymology

Borrowed from New Latin ēlectricitātem, from Ancient Greek ἤλεκτρον (ḗlektron, “amber”).

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /elɛktɾiθiˈdade/ [e.lɛk.t̪ɾi.θiˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

• IPA^(key): (standard) /elɛktɾiθiˈdade/ [e.lɛk.t̪ɾi.θiˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]
• IPA^(key): (seseo) /elɛktɾisiˈdade/ [e.lɛk.t̪ɾi.siˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]

• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: e‧lec‧tri‧ci‧da‧de

Noun

electricidade f (plural electricidades)

1. electricity

Related terms

• eléctrico

Further reading

• “electricidade”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026

Portuguese

Noun

electricidade f (plural electricidades)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1990 in Portugal) of eletricidade; still used where the agreement hasn’t come into effect and may occur as a sporadic misspelling

Further reading

• “electricidade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026