entidade

Galician

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Medieval Latin entitātem.

Noun

entidade f (plural entidades)

1. entity

Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Medieval Latin entitātem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.d͡ʒi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.t͡ʃiˈda.d͡ʒi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.d͡ʒi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.t͡ʃiˈda.d͡ʒi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.t͡ʃiˈda.de/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.t͡ʃiˈda.de/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ẽ.tiˈda.dɨ/ [ẽ.tiˈða.ðɨ]

• Hyphenation: en‧ti‧da‧de

Noun

entidade f (plural entidades)

1. entity (something or somebody that exists as an individual unit)
2. (Brazil, religion) spiritual being that is worshiped in Afro-Brazilian rites

Related terms

• ente

Further reading

• “entidade”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “entidade”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025