gravid
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English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Received Pronunciation, General American) IPA(key): /ˈɡɹævɪd/
Audio (US): (file) Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]gravid (comparative more gravid, superlative most gravid)
- (of egglaying animals, now chiefly figuratively) Pregnant.
- 1921, Aldous Huxley, Crome Yellow[1], London: Chatto & Windus:
- 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 February, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company, […], →OCLC:
- 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, London: Hodder and Stoughton, →ISBN, page 345:
- One slender hand was raised in a graceful gesture gravid with meaning.
- 2006, Thomas Pynchon, “Bilocations”, in Against the Day, New York, N.Y.: Penguin Press, →ISBN, page 507:
- 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.
Derived terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]pregnant (now used chiefly of egg-laying animals, or metaphorically)
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Danish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gravidus (“laden, pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gravid
Inflection
[edit]Inflection of gravid | |||
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Positive | Comparative | Superlative | |
Indefinte common singular | gravid | — | —2 |
Indefinite 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
[edit]- drægtig (of non-humans)
- frugtsommelig (archaic)
- med barn (“with child”)
- svanger (dated)
- ventende
Norwegian Bokmål
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).
Adjective
[edit]gravid (neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)
Synonyms
[edit]- drektig (of non-humans)
- svanger
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “gravid” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).
Adjective
[edit]gravid (neuter singular gravid, definite singular and plural gravide)
Synonyms
[edit]- drektig (of non-humans)
- svanger
Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- “gravid” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Romanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from French gravide, Italian gravido, Latin gravidus.
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gravid m or n (feminine singular gravidă, masculine plural gravizi, feminine and neuter plural gravide)
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child)
- Synonyms: însărcinat, borțos
Declension
[edit]Declension of gravid
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | gravid | gravidă | gravizi | gravide | ||
definite | gravidul | gravida | gravizii | gravidele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | gravid | gravide | gravizi | gravide | ||
definite | gravidului | gravidei | gravizilor | gravidilor |
Swedish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Adjective
[edit]gravid (not comparable)
- pregnant (carrying an unborn child, generally only applied to humans)
- Synonym: (somewhat formal) havande
- Hon blev gravid när hon hade sex
- She got pregnant when she had sex
- vara gravid i sjunde månaden
- be seven months pregnant
- (literally, “be pregnant in the seventh month”)
Usage notes
[edit]Neuter ("gravitt" or the like) is avoided.
Declension
[edit]Inflection of gravid | |||
---|---|---|---|
Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | gravid | — | — |
Neuter singular | gravitt | — | — |
Plural | gravida | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | gravide | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | gravide | — | — |
All | gravida | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms
[edit]- höggravid (“heavily pregnant”)
Related terms
[edit]- graviditet (“pregnancy”)
See also
[edit]- dräktig (of non-humans)
References
[edit]- gravid in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- gravid in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- gravid in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
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