gravité

See also: gravite

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin gravitās. Replaced the older inherited grieté, griéveté.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡʁa.vi.te/ ~ /ɡʁɑ.vi.te/

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Noun

gravité f (plural gravités)

1. (physics) gravity

   Near-synonyms: pesanteur, gravitation

   centre de gravité ― center of gravity, center of mass

2. severity

   Near-synonym: (rare) sériosité

   la gravité de la situation ― the gravity of the situation

3. seriousness, solemnity, gravity

   s'exprimer avec gravité ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Related terms

• graviter
• grave

Further reading

• “gravité”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• vitrage

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡɾabiˈte/ [ɡɾa.β̞iˈt̪e]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: gra‧vi‧té

Verb

gravité

1. first-person singular preterite indicative of gravitar