idade

See also: -idade

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydade, from Latin aetās, from syncope of earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-.

Noun

idade f (plural idades)

1. age (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)
2. specific period of a person's lifetime
3. period, epoch, historical age

Related terms

• antigüidade

Further reading

• “idade”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, since 2012

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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• edade (obsolete)

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese ydade, from Latin aetās, from syncope of earlier aevitās, from Proto-Italic *aiwotāts, from *aiwom + *-tāts, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital energy”), from *h₂ey-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.ˈða.ðɨ/
• IPA^(key): /i.ˈda.dʒi/
• Rhymes: -adʒi
• Hyphenation: i‧da‧de

Noun

idade f (plural s)

1. age (part of the duration of a being or thing between its beginning and any given time)

Further reading

• Template:R:DAN

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Etymology

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Noun

idade^? class 9 (plural iidade class 10)

1. sister

   Synonym: udade

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