piedade

See also: Piedade

Galician

Alternative forms

• piedá

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese piedade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin pietās, pietātem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pjɛˈdade/ [pjɛˈð̞a.ð̞ɪ]
• Rhymes: -ade
• Hyphenation: pie‧da‧de

Noun

piedade f (plural piedades)

1. piety
2. pity
3. compassion

   Synonym: compaixón

Antonyms

• impiedade

Related terms

• pío

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “piedade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “piedade”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, editor (2006–2013), “piedade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Santamarina, Ernesto X. González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “piedade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *pwījotāts

Latin pietātem

Old Galician-Portuguese piedade

Portuguese piedade

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese piedade, from Latin pietātem.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /pi.eˈda.d͡ʒi/, (faster) /pjeˈda.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pjɛˈda.dɨ/ [pjɛˈða.ðɨ], /pjɐˈda.dɨ/ [pjɐˈða.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /pjɛˈda.dɨ/ [pjɛˈða.ðɨ], /pjɐˈda.dɨ/ [pjɐˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /pjɛˈda.dɨ/, /pjɐˈda.dɨ/

• Hyphenation: pi‧e‧da‧de

Noun

piedade f (plural piedades)

1. piety
2. pity, compassion, mercy

Antonyms

• impiedade

Related terms

• pio

Further reading

• “piedade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “piedade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026