recidiva

See also: récidiva

Catalan

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Latin recidīva, feminine of recidīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rə.siˈði.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [rə.siˈði.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [re.siˈði.va]

Noun

recidiva f (plural recidives)

1. reoccurrence

   Synonym: reincidència

2. (medicine) relapse

   Synonym: recaiguda

Derived terms

• recidivar
• recidivista

Further reading

• “recidiva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Etymology 2

Verb

recidiva

1. inflection of recidivar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛt͡sɪdɪva]
• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛt͡sɪdiːva]

Noun

recidiva f

1. relapse, recurring (of a disease or crime)

Declension

Declension of recidiva (hard feminine)

	singular	plural
nominative	recidiva	recidivy
genitive	recidivy	recidiv
dative	recidivě	recidivám
accusative	recidivu	recidivy
vocative	recidivo	recidivy
locative	recidivě	recidivách
instrumental	recidivou	recidivami

Derived terms

• recidivista
• recidivní

Interlingua

Noun

recidiva (plural recidivas)

1. relapse, recidivism

Italian

Etymology 1

Feminine form of recidivo.

Adjective

recidiva

1. feminine singular of recidivo

Noun

recidiva f (plural recidive)

1. female equivalent of recidivo
2. recidivism

   Synonym: recidività

3. relapse

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

recidiva

1. inflection of recidivare:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• ricadevi, ridiceva, verdicai, veridica

Latin

Pronunciation

• recidīva:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛ.kɪˈdiː.wa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [re.t͡ʃiˈdiː.va]
• recidīvā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [rɛ.kɪˈdiː.waː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [re.t͡ʃiˈdiː.va]

Adjective

recidīva

1. inflection of recidīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

recidīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of recidīvus

References

• "recidiva", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French récidiver.

Verb

a recidiva (third-person singular present recidivează, past participle recidivat) 1st conjugation

1. (intransitive) to reoffend, to recidivate

Conjugation

    conjugation of recidiva (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a recidiva
gerund			recidivând
past participle			recidivat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	recidivez	recidivezi	recidivează	recidivăm	recidivați	recidivează
	imperfect	recidivam	recidivai	recidiva	recidivam	recidivați	recidivau
	simple perfect	recidivai	recidivași	recidivă	recidivarăm	recidivarăți	recidivară
	pluperfect	recidivasem	recidivaseși	recidivase	recidivaserăm	recidivaserăți	recidivaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să recidivez	să recidivezi	să recidiveze	să recidivăm	să recidivați	să recidiveze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		recidivează			recidivați
	negative		nu recidiva			nu recidivați

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /reθiˈdiba/ [re.θiˈð̞i.β̞a] (Spain, Equatorial Guinea)
• IPA^(key): /resiˈdiba/ [re.siˈð̞i.β̞a] (Latin America, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: re‧ci‧di‧va

Noun

recidiva f (plural recidivas)

1. relapse

Further reading

• “recidiva”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025