severity

English

Etymology

severe +‎ -ity, from Middle French severite, from Latin severitas.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /səˈvɛɹɨti/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛɹəti

Noun

severity (countable and uncountable, plural severities)

1. The state of being severe.
2. The degree of something undesirable; badness or seriousness.

   The severity of the offence merits a long prison sentence.

Translations

state of being severe

• Catalan: severitat f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 严厉 (zh)

• Dutch: ernst (nl) f, strengheid f
• Finnish: vakavuus (fi), ankaruus (fi), kovuus (fi)
• French: sévérité (fr) f
• Irish: anróiteacht f

• Italian: severità (it) f
• Latin: severitas f
• Maori: pākahatanga
• Portuguese: gravidade (pt) f, severidade (pt) f
• Romanian: severitate (ro) f, asprime (ro) f
• Russian: стро́гость (ru) f (strógostʹ)
• Spanish: severidad (es) f
• Volapük: sevär (vo)

degree of something undesirable; badness

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 严肃性

• Czech: závažnost f
• Dutch: ernst (nl) f, ongewenstheid (nl) f, slechtheid (nl) f
• Finnish: pahuus (fi)

• German: Härte (de) f, Stärke (de) f, Gewichtung (de) f
• Persian: شدت‎ (fa) (šeddat)
• Russian: суро́вость (ru) f (suróvostʹ)
• Spanish: seriedad (es) f, severidad (es) f, gravedad (es) f
• Turkish: derece (tr), ciddiyet (tr)