gravida

See also: grávida and gravidă

English

Etymology

From Latin gravida,[1] the feminine singular adjective (and also noun) of gravidus (“pregnant”), from gravis (“heavy”).

Noun

gravida (plural gravidas or gravidae)

  1. (medicine) A pregnant woman.

Usage notes
  • She is referred to as gravida 1 during the first pregnancy, gravida 2 during the second, etc.

Derived terms

See also

References
  1. John G. Robertson, Robertson's Words for a Modern Age: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Combining Elements (Senior Scribe Publications, 1991, →ISBN), page 64.

Dutch

Noun

gravida f (plural gravidae or gravida's, diminutive gravidaatje n)

  1. (gynaecology) A pregnant woman.

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from English gravid, French gravide, Italian gravido, Spanish grávido, all from Latin gravidus (“pregnant”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɡraˈvi.da/

Adjective

gravida

  1. pregnant

Derived terms
  • gravideskar (“to become pregnant, conceive a child”)
  • gravideskeso (“conception”)
  • gravideso (“pregnancy, gestation”)
  • gravidigar (“to make pregnant”)

Italian

Adjective

gravida

  1. feminine singular of gravido

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of gravida fēmina (“laden woman, pregnant woman”).

Pronunciation

Noun

gravida f (genitive gravidae); first declension

  1. (Medieval Latin) pregnant woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative gravida gravidae
Genitive gravidae gravidārum
Dative gravidae gravidīs
Accusative gravidam gravidās
Ablative gravidā gravidīs
Vocative gravida gravidae

Adjective

gravida

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

Adjective

gravidā

  1. ablative singular feminine of gravidus
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