humanidade

Galician

Alternative forms
  • humanidá (traditional but proscribed)

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese humanidade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), itself borrowed from Latin hūmānitātem (“humanity”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [umãniˈðaðɪ], [umãniˈða]

Noun

humanidade f (plural humanidades)

  1. humanity, humankind, mankind
    Synonym: xénero humano
  2. humanity (human condition or nature)
  3. humanity; benevolence

References
  • “humanidade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “humanidade” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “humanidade” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “humanidade” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese humanidade, itself borrowed from Latin hūmānitātem (“humanity”).

Pronunciation
 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /u.mɐ̃.niˈda.d͡ʒi/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /u.mɐ̃.niˈda.de/
  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /u.mɐ.niˈda.dɨ/ [u.mɐ.niˈða.ðɨ]

  • Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ni‧da‧de

Noun

humanidade f (uncountable)

  1. humanity; mankind (the human race as a whole)
  2. humanity (human condition or nature)
  3. humanity; benevolence
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:benevolência
    Antonyms: malevolência, maldade, maleficiência, malignidade
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