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English

Etymology

From Latin gravida, 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

Related terms

References

See also

• La donna gravida (“The Pregnant Woman”) (or simply La gravida) (an oil on wood portrait by Raphael)
• para

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): /?ra?vi.da/

Adjective

gravida

1. pregnant

Derived terms

Italian

Adjective

gravida

1. feminine singular of gravido

Anagrams

• dragavi, gradiva, gridava

Latin

Etymology

Ellipsis of gravida f?mina (“laden woman, pregnant woman”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /??ra.u?i.da/, [??räu??d?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /??ra.vi.da/, [??r??vid??]

Noun

gravida f (genitive gravidae); first declension

1. (Medieval Latin) pregnant woman

Declension

First-declension noun.

Adjective

gravida

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

Adjective

gravid?

1. ablative singular feminine of gravidus

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?pæ??ti/
• Rhymes: -æ??ti

See also

• parody

Etymology 1

From Middle French parité, from Late Latin paritas, from Latin p?r (“equal”)

Noun

parity (countable and uncountable, plural parities)

1. (uncountable) Equality; comparability of strength or intensity.
   • 2000 April 26, Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Delta Guide, Pearson Education, unpaged:

     Altogether, Microsoft claims a 99% feature parity between 32-bit and 64-bit editions.
2. Senses related to classification into two sets.
   1. (mathematics, countable) A set with the property of having all of its elements belonging to one of two disjoint subsets, especially a set of integers split in subsets of even and odd elements.

      Parity is always preserved in such operations.

   2. (mathematics, countable) The classification of an element of a set with parity into one of the two sets.

      The particles' parities can switch at random.

   3. (computing) The count of one bits in a value, reduced to even or odd or zero or one.
   4. (physics, countable) Symmetry of interactions under spatial inversion.
3. (games, countable) In reversi, the last move within a given sector of the board.
4. Resemblance; analogy.

Antonyms

• chirality

Derived terms

• brand parity
• parity bit

Translations

Etymology 2

From Latin paritas, from pari? (“give birth”)

Noun

parity (plural parities)

1. (medicine, countable) The number of delivered pregnancies reaching viable gestational age, usually between 20-28 weeks
2. (agriculture, countable) The number of times a sow has farrowed.

Translations