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gravida

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: 1.50 in modern English

Syllables
gravi-da
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pregnant woman.

Etymology

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

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: *gʷreh₂-, gravida

Inflected Forms

gravidas (plural) gravidae (plural)

Derived Forms

bigravida decigravida monogravida multigravida nonigravida nulligravida octigravida plurigravida primigravida quartigravida quintigravida secondigravida

Phrases

Dea Gravida elderly primigravida non-gravid non-gravidity

Frequently Paired Words

bigravid bigravidity gravid gravidic gravidism graviditas gravidity gravidly

Questions

What does gravida mean?
A pregnant woman.
Where does gravida come from?
It is traced to Latin.

How to pronounce gravida

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