-idade

Meaning

1. (feminine, morpheme, uncountable, usually) forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood
2. (feminine, morpheme, uncountable, usually) forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity

Concepts

-ity

-hood

-y

-ness

-cy

-ship

Synonyms

-dade

-idão

-ez

-eza

-ia

Translations

-heid

-idad

-heit

-luk

-ità

-lık

-lik

-keit

-lük

-ité

-schaft

-nis

-schap

Pronounced as (IPA)

/iˈda.d͡ʒi/

Etymology

Inherited from Latin: -itas

In summary

From Old Galician-Portuguese -idade, from Latin -itātem, from Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂ts.