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Galician
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese enfermidade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin īnfirmitās.
Pronunciation
Noun
enfermidade f (plural enfermidades)
- disease
- sickness, illness
- 1302, C. de Azevedo Maia (ed.), História do galego-português. Estado linguístico da Galiza e do Noroeste de Portugal do século XII ao século XVI (com referência á situação do galego moderno). Coimbra: I.N.I.C., page 144:
- Eu Gonſaluo Eaneſ, caualleyro de Çerracõeſ, poſto en grande enfermidade pero cõ todo meu ſſiſo τ cõ toda mia mente ordino meus bẽeſ en guiſa que nõ naſca y contẽda depus mia morte
- I, Gonzalo Eanes, knight of Zarracós, set in a grand illness but with all of my wits and all of my mind, I order my assets so that no conflict is born because of them after my decease
- Synonym: doenza
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “enfermidade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “enfermidade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “enfermedá”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “enfermidade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “enfermidade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese enfermidade, enfermedade, from Latin īnfirmitātem.
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/ , (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feɾ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feɾ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feʁ.miˈda.d͡ʒi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): (careful pronunciation) /ẽ.feɻ.miˈda.de/, (natural pronunciation) /ĩ.feɻ.miˈda.de/
- Hyphenation: en‧fer‧mi‧da‧de
Noun
enfermidade f (plural enfermidades)
- disease
- illness, sickness
- Synonym: doença
- infirmity