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French
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin gravitās. Replaced the older inherited grieté, griéveté.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡʁa.vi.te/, /ɡʁɑ.vi.te/
Noun
gravité f (plural gravités)
- gravity
- Near-synonyms: pesanteur, gravitation
- centre de gravité ― center of mass
- severity
- Near-synonym: (rare) sériosité
- la gravité de la situation ― the gravity of the situation
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Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɡɾabiˈte/
- Rhymes: -e
- Syllabification: gra‧vi‧té
Verb
gravité
- first-person singular preterite indicative of gravitar