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Galician
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese humanidade (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), itself borrowed from Latin hūmānitātem (“humanity”).
Pronunciation
Noun
humanidade f (plural humanidades)
- humanity, humankind, mankind
- Synonym: xénero humano
- humanity (human condition or nature)
- humanity; benevolence
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “humanidade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “humanidade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “humanidade”, 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), “humanidade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Portuguese
Etymology
Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese humanidade, itself borrowed from Latin hūmānitātem (“humanity”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: hu‧ma‧ni‧da‧de
Noun
humanidade f (uncountable)
- humanity; mankind (the human race as a whole)
- humanity (human condition or nature)
- humanity; benevolence
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:benevolência
- Antonyms: malevolência, maldade, maleficiência, malignidade
Derived terms