Portuguese

Alternative forms

• -dade

Suffix

-idade f

1. forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating the state, property or quality of conforming to the adjective’s description; -ity; -ness; -hood

   desumano ‎(“inhumane”) + ‎-idade → ‎desumanidade ‎(“inhumanity”)

2. forms nouns, from adjectives, indicating something that has the given quality; -ity

   côncavo ‎(“concave”) + ‎-idade → ‎concavidade ‎(“concavity”)

Synonyms

• (forming the names of properties): -or, -eza, -ez

Derived terms