gravide
\ɡʁa.vid\
The verdict
“gravide” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as an adjective. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 7
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Se dit d’une femelle prête à pondre, portant un sac d’œufs ou en gestation.
Corpus desk
Index FR-gravide · gravide · French
gravide · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-LONG 7 letters
- VOW-3 3 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "G" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | gravide |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Adjective |
| IPA | \ɡʁa.vid\ |
| Letters | 7 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « gravide » en français
Rare enough to double-check
gravide is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as anadjective, transcribed \ɡʁa.vid\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 3 senses are on record.
Our edit-distance generator produced no likely misspellings for gravide, a sign its spelling follows regular French conventions. No confusable counterpart is on file for this word, which tends to mean the word is visually distinctive enough to stand on its own.
This entry carries no recorded etymology, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is gravide, spelled G-R-A-V-I-D-E.
Definition
- 1Se dit d’une femelle prête à pondre, portant un sac d’œufs ou en gestation.
- 2Qui contient un embryon ou un fœtus.
- 3Qui se rapporte à l’état de la femme enceinte.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how gravide appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
La grande majorité des biches sont gravides chaque année. En outre, la gravidité des bichettes semblent en forte augmentation. Les causes de ce phénomène sont liées aux ressources alimentaires du milieu de vie : […].
Aussi, selon le biologiste, “certaines des femelles gravides risquent d’avorter, et les autres mettront bas dans le milieu récepteur, ce qui augmentera les effectifs dans ces milieux”.
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Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.