variabilidade

Portuguese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-der.

Proto-Indo-European *h₁wh₂-s-?

Proto-Indo-European *-yos

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *-yós

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Proto-Italic *-jōsinflu.

Proto-Italic *-jos

Proto-Italic *wasios?

Latin varius

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂tiinflu.

Proto-Italic *-ājō

Proto-Italic *-āō

Latin -ō

Latin variō

Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlom

Proto-Italic *-ðlis

Latin -bilis

Latin variābilislbor.

Portuguese variável

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-ts

Proto-Indo-European *-teh₂tsder.

Latin -itātem

Old Galician-Portuguese -idade

Portuguese -idade

Portuguese variabilidade

From variável (“variable”) + -idade.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /va.ɾi.a.bi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/, (faster) /va.ɾja.bi.liˈda.d͡ʒi/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾjɐ.bi.liˈda.dɨ/ [vɐ.ɾjɐ.βi.liˈða.ðɨ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾjɐ.bi.liˈda.dɨ/ [vɐ.ɾjɐ.βi.liˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /bɐ.ɾjɐ.bi.liˈda.dɨ/ [bɐ.ɾjɐ.βi.liˈða.ðɨ]
  • (Southern Portugal) IPA^(key): /vɐ.ɾjɐ.bi.liˈda.dɨ/

• Hyphenation: va‧ri‧a‧bi‧li‧da‧de

Noun

variabilidade f (plural variabilidades)

1. variability (degree to which a thing is variable)

Related terms

• variar

Further reading

• “variabilidade”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “variabilidade”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026