🇵🇹Portuguese Source WordCode: PT

Entidade

Pronunciation / Transliteration: ẽ.tʃiˈda.dʒi

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Entity/ˈɛn.tə.ti/
nounCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #950 frequency
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🇵🇹 Example Sentence in Portuguese:

"Uma empresa é uma entidade legal."

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Something that exists as a particular and discrete unit.

    "In the context of business, a corporation is considered a legal entity."
  2. 2

    An organization or being that has a distinct existence.

    "The nonprofit organization operates as a separate entity from its founders."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Late Latin word 'entitas', which was coined from the Latin root 'ens' (meaning 'being', present participle of 'esse', to be) combined with the nominal suffix '-itat-'. It entered the English language in the late 15th century via Middle French, initially used in philosophical contexts to denote existence or essence before expanding to mean an independent thing or organization.

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