"canities" meaning in All languages combined

See canities on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

IPA: /kəˈnɪʃiiːz/
Etymology: From Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|cānitiēs||gray hair, old age}} Latin cānitiēs (“gray hair, old age”) Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} canities (uncountable)
  1. (uncommon, medicine) The condition of having gray hair. Tags: uncommon, uncountable
    Sense id: en-canities-en-noun-txSj2ze2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Hair, Medicine, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 70 23 2 6 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 62 32 2 4 Topics: medicine, sciences

Noun [Latin]

Etymology: cānus (“hoary, gray”) + -itiēs Etymology templates: {{suffix|la|cānus|-itiēs||gloss1=hoary, gray}} cānus (“hoary, gray”) + -itiēs Head templates: {{la-noun|cānitiēs<5>}} cānitiēs f (genitive cānitiēī); fifth declension Inflection templates: {{la-ndecl|cānitiēs<5>}} Forms: cānitiēs [canonical, feminine], cānitiēī [genitive], no-table-tags [table-tags], cānitiēs [nominative, singular], cānitiēs [nominative, plural], cānitiēī [genitive, singular], cānitiērum [genitive, plural], cānitiēī [dative, singular], cānitiēbus [dative, plural], cānitiem [accusative, singular], cānitiēs [accusative, plural], cānitiē [ablative, singular], cānitiēbus [ablative, plural], cānitiēs [singular, vocative], cānitiēs [plural, vocative], cānitia [alternative]
  1. hoar; hoariness ; a grayish-white color Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-canities-la-noun-kbUsuDP2 Categories (other): Latin entries with incorrect language header, Latin terms suffixed with -ities, Colors Disambiguation of Latin entries with incorrect language header: 82 5 13 Disambiguation of Latin terms suffixed with -ities: 71 7 22 Disambiguation of Colors: 52 28 19
  2. grey hair Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-canities-la-noun-a-6dvaSc Categories (other): Hair Disambiguation of Hair: 12 88 0
  3. old age Tags: declension-5
    Sense id: en-canities-la-noun-dhYEDni6 Categories (other): Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension, Age Disambiguation of Latin feminine nouns in the fifth declension: 32 17 51 Disambiguation of Age: 0 0 100
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