"grava" meaning in Esperanto

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Adjective

IPA: [ˈɡrava] Forms: gravan [accusative, singular], gravaj [plural], gravajn [accusative, plural]
Rhymes: -ava Etymology: From French, Italian and English grave, ultimately from Latin gravis. Compare German gravitätisch. Etymology templates: {{der|eo|fr|-}} French, {{der|eo|it|-}} Italian, {{der|eo|en|-}} English, {{m|fr|grave}} grave, {{der|eo|la|gravis}} Latin gravis, {{cog|de|gravitätisch}} German gravitätisch Head templates: {{eo-head}} grava (accusative singular gravan, plural gravaj, accusative plural gravajn)
  1. important
    Sense id: en-grava-eo-adj-NKmJ6z4i Categories (other): Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto Disambiguation of Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto: 43 57
  2. serious, grave
    Sense id: en-grava-eo-adj-FRmYK2uo Categories (other): Esperanto entries with incorrect language header, Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto Disambiguation of Esperanto entries with incorrect language header: 6 94 Disambiguation of Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto: 43 57
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: gravaĵo (english: something important), grave (english: importantly), graveco (english: importance), gravi (english: to be important), gravulo (english: important person, VIP), ne gravas (english: it’s not important; it doesn't matter)
Categories (other): Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro, Esperanto BRO2, Esperanto GCSE1 Disambiguation of Esperanto 1894 Universala Vortaro: 0 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto BRO2: 0 0 Disambiguation of Esperanto GCSE1: 0 0

Inflected forms

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  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "unimportant, trivial",
      "word": "malgrava"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "something important",
      "word": "gravaĵo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "importantly",
      "word": "grave"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "importance",
      "word": "graveco"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to be important",
      "word": "gravi"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "important person, VIP",
      "word": "gravulo"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "it’s not important; it doesn't matter",
      "word": "ne gravas"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "fr",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "French",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
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      },
      "expansion": "English",
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grave"
      },
      "expansion": "grave",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "gravis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gravis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gravitätisch"
      },
      "expansion": "German gravitätisch",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French, Italian and English grave, ultimately from Latin gravis. Compare German gravitätisch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gravan",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gravaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gravajn",
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        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "grava (accusative singular gravan, plural gravaj, accusative plural gravajn)",
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    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gra‧va"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Resurrection and Easter are the most important events in the orthodox belief, but Tolstoy's work isn't about that resurrection or any otherworldly miracle.",
          "ref": "2000, Wolfgang Kirschstein, “Tolstoj instigas ankoraŭ hodiaŭ”, in La Ondo de Esperanto, volume 11, number 73, archived from the original on 2013-05-11",
          "text": "Resurekto kaj pasko estas la plej gravaj okazintaĵoj en la ortodoksa kredo, sed ĉe Tolstoj ne temas pri tiu resurekto aŭ iu transmonda miraklo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "important"
      ],
      "id": "en-grava-eo-adj-NKmJ6z4i",
      "links": [
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        ]
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A serious danger for the future of our language lies, in my opinion, in the acceptance of that proposal.",
          "roman": "Grava danĝero por la estonteco de nia lingvo kuŝas, laŭ mia opinio, en la akcepto de tiu propono.",
          "text": "1912, E. Ĉefeĉ, \"Pluaj argumentoj por pruvi, ke la teorio: \"La radikoj en Esperanto havas gramatikan karakteron\" kontraustaras la intencojn de la fundamento\"http://books.google.com/books?id=PLlFAQAAIAAJ&q=dan%C4%9Dero&dq=dan%C4%9Dero&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i_2UUpXsEsrkyAH5rYHoAg&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBQ",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "serious, grave"
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      "links": [
        [
          "serious",
          "serious"
        ],
        [
          "grave",
          "grave"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡrava]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ava"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grava"
}
{
  "antonyms": [
    {
      "english": "unimportant, trivial",
      "word": "malgrava"
    }
  ],
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    "Esperanto GCSE1",
    "Esperanto adjectives",
    "Esperanto entries with incorrect language header",
    "Esperanto lemmas",
    "Esperanto terms derived from English",
    "Esperanto terms derived from French",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Italian",
    "Esperanto terms derived from Latin",
    "Esperanto terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "Esperanto terms with audio links",
    "Rhymes:Esperanto/ava",
    "Words approved by the Akademio de Esperanto"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "something important",
      "word": "gravaĵo"
    },
    {
      "english": "importantly",
      "word": "grave"
    },
    {
      "english": "importance",
      "word": "graveco"
    },
    {
      "english": "to be important",
      "word": "gravi"
    },
    {
      "english": "important person, VIP",
      "word": "gravulo"
    },
    {
      "english": "it’s not important; it doesn't matter",
      "word": "ne gravas"
    }
  ],
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        "2": "fr",
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      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "en",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "English",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fr",
        "2": "grave"
      },
      "expansion": "grave",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "eo",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "gravis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin gravis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "gravitätisch"
      },
      "expansion": "German gravitätisch",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French, Italian and English grave, ultimately from Latin gravis. Compare German gravitätisch.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gravan",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gravaj",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gravajn",
      "tags": [
        "accusative",
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "grava (accusative singular gravan, plural gravaj, accusative plural gravajn)",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "gra‧va"
  ],
  "lang": "Esperanto",
  "lang_code": "eo",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "The Resurrection and Easter are the most important events in the orthodox belief, but Tolstoy's work isn't about that resurrection or any otherworldly miracle.",
          "ref": "2000, Wolfgang Kirschstein, “Tolstoj instigas ankoraŭ hodiaŭ”, in La Ondo de Esperanto, volume 11, number 73, archived from the original on 2013-05-11",
          "text": "Resurekto kaj pasko estas la plej gravaj okazintaĵoj en la ortodoksa kredo, sed ĉe Tolstoj ne temas pri tiu resurekto aŭ iu transmonda miraklo.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "important"
      ],
      "links": [
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          "important",
          "important"
        ]
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    },
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      "categories": [
        "Esperanto terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "A serious danger for the future of our language lies, in my opinion, in the acceptance of that proposal.",
          "roman": "Grava danĝero por la estonteco de nia lingvo kuŝas, laŭ mia opinio, en la akcepto de tiu propono.",
          "text": "1912, E. Ĉefeĉ, \"Pluaj argumentoj por pruvi, ke la teorio: \"La radikoj en Esperanto havas gramatikan karakteron\" kontraustaras la intencojn de la fundamento\"http://books.google.com/books?id=PLlFAQAAIAAJ&q=dan%C4%9Dero&dq=dan%C4%9Dero&hl=en&sa=X&ei=i_2UUpXsEsrkyAH5rYHoAg&ved=0CFEQ6AEwBQ",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "serious, grave"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "serious",
          "serious"
        ],
        [
          "grave",
          "grave"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈɡrava]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ava"
    }
  ],
  "word": "grava"
}

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