verosimilitud

Spanish

Alternative forms

• verisimilitud

Etymology

From earlier verisimilitud, borrowed from Latin verisimilitūdō, influenced by vero.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /beɾosimiliˈtud/ [be.ɾo.si.mi.liˈt̪uð̞]
• Rhymes: -ud
• Syllabification: ve‧ro‧si‧mi‧li‧tud

Noun

verosimilitud f (uncountable)

1. authenticity
2. truthlikeness, verisimilitude
3. (statistics) likelihood

Related terms

• verosímil

 

Further reading

• “verosimilitud”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28