avide
See also: avidė
Esperanto
Adverb
avide
- avidly, eagerly
- 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto, Project Gutenberg transcription
- La vunditaj hundoj avide ekmanĝis.
- The wounded dogs eagerly begin to eat.
- La vunditaj hundoj avide ekmanĝis.
- 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto, Project Gutenberg transcription
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin avidus (“greedy; eager; hungry”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vid/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: avides
- Rhymes: -id
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “avide” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Latin
Adverb
avidē (comparative avidius, superlative avidissimē)
- greedily, avariciously
- hungrily, voraciously
- eagerly, desirously
- Synonyms: appetenter, inhianter
Related terms
References
- avide in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- avide in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.