rapace

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rapāx, rapācem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.pas/
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  • Rhymes: -as

Adjective

rapace (plural rapaces)

  1. rapacious, predatory
    Le vautour est très rapace.The vulture is very rapacious.
  2. (figuratively) rapacious, greedy
    • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoé, translation by Alexandre Dumas
      Il s’en retourna repu et orgueilleux, pour raconter à ses rapaces compatriotes la richesse et la simplicité de nos nobles Saxons.
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Derived terms

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaces)

  1. bird of prey
  2. raptor
    rapace nocturnenocturnal raptor

Further reading


Italian

Etymology

From Latin rapax, rapacem.

Adjective

rapace (masculine and feminine plural rapaci)

  1. predatory
  2. rapacious, greedy

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaci)

  1. bird of prey
  2. raptor

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