craving

craving

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/

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• Rhymes: -eɪvɪŋ

Etymology 1

From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave +‎ -ing.

Noun

craving (plural cravings)

1. A strong desire; yearning.

Descendants

• Jamaican Creole: craven

Translations

strong desire; yearning

Arabic: تَوْق‎ m (tawq), تَشَوُّق‎ m (tašawwuq), شَبَق‎ m (šabaq) [sexual craving], غُلْمَة‎ m (ḡulma) [sexual craving] Belarusian: цяга f (cjaha), прага f (praha), імкненне n (imknjennje) Bulgarian: копнеж (bg) m (kopnež), жажда (bg) f (žažda) Catalan: ànsia (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 渴望 (zh) (kěwàng), 癖好 (zh) (pǐhào) Czech: choutky f pl Finnish: jano (fi), halu (fi), tarve (fi), hinku (fi) French: désir ardent m German: Gelüst (de) n, Begierde (de) f, Sehnsucht (de) f Greek: λαχτάρα (el) f (lachtára), πόθος (el) m (póthos), δίψα (el) f (dípsa) Ancient: ὄρεξις f (órexis) Hungarian: sóvárgás (hu), epekedés (hu), vágyakozás (hu), vágyódás (hu), mohó​/​gyötrő​/​kínzó​/​heves vágy, (by a pregnant woman, for specific food) kívánósság, kívánás (hu) Irish: áilíos m, aimirne f (for food), andúil f, anrachán m, dúil f, gabhair f, mearadh m, miangas m, ocras (ga) m, tart (ga) m, tothlaíocht f, tothlú m Italian: brama (it) f Japanese: 渇望 (ja) (かつぼう, katsubō), 切望 (ja) (せつぼう, setsubō), 熱望 (ja) (ねつぼう, netsubō) Ladin: gola f Latgalian: tveiksme, tveikys, olka, steigsme Latvian: alkas f pl, kāre f Polish: zachcianka (pl) f, żądza (pl) f Portuguese: ânsia (pt) f, anelo (pt) m, sofreguidão (pt) f Romanian: poftă (ro) f, sete (ro) f, râvnă (ro) f, ardoare (ro) f Russian: влече́ние (ru) n (vlečénije), жа́жда (ru) f (žážda), тя́га (ru) f (tjága), стремле́ние (ru) n (stremlénije), пристра́стие (ru) n (pristrástije) Spanish: ansia (es) f Swedish: begär (sv) n, längtan (sv) c Tocharian B: kāwalyñe

Etymology 2

From crave.

Verb

craving

1. present participle of crave

Further reading

• craving in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• craving in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911

Anagrams

• carving