envie
See also: envié, envíe, and en vie
English
Etymology
en- + vie.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɪnˈvaɪ/, /ɛnˈvaɪ/
Verb
envie (third-person singular simple present envies, present participle envying, simple past and past participle envied)
- (obsolete) To vie; to emulate; to strive.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- In which all pleasures plenteously abownd,
And none does others happinesse envye
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References
- envie in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
Anagrams
- nieve
French
Etymology
From Old French enveie (with /ei̯/ modified to /i/ to match the Latin etymon), from Latin invidia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɑ̃.vi/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophones: envient, envies
Noun
envie f (plural envies)
- desire, lust, urge
- appetite, craving
- envy
- Synonym: convoitise
- birthmark
- Synonyms: tache de naissance, tache de vin
- hangnail
- Synonym: petite peau
Verb
envie
- inflection of envier:
- first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- second-person singular imperative
Derived terms
- avoir envie
- avoir envie de
- envier
Related terms
- envieux
Further reading
- “envie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭnvĭdĭa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 4: G H I, page 799
Anagrams
- veine, veiné
Galician
Verb
envie
- first-person singular present subjunctive of enviar
- third-person singular present subjunctive of enviar
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French envie (“desire”).
Verb
envie
- to desire
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Middle English
Alternative forms
- anvie, envi, envy, envye, invie
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French envie, from Latin invidia.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɛnˈviː(ə)/, /ˈɛnviː(ə)/
Noun
envie (plural envies)
- ill-will, hatred, enmity, hostility; spite, malice; an instance of enmity
- Synonym: onde
- 1378, John of Trevisa, transl., Polychronicon, translation of original by Ranulf Higden, published 1876, page 287:
- ȝit þey haveþ so grete envie to þe Latyns þat þey haveþ wiþ drawe hem out of [þe] subieccioun and obedience of þe chirche of Rome
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- envy, grudge; hostility; an instance of this feeling
- Synonym: onde
- harm, injury
- Synonyms: harm, injurie
- eagerness, enthusiasm
Related terms
- envien
- envious
Descendants
- English: envy
References
- “envīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
Portuguese
Verb
envie
- inflection of enviar:
- first/third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative