squalide
French
Etymology
From Middle French, borrowed from Latin squālidus.
Adjective
squalide (plural squalides)
- squalid; dirty; filthy
Further reading
- “squalide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Etymology
From translingual Squalidae, from the name of the genus Squalus, from Latin squālus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈskwa.li.de/
- Rhymes: -alide
- Hyphenation: squà‧li‧de
Noun
squalide m (plural squalidi)
- (ichthyology) any member of the Squalidae taxonomic family
Related terms
- squalo
Further reading
- squalide in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
Latin
Adjective
squālide
- vocative masculine singular of squālidus
References
- “squalide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “squalide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- squalide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette