avid
See also: àvid
English
Etymology
From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈæv.ɪd/, /ˈæv.əd/
Audio (RP) (file)
Adjective
avid (comparative more avid or (less commonly) avider, superlative most avid or (less commonly) avidest)
- enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something
- I'm an avid reader.
- an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies
- 1999, Larry Zuckerman, The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World:
- A blanket disdain for indigenous foods doesn't explain the delay, because Spain was avid to adopt a different New World root.
- 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, page 3:
- We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.
Derived terms
- avidly
- avidity
- avidness
Translations
enthusiastic; passionate
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longing eagerly; eager; greedy
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Anagrams
- AIVD, Adiv, Vida, diva
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French avide, from Latin avidus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [a.vid]
Adjective
avid m or n (feminine singular avidă, masculine plural avizi, feminine and neuter plural avide)
- avid, eager, desirous
- greedy, grasping
Declension
Declension of avid
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative | indefinite | avid | avidă | avizi | avide | ||
definite | avidul | avida | avizii | avidele | |||
genitive/ dative | indefinite | avid | avide | avizi | avide | ||
definite | avidului | avidei | avizilor | avidelor |
Related terms
- aviditate