avide
See also: avidė
Esperanto
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Adverb
avide
- avidly, eagerly
- 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto, Project Gutenberg transcription
- La vunditaj hundoj avide ekmanĝis.
- The wounded dogs eagerly begin to eat.
- La vunditaj hundoj avide ekmanĝis.
- 1952, F. Omelka, La Alaska stafeto, Project Gutenberg transcription
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin avidus (“greedy; eager; hungry”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.vid/
Audio (France, Paris) (file) - Homophone: avides
- Rhymes: -id
Adjective
avide (plural avides)
- avid, eager, desirous
- greedy, grasping
Derived terms
- avidement
Related terms
- avidité
Further reading
- “avide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- dévia, évida
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈa.vi.de/
- Rhymes: -avide
- Hyphenation: à‧vi‧de
Adjective
avide f pl
- feminine plural of avido
Anagrams
- devia, evadi
Latin
Etymology
From avidus (“greedy; eager; hungry”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).
Adverb
avidē (comparative avidius, superlative avidissimē)
- greedily, avariciously
- Synonyms: avārē, avāriter
- hungrily, voraciously
- eagerly, desirously
- Synonyms: appetenter, inhianter
Related terms
- audeō
- avārē
- avāriter
- avāritia
- avāritiēs
- avārus
- avēns
- aventer
- aveō
- aviditās
- aviditer
- avidus
References
- “avide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “avide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- avide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette