appetite

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Etymology

Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.

Pronunciation

• (US, UK) IPA: /ˈæp.ə.taɪt/, X-SAMPA: /"{p.@.taIt/

• Audio (US)

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• Homophone: apatite

Noun

appetite (plural appetites)

1. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
2. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

   If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim. -- Jeremy Taylor.

   To gratify the vulgar appetite for the marvelous. -- Thomas Babington Macaulay.

3. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

   The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek. --Richard Hooker.

Quotations

• Sir Arthur Conan Doyle in The Adventure of Black Peter

  And I return with an excellent appetite. There can be no question, my dear Watson, of the value of exercise before breakfast. But I am prepared to bet that you will not guess the form that my exercise has taken.

Synonyms

• craving, longing, desire, appetency, passion

Derived terms

appetitive appetizer

appetizing appetizingly

Translations

desire of or relish for food

• Afrikaans: aptyt (af), appetyt (af)
• Arabic: شهية (ar) (shahíyya) f
• Armenian: ախորժակ (hy) (axoržak)
• Bulgarian: апетит (bg) (apetit)
• Catalan: gana (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 食慾 (cmn), 食欲 (cmn) (shíyù)

• Czech: chuť (cs) f
• Danish: appetit (da) c
• Dutch: honger (nl), trek (nl), appetijt (nl), eetlust (nl)
• Estonian: söögiisu (et), isu (et), apetiit (et)
• Finnish: ruokahalu (fi)
• French: appétit (fr) m
• Georgian: მადა (ka) (mada)
• German: Appetit (de)
• Greek: όρεξη (el) (órexi) f
• Hebrew: תֵּאָבוֹן (he) (teavón) m
• Icelandic: matarlyst (is)

• Italian: appetito (it)
• Japanese: 食欲 (ja) (しょくよく, shokuyoku)
• Korean: 입맛 (ko) (immat)
• Maori: wakea (mi)
• Norwegian: matlyst (no) m
• Persian: گرسنگی (fa) (grosna(e)gi)
• Polish: apetyt m
• Portuguese: apetite (pt) m
• Romanian: poftă (ro) f, apetit (ro) n
• Russian: аппетит (ru) (appetít) m
• Sardinian:

  Campidanese Sardinian: gana, sghinzu

  Gallurese Sardinian: gana, sghiscia

  Logudorese Sardinian: gana

• Sassarese Sardinian: gana, appitìtu
• Serbo-Croatian: apetit (sh) m
• Spanish: apetito (es) m, deseo (es) m, ganas (es) f pl
• Turkish: iştah (tr)
• Zulu: isisu (zu) 7/8

any strong desire

• Finnish: halu (fi), hinku (fi)
• German: Begierde (de) f, Lust (de) f
• Maori: minamina (mi)
• Persian: آرزومندی (fa) (ārezumandi)

• Romanian: râvnă (ro) f, ardoare (ro) f, sârguință (ro) f
• Turkish: arzu (tr), istek (tr), şehvet (tr)

desire for personal gratification

• Finnish: halu (fi)
• Persian: کام (fa) (kām)

• Polish: żądza f

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Translations to be checked

• Icelandic: lyst (is), matarlyst (is), löngun (is)
• Slovak: chuť (sk) f

External links

• appetite in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• appetite in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• appetite at OneLook Dictionary Search

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Italian

Verb

appetite

1. second-person plural present indicative of appetire
2. second-person plural imperative of appetire
3. Plural of appetito

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Latin

Verb

appetite

1. second-person plural present active imperative of appetō