avarice

English

WOTD – 14 April 2006    

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈævəɹɪs/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

avarice (uncountable)

1. Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greediness after wealth; covetousness; cupidity.
2. Inordinate desire for some supposed good.

Synonyms

• avariciousness
• See also Wikisaurus:greed

Related terms

• avaricious, avariciously

Translations

excessive or inordinate desire of gain

• Arabic: طمع (ar) (ṭamaʿ)
• Bulgarian: алчност (bg) (alčnost)
• Catalan: avarícia (ca) f, cobdícia (ca) f
• Czech: chamtivost (cs) f, lakomství (cs) n
• Faroese: please add this translation if you can
• Dutch: hebberigheid (nl) f, hebzucht (nl) m and f, inhaligheid (nl)
• Finnish: ahneus (fi), rahanhimo (fi)
• French: avarice (fr)
• German: Gier (de) f
• Greek: πλεονεξία (el) (pleonexía) f 
• Ido: avareso (io)
• Irish: saint (ga) f, cíocras (ga) m, gabhálacht (ga) f
• Italian: avarizia (it), cupidigia (it) f
• Japanese: 強欲 (ja) (gōyoku)

• Khmer: សេចក្ដីកំណាញ់ (km) (səckdəy kɑmnañ)
• Korean: 탐욕 (ko) (tamyok)
• Latin: avāritia (la) f, avāritiēs (la) f
• Old English: ġitsung (ang) f
• Persian: زیاده‌خواهی (fa) (ziâde-xâhi), طمع (fa) (tama')
• Polish: chciwość (pl) f
• Portuguese: avarícia (pt), avareza (pt)
• Romanian: avariție (ro) f
• Russian: алчность (ru) (álčnost') f , жадность (ru) (žádnost') f , скупость (ru) (skúpost') f 
• Scottish Gaelic: sannt (gd) m
• Spanish: avaricia (es) f, codicia (es) f
• Swedish: girighet (sv)
• Turkish: açgözlülük (tr)
• Yiddish: please add this translation if you can

inordinate desire for some supposed good

• Bulgarian: користолюбие (bg) (koristoljubie)
• Catalan: avarícia (ca) f, cobdícia (ca) f, avidesa (ca) f
• Finnish: ahneus (fi), himo (fi)
• Italian: avidità (it) f

• Polish: chciwość (pl) f
• Romanian: aviditate (ro) f
• Turkish: para hırsı (tr), servet tutkusu (tr)

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• Swedish: girighet (sv), snålhet (sv)

Anagrams

• caviare

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French

Etymology

From Latin avaritia.

Pronunciation

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Noun

avarice f (plural avarices)

1. greed; avarice

Related terms

• avare
• avarement
• avaricieux

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Old French

Etymology

From Latin avaritia.

Noun

avarice f (oblique plural avarices, nominative singular avarice, nominative plural avarices)

1. greed; avarice