avarice

English

WOTD - 14 April 2006    

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈævəɹɪs/

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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

Bulgarian: алчност (bg) Catalan: avarícia (ca) f., cobdícia (ca) f. Czech: chamtivost (cs) f., lakomství (cs) n. Finnish: ahneus (fi), rahanhimo (fi) French: avarice (fr) German: Gier (de) f. Greek: πλεονεξία (el) (pleonexía) f. Ido: avareso (io) Italian: avarizia (it), cupidigia (it) f. Japanese: 強欲 (ja) (gōyoku)

Korean: 탐욕 (tamyok) Latin: avāritia (la) f., avāritiēs (la) f. 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)

inordinate desire for some supposed good

Bulgarian: користолюбие (bg) 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.

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Swedish: girighet, snålhet

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