rapace

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rapāx, rapācem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pas/

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• Rhymes: -as

Adjective

rapace (plural rapaces)

1. rapacious, predatory

   Le vautour est très rapace. ― The vulture is very rapacious.

2. (figuratively) rapacious, greedy
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoé, translation by Alexandre Dumas

     Il s’en retourna repu et orgueilleux, pour raconter à ses rapaces compatriotes la richesse et la simplicité de nos nobles Saxons.

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Derived terms

• rapacité

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaces)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

   rapace nocturne ― nocturnal raptor

Further reading

• “rapace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin rapax, rapacem.

Adjective

1. predatory
2. rapacious, greedy

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaci)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

Synonyms

• uccello rapace

Related terms

• rapire

Anagrams

• pacare