rapid
See also: ràpid
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French rapide, from Latin rapidus.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /ˈɹæpɪd/
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Adjective
rapid (comparative more rapid or rapider, superlative most rapid or rapidest)
- Very swift or quick.
- a rapid stream; rapid growth; rapid improvement
- (Can we date this quote by John Milton and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)
- Ascend my chariot; guide the rapid wheels.
- 1922, Ben Travers, chapter 5, in A Cuckoo in the Nest[1]:
- The most rapid and most seductive transition in all human nature is that which attends the palliation of a ravenous appetite. There is something humiliating about it. […] Can those harmless but refined fellow-diners be the selfish cads whose gluttony and personal appearance so raised your contemptuous wrath on your arrival?
- 2013 June 21, Chico Harlan, “Japan pockets the subsidy …”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 2, page 30:
- Across Japan, technology companies and private investors are racing to install devices that until recently they had little interest in: solar panels. Massive solar parks are popping up as part of a rapid build-up that one developer likened to an "explosion."
- Steep, changing altitude quickly. (of a slope)
- Needing only a brief exposure time. (of a lens, plate, film, etc.)
- (England, dialectal) Violent, severe.
- (obsolete, dialectal) Happy.
Translations
Very swift or quick
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Adverb
rapid (comparative more rapid, superlative most rapid)
- (archaic or colloquial) Rapidly.
Noun
rapid (plural rapids)
- (often in the plural) a rough section of a river or stream which is difficult to navigate due to the swift and turbulent motion of the water.
- (dated) A burst of rapid fire.
Translations
section of river
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Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French rapide, Latin rapidus. Doublet of repede.
Pronunciation
Adjective
rapid m or n (feminine singular rapidă, masculine plural rapizi, feminine and neuter plural rapide)
Declension
Declension of rapid
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Adverb
rapid
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