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{
"derived": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "coveting"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "covetingly"
}
],
"etymology_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "enm",
"3": "coveten"
},
"expansion": "Middle English coveten",
"name": "inh"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "coveiten"
},
"expansion": "coveiten",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "enm",
"2": "coveyten"
},
"expansion": "coveyten",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "fro",
"3": "covoitier"
},
"expansion": "Old French covoitier",
"name": "der"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fr",
"2": "convoiter"
},
"expansion": "French convoiter",
"name": "cog"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "fro",
"2": "covoitié",
"3": "",
"4": "desire"
},
"expansion": "covoitié (“desire”)",
"name": "m"
},
{
"args": {
"1": "en",
"2": "la",
"3": "cupiditas"
},
"expansion": "Latin cupiditas",
"name": "der"
}
],
"etymology_text": "From Middle English coveten, coveiten, coveyten, from Old French covoitier (modern French convoiter), from covoitié (“desire”), presumably modified from Latin cupiditas.",
"forms": [
{
"form": "covets",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form": "coveting",
"tags": [
"participle",
"present"
]
},
{
"form": "coveted",
"tags": [
"participle",
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "coveted",
"tags": [
"past"
]
}
],
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {},
"expansion": "covet (third-person singular simple present covets, present participle coveting, simple past and past participle coveted)",
"name": "en-verb"
}
],
"lang": "English",
"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
"related": [
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "covetable"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "coveter"
},
{
"_dis1": "0 0 0",
"word": "covetous"
}
],
"senses": [
{
"categories": [],
"examples": [
{
"ref": "1991, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs (motion picture), spoken by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)",
"text": "No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously."
],
"id": "en-covet-en-verb-QJ-mNHBU",
"links": [
[
"wish",
"wish"
],
[
"desire",
"desire"
],
[
"enviously",
"enviously"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭamuʕa",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "طَمُعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭamiʕa",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "طَمِعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jašiʕa",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "جَشِعَ"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "tamah salmaq"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žaduvam",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "жадувам"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mak",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "မက်"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "貪求"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānqiú",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "贪求"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "貪圖"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tāntú",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "贪图"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěwàng",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "渴望"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuíxián",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "垂涎"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begære"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "hunkeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "verlangen"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "smachten (naar)"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "deziri"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "himoita"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "convoiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "désirer"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "cobizar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "desexar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "devecer"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "degorar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "gorar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "bremar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begehren"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gairnjan",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epithūméō",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "ἐπῐθῡμέω"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "chamad",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "חמד"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "concupire"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "bramare"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"alt": "せつぼうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "setsubō suru",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "切望する"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"alt": "むさぼる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "musaboru",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "貪る"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"alt": "よくばる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okubaru",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "欲張る"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "concupio"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kotikkuka",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "കൊതിക്കുക"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "taiapo"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "kōhaehae"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "kaiapo"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "abhilāṣṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "अभिलाषणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "lālacṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "लालचणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "lālcāvṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "लालचावणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "lālucṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "लालुचणे"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "attrå"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "ønske sterkt"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "wilnian"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "pożądać"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "desejar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "cobiçar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "a râvni"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "a dori"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "jindui"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "ochi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žaždátʹ",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жажда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sílʹno želátʹ",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "си́льно жела́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "gṛdhyati",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "गृध्यति"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "žudjeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "žuditi"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "žudeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "mať zálusk (na niečo)"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "desear"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "codiciar"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begära"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "imbutin"
},
{
"_dis1": "86 6 9",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "imrenmek"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [
{
"_dis": "31 41 28",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
"parents": [
"Entries with incorrect language header",
"Entry maintenance"
],
"source": "w+disamb"
}
],
"glosses": [
"To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden)."
],
"id": "en-covet-en-verb-Cgwnn2Yu",
"links": [
[
"long",
"long"
],
[
"hanker",
"hanker"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden)."
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "覬覦"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gei³ jyu⁴",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "觊觎"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "begeren"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "lonken"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "convoiter"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "guigner"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "taiapo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "kaiapo"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "a râvni"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "a tânji"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žaždátʹ",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жажда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sílʹno želátʹ",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "си́льно жела́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "5 85 9",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "hlepiti"
}
]
},
{
"categories": [],
"glosses": [
"To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession."
],
"id": "en-covet-en-verb-WH7qPA6c",
"links": [
[
"yearn",
"yearn"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession."
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
],
"translations": [
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poželavam",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "пожелавам"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "lusten"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "smachten"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "himoita"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "sehnen"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bifaihōn",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "monoa"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "monowa"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "kōhaehae"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žaždátʹ",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жажда́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "domogátʹsja",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "домога́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sílʹno želátʹ",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "си́льно жела́ть"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "žuditi"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "žudjeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "žudeti"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "sukta"
},
{
"_dis1": "28 12 60",
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"note": "for another's possession",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "gözü kalmak"
}
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈkʌvɪt/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ʌvɪt"
},
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{
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"ref": "1991, Ted Tally, The Silence of the Lambs (motion picture), spoken by Hannibal Lecter (Anthony Hopkins)",
"text": "No! He covets. That is his nature. And how do we begin to covet, Clarice? Do we seek out things to covet? Make an effort to answer now.",
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[
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"(transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously."
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"(transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden)."
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"(intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession."
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"rhymes": "-ʌvɪt"
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭamuʕa",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "طَمُعَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "ṭamiʕa",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "طَمِعَ"
},
{
"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "jašiʕa",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "جَشِعَ"
},
{
"code": "az",
"lang": "Azerbaijani",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "tamah salmaq"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "žaduvam",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "жадувам"
},
{
"code": "my",
"lang": "Burmese",
"roman": "mak",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "မက်"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "貪求"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tānqiú",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "贪求"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "貪圖"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "tāntú",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "贪图"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "kěwàng",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "渴望"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "chuíxián",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "垂涎"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begære"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "hunkeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "verlangen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "smachten (naar)"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "deziri"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "himoita"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "convoiter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "désirer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "cobizar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "desexar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "devecer"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "degorar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "gorar"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "bremar"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begehren"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "gairnjan",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽"
},
{
"code": "grc",
"lang": "Ancient Greek",
"roman": "epithūméō",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "ἐπῐθῡμέω"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "chamad",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "חמד"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "concupire"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "bramare"
},
{
"alt": "せつぼうする",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "setsubō suru",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "切望する"
},
{
"alt": "むさぼる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "musaboru",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "貪る"
},
{
"alt": "よくばる",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "okubaru",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "欲張る"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "concupio"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "kotikkuka",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "കൊതിക്കുക"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "taiapo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "kōhaehae"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "kaiapo"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "abhilāṣṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "अभिलाषणे"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "lālacṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "लालचणे"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "lālcāvṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "लालचावणे"
},
{
"code": "mr",
"lang": "Marathi",
"roman": "lālucṇe",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "लालुचणे"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "attrå"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "ønske sterkt"
},
{
"code": "ang",
"lang": "Old English",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "wilnian"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "pożądać"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "desejar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "cobiçar"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "a râvni"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "a dori"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "jindui"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "ochi"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žaždátʹ",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жажда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sílʹno želátʹ",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "си́льно жела́ть"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "gṛdhyati",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "गृध्यति"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "žudjeti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "žuditi"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "žudeti"
},
{
"code": "sk",
"lang": "Slovak",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "mať zálusk (na niečo)"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "desear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "codiciar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "begära"
},
{
"code": "tl",
"lang": "Tagalog",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "imbutin"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to wish for with eagerness",
"word": "imrenmek"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "覬覦"
},
{
"code": "yue",
"lang": "Chinese Cantonese",
"roman": "gei³ jyu⁴",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "觊觎"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "begeren"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "lonken"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "convoiter"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "guigner"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "taiapo"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "kaiapo"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "a râvni"
},
{
"code": "ro",
"lang": "Romanian",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "a tânji"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žaždátʹ",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жажда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sílʹno želátʹ",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "си́льно жела́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to long for inordinately or unlawfully",
"word": "hlepiti"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "poželavam",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "пожелавам"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "lusten"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "smachten"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "himoita"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "sehnen"
},
{
"code": "got",
"lang": "Gothic",
"roman": "bifaihōn",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "monoa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "monowa"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "kōhaehae"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "žaždátʹ",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "жажда́ть"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "domogátʹsja",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "домога́ться"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "sílʹno želátʹ",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "си́льно жела́ть"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "žuditi"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "žudjeti"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "žudeti"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "sukta"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"note": "for another's possession",
"sense": "to have or indulge inordinate desire",
"word": "gözü kalmak"
}
],
"word": "covet"
}
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