"avarice" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈævəɹɪs/ (note: non-merged vowel), /ˈævəɹəs/ (note: merged vowel), /ˈævɹəs/ (note: merged vowel) Audio: en-us-avarice.ogg Forms: avarices [plural]
Rhymes: -ævəɹəs Etymology: From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ew-|id=enjoy/consume}}, {{inh|en|enm|avarice}} Middle English avarice, {{der|en|fro|-}} Old French, {{der|en|la|avāritia}} Latin avāritia Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} avarice (usually uncountable, plural avarices)
  1. Excessive or inordinate desire of gain; greed for wealth Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions Synonyms: covetousness, cupidity Translations (excessive or inordinate desire of gain): πλεονεξία (pleonexía) [feminine] (Ancient Greek), طَمَع (ṭamaʕ) (Arabic), شُحُّ (šuḥḥu) [masculine] (Arabic), користолю́бие (koristoljúbie) [neuter] (Bulgarian), avarícia [feminine] (Catalan), cobdícia [feminine] (Catalan), 貪婪 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪婪 (tānlán) (Chinese Mandarin), 貪心 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪心 (tānxīn) (Chinese Mandarin), 貪財 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪财 (tāncái) (english: lust for wealth) (Chinese Mandarin), chamtivost [feminine] (Czech), lakomství [neuter] (Czech), hrabivost [feminine] (Czech), hebberigheid [feminine] (Dutch), hebzucht [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), inhaligheid (Dutch), avaro (Esperanto), ahnus (Estonian), saamahimu (Estonian), be'ero (Farefare), pʋyã'anɛ (Farefare), gírni [neuter] (Faroese), ahneus (Finnish), rahanhimo (Finnish), avarice (French), სიხარბე (sixarbe) (Georgian), გაუმაძღრობა (gaumaʒɣroba) (Georgian), სიძუნწე (siʒunc̣e) (Georgian), ხელმოჭერილობა (xelmoč̣eriloba) (Georgian), Gier [feminine] (German), 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃 (bifaihōns) [feminine] (Gothic), πλεονεξία (pleonexía) [feminine] (Greek), avareso (Ido), saint [feminine] (Irish), cíocras [masculine] (Irish), gabhálacht [feminine] (Irish), avarizia (Italian), cupidigia [feminine] (Italian), 強欲 (gōyoku) (alt: ごうよく) (Japanese), 탐욕 (tamyok) (alt: 貪慾) (Korean), avāritia [feminine] (Latin), avāritiēs [feminine] (Latin), അത്യാർത്തി (atyāṟtti) (Malayalam), ġitsung [feminine] (Old English), زیادهخواهی (ziâde-xâhi) (Persian), طمع (tama') (Persian), الچخت (alčaxt) (Persian), Jiez [masculine] (Plautdietsch), chciwość [feminine] (Polish), avarícia (Portuguese), avareza (Portuguese), avariție [feminine] (Romanian), а́лчность (álčnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), жа́дность (žádnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), ску́пость (skúpostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), sannt [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), lakomstvo [neuter] (Slovak), avaricia [feminine] (Spanish), codicia [feminine] (Spanish), girighet (Swedish), maune (Tocharian B), açgözlülük (Turkish)
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  2. Inordinate desire for some supposed good. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Emotions Translations (inordinate desire for some supposed good): лакоми́я (lakomíja) [feminine] (Bulgarian), ненаси́тност (nenasítnost) [feminine] (Bulgarian), avarícia [feminine] (Catalan), cobdícia [feminine] (Catalan), avidesa [feminine] (Catalan), 貪財 (Chinese Mandarin), 贪财 (tāncái) (Chinese Mandarin), 贪求 (tānqiú) (Chinese Mandarin), ahneus (Finnish), himo (Finnish), avidità [feminine] (Italian), chciwość [feminine] (Polish), avareza [feminine] (Portuguese), aviditate [feminine] (Romanian), ненасы́тность (nenasýtnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), прожо́рливость (prožórlivostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), para hırsı (Turkish), servet tutkusu (Turkish)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: avariciousness Related terms: avaricious, avariciously

Inflected forms

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      "word": "avarícia"
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "貪婪"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tānlán",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "贪婪"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "貪心"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tānxīn",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "贪心"
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      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
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      "roman": "tāncái",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "avaro"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "ahnus"
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      "code": "et",
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      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "saamahimu"
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      "code": "gur",
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      "word": "be'ero"
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      "code": "gur",
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      "word": "pʋyã'anɛ"
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      "code": "fo",
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      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
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    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "rahanhimo"
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      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "avarice"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "sixarbe",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "სიხარბე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaumaʒɣroba",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "გაუმაძღრობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "siʒunc̣e",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "სიძუნწე"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "xelmoč̣eriloba",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "ხელმოჭერილობა"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Gier"
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    {
      "code": "got",
      "lang": "Gothic",
      "roman": "bifaihōns",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "pleonexía",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "πλεονεξία"
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      "code": "grc",
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      "roman": "pleonexía",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "πλεονεξία"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "avareso"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "saint"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cíocras"
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    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gabhálacht"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "avarizia"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cupidigia"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ごうよく",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "gōyoku",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "強欲"
    },
    {
      "alt": "貪慾",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "tamyok",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "탐욕"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avāritia"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "avāritiēs"
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      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "atyāṟtti",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "അത്യാർത്തി"
    },
    {
      "code": "ang",
      "lang": "Old English",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ġitsung"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "ziâde-xâhi",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "زیادهخواهی"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "tama'",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "طمع"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "alčaxt",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "الچخت"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Jiez"
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    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chciwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "avarícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "avareza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avariție"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "álčnostʹ",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "а́лчность"
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    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "žádnostʹ",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "жа́дность"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "skúpostʹ",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "ску́пость"
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    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "sannt"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "lakomstvo"
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    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avaricia"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "codicia"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "girighet"
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    {
      "code": "txb",
      "lang": "Tocharian B",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "maune"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "excessive or inordinate desire of gain",
      "word": "açgözlülük"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "lakomíja",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "лакоми́я"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "nenasítnost",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ненаси́тност"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avarícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "cobdícia"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avidesa"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "word": "貪財"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tāncái",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "word": "贪财"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "tānqiú",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "word": "贪求"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "word": "ahneus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "word": "himo"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avidità"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "chciwość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "avareza"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "aviditate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nenasýtnostʹ",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ненасы́тность"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "prožórlivostʹ",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "прожо́рливость"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "word": "para hırsı"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "inordinate desire for some supposed good",
      "word": "servet tutkusu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "avarice"
}

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