"avid" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /ˈæv.ɪd/, /ˈæv.əd/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-avid.wav Forms: more avid [comparative], avider [comparative, uncommon], most avid [superlative], avidest [superlative, uncommon]
Etymology: From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₂ew-|id=enjoy/consume}}, {{uder|en|fr|avide}} French avide, {{uder|en|la|avidus||eager, desirous; greedy}} Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”) Head templates: {{en-adj|more,avider<l:less common>}} avid (comparative more avid or (less common) avider, superlative most avid or (less common) avidest)
  1. Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something. Translations (enthusiastic; passionate): نَهِم (nahim) [masculine] (Arabic), مُتَحَمِّس (mutaḥammis) [masculine] (Arabic), страстен (strasten) (Bulgarian), àvid (Catalan), nadšený (Czech), vášnivý (Czech), zanícený (Czech), zapálený (Czech), gretig (Dutch), innokas (Finnish), avide (French), ávido (Galician), passioniert (German), begeistert (German), eifrig (German), leidenschaftlich (German), enthusiastisch (German), נלהב (Hebrew), avido (Italian), avidus (Latin), zapalony (Polish), ávido (Portuguese), зая́длый (zajádlyj) (Russian), стра́стный (strástnyj) (Russian), gionach (Scottish Gaelic), nadšený (Slovak), ávido (Spanish), fiebrudo (english: Hispanic America) (Spanish), fiebrú [Caribbean, masculine] (Spanish), fiebrúa [Caribbean, feminine] (Spanish), завзятий (zavzjatyj) (Ukrainian), палкий (palkyj) (Ukrainian) Translations (longing eagerly; eager; greedy): алчен (alčen) (Bulgarian), лаком (lakom) (Bulgarian), ненаситен (nenasiten) (Bulgarian), dychtivý (Czech), náruživý (Czech), avida (Esperanto), kärkäs (Finnish), sich verzehrend nach (German), sich sehnend (German), gierig (German), משתוקק (Hebrew), avido (Italian), avidus (Latin), ávido (Portuguese), а́лчный (álčnyj) (Russian), gionach (Scottish Gaelic), ávido (Spanish)
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  2. greedy
    Sense id: en-avid-en-adj-NwrtaX3F
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: avidly, avidity, avidness

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "lakom",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "лаком"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "lang_code": "bg",
      "roman": "nenasiten",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "ненаситен"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "dychtivý"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "lang_code": "cs",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "náruživý"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "lang_code": "eo",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "avida"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "lang_code": "fi",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "kärkäs"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "sich verzehrend nach"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "sich sehnend"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "lang_code": "de",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "gierig"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "lang_code": "he",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "משתוקק"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "lang_code": "it",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "avido"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "lang_code": "la",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "avidus"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "lang_code": "pt",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "ávido"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "lang_code": "ru",
      "roman": "álčnyj",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "а́лчный"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "lang_code": "gd",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "gionach"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "lang_code": "es",
      "sense": "longing eagerly; eager; greedy",
      "word": "ávido"
    }
  ],
  "word": "avid"
}

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