"envie" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:",
          "text": "In which all pleasures plenteously abownd,\nAnd none does others happinesse envye",
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        "To vie; to emulate; to strive."
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        "(obsolete) To vie; to emulate; to strive."
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      "ipa": "/ɪnˈvaɪ/"
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      "ipa": "/ɛnˈvaɪ/"
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          "ref": "2009, Shane Hebert, The Ballad of Corey Robichaux, self-published, page 27:",
          "text": "\"Oooo, yum.\" Linda licked her lips. \"I had an envie for that.\" An envie is an urge. She walked to the oven, opened it, and looked in.",
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          "text": "2018, Mark Vaughan, The Beacon 2: Battle of Nuclear Creek, self-published, unnumbered page,\n\"I had an envie for something sweet so picked up King cakes for dessert. Bit of a lagniappe too, she gave us a dozen not ten.\""
        },
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          "ref": "2020, Morris Ardoin, Stone Motel: Memoirs of a Cajun Boy, University Press of Mississippi, unnumbered page:",
          "text": "\"Sorry about that,\" he said to the man. \"I'm by myself here these days. I had an envie for some Popeye's fried chicken, and dammit if you can't get that kinda thing off your mind until you just get up and go get it.\"",
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        "(US, chiefly Louisiana) A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food."
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        "(obsolete) To vie; to emulate; to strive."
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        },
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          "text": "\"Sorry about that,\" he said to the man. \"I'm by myself here these days. I had an envie for some Popeye's fried chicken, and dammit if you can't get that kinda thing off your mind until you just get up and go get it.\"",
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        "(US, chiefly Louisiana) A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food."
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