cupide

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cupidus.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ky.pid/
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Adjective

cupide (plural cupides)

greedy

Related terms

cupidité

Further reading

“cupide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Adverb

cupidē (comparative cupidius, superlative cupidissimē)

eagerly, particularly

Adjective

cupide

vocative masculine singular of cupidus

References

“cupide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
cupide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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