avarice

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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h2ew- Proto-Indo-European *h2ew-eh1yeti Latin aveō Latin avārus Proto-Indo-European *-(i)yós Proto-Italic *-ijos Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin -itia Latin avāritiabor. Old French avaricebor. Middle English avarice English avarice From Middle English avarice, from Old French, from Latin avāritia, from avārus (“greedy”).

81 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: طَمَع (ṭamaʕ) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Arabic: شُحُّ (šuḥḥu) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Bulgarian: користолю́бие (koristoljúbie) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Catalan: avarícia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Catalan: cobdícia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪婪 /贪婪 (tānlán) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪心 /贪心 (tānxīn) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪財 /贪财 (tāncái) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Czech: chamtivost — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Czech: lakomství — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Czech: hrabivost — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Dutch: hebberigheid — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Dutch: hebzucht — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Dutch: inhaligheid — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Esperanto: avaro — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Estonian: ahnus — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Estonian: saamahimu — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Farefare: be'ero — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Farefare: pʋyã'anɛ — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Faroese: gírni — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Finnish: ahneus — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Finnish: rahanhimo — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• French: avarice — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Georgian: სიხარბე (sixarbe) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Georgian: გაუმაძღრობა (gaumaʒɣroba) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Georgian: სიძუნწე (siʒunc̣e) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Georgian: ხელმოჭერილობა (xelmoč̣eriloba) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• German: Gier — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Gothic: 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃 (bifaihōns) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Greek: πλεονεξία (pleonexía) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Ancient Greek: πλεονεξία (pleonexía) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Hindi: लालच (lālac) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Hindi: लोभ (lobh) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Ido: avareso — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Irish: saint — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Irish: cíocras — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Irish: gabhálacht — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Italian: avarizia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Italian: cupidigia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Japanese: 強欲 (gōyoku) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Korean: 탐욕 (tamyok) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Latin: avāritia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Latin: avāritiēs — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Malayalam: അത്യാർത്തി (atyāṟtti) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Old English: ġitsung — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Persian: زیادهخواهی (ziâde-xâhi) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Persian: طمع (tama') — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Persian: الچخت (alčaxt) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Plautdietsch: Jiez — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Polish: chciwość — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Portuguese: avarícia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Portuguese: avareza — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Romanian: avariție — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Russian: а́лчность (álčnostʹ) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Russian: жа́дность (žádnostʹ) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Russian: ску́пость (skúpostʹ) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Scottish Gaelic: sannt — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Slovak: lakomstvo — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Spanish: avaricia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Spanish: codicia — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Swedish: girighet — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Telugu: అత్యాశ (atyāśa) — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Tocharian B: maune — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Turkish: açgözlülük — excessive or inordinate desire of gain
• Bulgarian: лакоми́я (lakomíja) — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Bulgarian: ненаси́тност (nenasítnost) — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Catalan: avarícia — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Catalan: cobdícia — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Catalan: avidesa — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪財 /贪财 (tāncái) — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Chinese Mandarin: 贪求 (tānqiú) — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Finnish: ahneus — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Finnish: himo — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Italian: avidità — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Polish: chciwość — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Portuguese: avareza — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Romanian: aviditate — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Russian: ненасы́тность (nenasýtnostʹ) — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Russian: прожо́рливость (prožórlivostʹ) — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Turkish: para hırsı — inordinate desire for some supposed good
• Turkish: servet tutkusu — inordinate desire for some supposed good