craving

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• /ˈkɹeɪ.vɪŋ/
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From Middle English cravinge, from Old English crafing (“claim, demand”); equivalent to crave + -ing.

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَوْق (tawq) — strong desire; yearning
• Arabic: تَشَوُّق (tašawwuq) — strong desire; yearning
• Arabic: شَبَق m [sexual craving] (šabaq) — strong desire; yearning
• Arabic: غُلْمَة m [sexual craving] (ḡulma) — strong desire; yearning
• Belarusian: цяга (cjaha) — strong desire; yearning
• Belarusian: прага (praha) — strong desire; yearning
• Belarusian: імкненне (imknjennje) — strong desire; yearning
• Bulgarian: копнеж (kopnež) — strong desire; yearning
• Bulgarian: жажда (žažda) — strong desire; yearning
• Catalan: ànsia — strong desire; yearning
• Chinese Mandarin: 渴望 (kěwàng) — strong desire; yearning
• Chinese Mandarin: 癖好 (pǐhào) — strong desire; yearning
• Czech: choutky — strong desire; yearning
• Finnish: jano — strong desire; yearning
• Finnish: halu — strong desire; yearning
• Finnish: tarve — strong desire; yearning
• Finnish: hinku — strong desire; yearning
• French: désir ardent — strong desire; yearning
• German: Gelüst — strong desire; yearning
• German: Begierde — strong desire; yearning
• German: Sehnsucht — strong desire; yearning
• German: Heißhunger — strong desire; yearning
• Greek: λαχτάρα (lachtára) — strong desire; yearning
• Greek: πόθος (póthos) — strong desire; yearning
• Greek: δίψα (dípsa) — strong desire; yearning
• Ancient Greek: ὄρεξις (órexis) — strong desire; yearning
• Hebrew: תַּאֲוָה (taavá) — strong desire; yearning
• Hebrew: חֵשֶׁק (ẖésheq) — strong desire; yearning
• Hungarian: sóvárgás — strong desire; yearning
• Hungarian: epekedés — strong desire; yearning
• Hungarian: vágyakozás — strong desire; yearning
• Hungarian: vágyódás — strong desire; yearning
• Hungarian: mohó/gyötrő/kínzó/heves vágy — strong desire; yearning
• Hungarian: kívánósság — strong desire; yearning
• Hungarian: kívánás — strong desire; yearning
• Ingrian: kaiho — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: áilíos — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: aimirne — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: andúil — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: anrachán — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: dúil — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: gabhair — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: mearadh — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: miangas — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: ocras — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: tart — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: tothlaíocht — strong desire; yearning
• Irish: tothlú — strong desire; yearning
• Italian: brama — strong desire; yearning
• Japanese: 渇望 (katsubō) — strong desire; yearning
• Japanese: 切望 (setsubō) — strong desire; yearning
• Japanese: 熱望 (netsubō) — strong desire; yearning
• Ladin: gola — strong desire; yearning
• Latgalian: tveiksme — strong desire; yearning
• Latgalian: tveikys — strong desire; yearning
• Latgalian: olka — strong desire; yearning
• Latgalian: steigsme — strong desire; yearning
• Latvian: alkas — strong desire; yearning
• Latvian: kāre — strong desire; yearning
• Malayalam: വ്യാക്ക് (vyākkŭ) — strong desire; yearning
• Polish: zachcianka — strong desire; yearning
• Polish: żądza — strong desire; yearning
• Portuguese: ânsia — strong desire; yearning
• Portuguese: anelo — strong desire; yearning
• Portuguese: sofreguidão — strong desire; yearning
• Romanian: poftă — strong desire; yearning
• Romanian: sete — strong desire; yearning
• Romanian: râvnă — strong desire; yearning
• Romanian: ardoare — strong desire; yearning
• Russian: влече́ние (vlečénije) — strong desire; yearning
• Russian: жа́жда (žážda) — strong desire; yearning
• Russian: тя́га (tjága) — strong desire; yearning
• Russian: стремле́ние (stremlénije) — strong desire; yearning
• Russian: пристра́стие (pristrástije) — strong desire; yearning
• Sicilian: disìu — strong desire; yearning
• Spanish: ansia — strong desire; yearning
• Spanish: anhelo — strong desire; yearning
• Spanish: prurito — strong desire; yearning
• Spanish: angurria — strong desire; yearning
• Spanish: gana — strong desire; yearning
• Spanish: ganas — strong desire; yearning
• Swedish: begär — strong desire; yearning
• Swedish: längtan — strong desire; yearning
• Tocharian B: kāwalyñe — strong desire; yearning
• Welsh: chwant — strong desire; yearning