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cupidity

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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Pronunciation

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  • UK: /kjuːˈpɪdəti/
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  • CMU ARPABET: K Y UW0 P IH1 D IH0 T IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Extreme greed, especially for wealth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

extreme greed for material wealth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: avarice, avariciousness, covetousness

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: greed

History

Etymology

From French cupidité, from Latin cupiditās (“strong desire”), from cupidus (“keen, desirous”). Compare Cupid.

Across languages

Translations

26 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: ագահություն (agahutʻyun) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Armenian: ընչաքաղցություն (ənčʻakʻaġcʻutʻyun) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Bulgarian: алчност (alčnost) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Czech: chamtivost — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • German: Habgier — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Hindi: लालच (lālac) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Hindi: लोभ (lobh) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Hungarian: pénzéhesség — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Hungarian: pénzéhség — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Hungarian: kapzsiság — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Ido: ganemeso — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Ido: pekuniavideso — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Italian: cupidigia — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Italian: cupidità — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Macedonian: алчност (alčnost) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Macedonian: лакомост (lakomost) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Romanian: cupiditate — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Russian: а́лчность (álčnostʹ) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Russian: жа́дность (žádnostʹ) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Russian: корыстолю́бие (korystoljúbije) — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Scottish Gaelic: sannt — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Serbo-Croatian: похлепа — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Serbo-Croatian: алавост — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Serbo-Croatian: pohlepa — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Serbo-Croatian: alavost — extreme greed, especially for wealth
  • Spanish: codicia — extreme greed, especially for wealth