lust

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From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz. Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless.

From Middle English lusten, from the noun.

220 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Aghwan: 𐕎𐔼𐔵 (niz) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Albanian: epsh — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Arabic: شَهْوَة (šahwa) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Assamese: কাম (kam) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Azerbaijani: şəhvət — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Belarusian: юр (jur) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Belarusian: пажа́днасць (pažádnascʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Belarusian: по́хаць (póxacʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Bengali: কাম (kam) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Bulgarian: по́хот (póhot) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Burmese: ရာဂ (raga.) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Burmese: ရမ္မက် (rammak) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Burmese: ကာမ (kama.) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Burmese: တဏှာ (ta.hna) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Catalan: luxúria — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Cebuano: uwag — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Cebuano: kauwag — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 情慾 /情欲 (qíngyù) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 肉慾 /肉欲 (ròuyù) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 色慾 /色欲 (sèyù) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 淫慾 /淫欲 (yínyù) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Chinese Mandarin: 性慾 /性欲 (xìngyù) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Czech: chtíč — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Czech: touha — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Danish: begær — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Danish: lyst — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Danish: liderlighed — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Dutch: (zinnelijke) begeerte — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Dutch: lust — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Dutch: wellust — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Esperanto: volupto — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Estonian: iha — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Estonian: himu — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Farefare: wɛgla yɛmleego — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Finnish: himo — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• French: luxure — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• French: concupiscence — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Galician: luxuria — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• German: Wollust — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• German: Lust — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Greek: λαγνεία (lagneía) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Hebrew: תְּשׁוּקָה (t'shuká) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Hindi: वासना (vāsnā) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Hindi: राग (rāg) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Hindi: काम (kām) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Hungarian: vágy — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Hungarian: testi/nemi/érzéki vágy — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Indonesian: syahwat — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Indonesian: nafsu — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Irish: collaíocht — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Irish: ainmhian — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Irish: anmhacnas — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Italian: libido — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Italian: libidine — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Italian: lussuria — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Japanese: 色欲 (shikiyoku) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Japanese: 淫欲 (in'yoku) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Japanese: 情欲 (jōyoku) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Japanese: 好色 (kōshoku) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Kazakh: құймырлық (qūimyrlyq) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Khmer: រាគ (riək) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Khmer: កាម (kaam) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Korean: 성욕 (seong'yok) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Korean: 음욕 (eumyok) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Korean: 정욕 (jeong'yok) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Northern Kurdish: şehwet — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Lao: ກາມາຍົນ (kā mn) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Lao: ກາມ (kām) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Lao: ຕັນຫາ (tan hā) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Latin: cupido — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Latvian: iekāre — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Macedonian: похота (pohota) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Maltese: zina — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Māori: pohane — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Māori: mate kanehe — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Mongolian: тачаал (tačaal) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Mongolian: шунал (šunal) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Nepali: काम (kām) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Norwegian Bokmål: lyst — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Norwegian Bokmål: kjødslyst — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Norwegian Bokmål: begjær — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Occitan: luxúria — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Old Prussian: pakwaitīsnā — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Pali: rāga — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Pali: kāma — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Pashto: شهوت (šahwát) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Persian: شهوت (šahvat) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Polish: pożądanie — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Polish: żądza — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Polish: chuć — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Portuguese: luxúria — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Romanian: luxură — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Romanian: desfrânare — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Romanian: concupiscență — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Russian: по́хоть (póxotʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Russian: похотли́вость (poxotlívostʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Russian: вожделе́ние (voždelénije) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Russian: жела́ние (želánije) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Russian: страсть (strastʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Russian: сладостра́стие (sladostrástije) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Sanskrit: राग (rāga) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Sanskrit: काम (kā́ma) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Sanskrit: रिरंसा (riráṃsā) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Scottish Gaelic: miann — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Scottish Gaelic: ana-miann — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏хота — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏жуда — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍhota — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍžuda — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Slovak: chtíč — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Slovene: strast — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Slovene: pohota — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Spanish: lujuria — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Spanish: libídine — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Spanish: lubricidad — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Swahili: shahawa — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Swedish: begär — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Swedish: lust — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Swedish: åtrå — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Swedish: kättja — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Tagalog: kalibugan — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Tajik: шаҳват (šahvat) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Tatar: шәһвәт (şähwät) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Thai: ราคะ (raa-ká) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Thai: กาม (gaam) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Thai: ตัณหา (dtan-hǎa) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Turkish: tutku — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Turkish: ihtiras — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Turkish: arzu — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Turkish: şehvet — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Ukrainian: по́хіть (póxitʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Ukrainian: пожа́дливість (požádlyvistʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Ukrainian: хти́вість (xtývistʹ) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Urdu: شہوت (śahvat) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Uyghur: شەھۋەت (shehwet) — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Uzbek: shahvat — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Vietnamese: ham muốn — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Vietnamese: tham muốn — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Volapük: rüt — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Welsh: gwŷn — strong desire, especially of a sexual nature
• Arabic: شَهْوَة (šahwa) — general want or longing
• Belarusian: пра́га (práha) — general want or longing
• Catalan: luxúria — general want or longing
• Czech: touha — general want or longing
• Dutch: begeerte — general want or longing
• Dutch: lust — general want or longing
• Dutch: verlangen — general want or longing
• Estonian: iha — general want or longing
• Estonian: himu — general want or longing
• Finnish: ikävöinti — general want or longing
• Finnish: ikävä — general want or longing
• French: convoitise — general want or longing
• German: Lust — general want or longing
• German: Begehren — general want or longing
• German: Verlangen — general want or longing
• Greek: επιθυμία (epithymía) — general want or longing
• Hindi: इच्छा (icchā) — general want or longing
• Hungarian: vágy — general want or longing
• Hungarian: sóvárgás — general want or longing
• Italian: lussuria — general want or longing
• Māori: pohane — general want or longing
• Polish: pragnienie — general want or longing
• Portuguese: vontade — general want or longing
• Portuguese: desejo — general want or longing
• Russian: жела́ние (želánije) — general want or longing
• Russian: хоте́ние (xoténije) — general want or longing
• Slovene: sla — general want or longing
• Spanish: deseo — general want or longing
• Spanish: ganas — general want or longing
• Spanish: lujuria — general want or longing
• Catalan: luxúria — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Dutch: plezier — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Dutch: lust — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Estonian: lõbu — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Finnish: ilo — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• German: Freude — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Italian: lussuria — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Macedonian: страст (strast) — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Polish: rozkosz — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Polish: pasja — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Russian: страсть (strastʹ) — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Russian: па́ссия (pássija) — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Spanish: alegría — delightful cause of joy, pleasure
• Danish: tørste efter — strongly desire
• Dutch: begeren — strongly desire
• Dutch: lusten — strongly desire
• Dutch: smachten — strongly desire
• Finnish: himoita — strongly desire
• French: désirer — strongly desire
• German: begehren — strongly desire
• German: verlangen — strongly desire
• German: sehnen — strongly desire
• Gothic: 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌽 (lustōn) — strongly desire
• Greek: ποθώ (pothó) — strongly desire
• Hebrew: חמד (Chamad) — strongly desire
• Hebrew: התאוה (Hit'avah) — strongly desire
• Hebrew: השתוקק (Hishtoqeq) — strongly desire
• Hungarian: vágyik — strongly desire
• Hungarian: kíván — strongly desire
• Hungarian: sóvárog — strongly desire
• Māori: mate kanehe — strongly desire
• Māori: tāminamina — strongly desire
• Māori: tāmina — strongly desire
• Sanskrit: गृध्यति (gṛdhyati) — strongly desire
• Spanish: codiciar — strongly desire
• Spanish: desear — strongly desire
• Spanish: ambicionar — strongly desire
• Spanish: amalayar — strongly desire
• Danish: føle begær — crave sexual contact
• Dutch: begeren — crave sexual contact
• Dutch: lusten — crave sexual contact
• Dutch: smachten — crave sexual contact
• Finnish: himoita — crave sexual contact
• French: désirer — crave sexual contact
• German: begehren — crave sexual contact
• German: verlangen — crave sexual contact
• Hungarian: testi vágyat érez ... iránt — crave sexual contact
• Māori: pohane — crave sexual contact
• Spanish: lujuriar — crave sexual contact