voracious

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• /vɔːˈɹeɪ.ʃəs/
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• rhymes with -eɪʃəs
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gwerh3- Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *gworh3éh2 Proto-Italic *worā Proto-Indo-European *-h2 Proto-Indo-European *-éh2 Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh2yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h2tiinflu. Proto-Italic *-ājō Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin vorō Proto-Indo-European *-eh2-k-s Proto-Italic *-āks Latin -āx Latin vorāx English -acious English voracious From Latin vorāx + English -acious. First attested in the 17th century.

97 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: قِرْشَبّ (qiršabb) — devouring great quantities of food
• Arabic: أَكُول (ʔakūl) — devouring great quantities of food
• Bulgarian: ненаситен (nenasiten) — devouring great quantities of food
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪吃 /贪吃 (tānchī) — devouring great quantities of food
• Chinese Mandarin: 狼吞虎嚥的 /狼吞虎咽的 (lángtūnhǔyàn de) — devouring great quantities of food
• Czech: žravý — devouring great quantities of food
• Czech: hltavý — devouring great quantities of food
• Danish: umættelig — devouring great quantities of food
• Dutch: vraatzuchtig — devouring great quantities of food
• Estonian: ablas — devouring great quantities of food
• Estonian: ahne — devouring great quantities of food
• Finnish: ahne — devouring great quantities of food
• Finnish: ahnas — devouring great quantities of food
• French: vorace — devouring great quantities of food
• Galician: voraz — devouring great quantities of food
• Georgian: ღორმუცელა (ɣormucela) — devouring great quantities of food
• Georgian: გაუმაძღარი (gaumaʒɣari) — devouring great quantities of food
• Georgian: ხარბი (xarbi) — devouring great quantities of food
• German: gefräßig — devouring great quantities of food
• German: unersättlich — devouring great quantities of food
• German: gierig — devouring great quantities of food
• Greek: αδηφάγος (adifágos) — devouring great quantities of food
• Greek: αχόρταγος (achórtagos) — devouring great quantities of food
• Ancient Greek: βρωτικός (brōtikós) — devouring great quantities of food
• Hungarian: falánk — devouring great quantities of food
• Hungarian: telhetetlen — devouring great quantities of food
• Indonesian: voracious — devouring great quantities of food
• Irish: cíocrach — devouring great quantities of food
• Irish: alpach — devouring great quantities of food
• Irish: airceach — devouring great quantities of food
• Irish: gionach — devouring great quantities of food
• Japanese: 貪欲な (don'yoku na) — devouring great quantities of food
• Japanese: 大食の (taishoku no) — devouring great quantities of food
• Latin: vorāx — devouring great quantities of food
• Latin: lurcinābundus — devouring great quantities of food
• Khiamniungan Naga: wāmwām — devouring great quantities of food
• Norwegian: glupsk — devouring great quantities of food
• Persian: پرخور (por-xor) — devouring great quantities of food
• Persian: شکمو (šekamu) — devouring great quantities of food
• Polish: żarłoczny — devouring great quantities of food
• Polish: zachłanny — devouring great quantities of food
• Portuguese: voraz — devouring great quantities of food
• Russian: прожо́рливый (prožórlivyj) — devouring great quantities of food
• Russian: ненасы́тный (nenasýtnyj) — devouring great quantities of food
• Russian: жа́дный (žádnyj) — devouring great quantities of food
• Sanskrit: भोजन (bhojana) — devouring great quantities of food
• Scottish Gaelic: gionach — devouring great quantities of food
• Scottish Gaelic: craosach — devouring great quantities of food
• Serbo-Croatian: прождр̀љив — devouring great quantities of food
• Serbo-Croatian: proždr̀ljiv — devouring great quantities of food
• Spanish: voraz — devouring great quantities of food
• Spanish: insaciable — devouring great quantities of food
• Swedish: glupsk — devouring great quantities of food
• Swedish: omättlig — devouring great quantities of food
• Thai: ตะกละ (dtà-glà) — devouring great quantities of food
• Ottoman Turkish: اوبور (obur) — devouring great quantities of food
• Ottoman Turkish: قورساقسز (kursaksız) — devouring great quantities of food
• Ukrainian: ненаже́рливий (nenažérlyvyj) — devouring great quantities of food
• Bulgarian: лаком (lakom) — having a great appetite for anything
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪心 /贪心 (tānxīn) — having a great appetite for anything
• Chinese Mandarin: 貪婪 /贪婪 (tānlán) — having a great appetite for anything
• Czech: nenasytný — having a great appetite for anything
• Czech: neukojitelný — having a great appetite for anything
• Czech: dychtivý — having a great appetite for anything
• Danish: umanerlig — having a great appetite for anything
• Estonian: ablas — having a great appetite for anything
• Estonian: ahne — having a great appetite for anything
• Finnish: innokas — having a great appetite for anything
• Finnish: ahkera — having a great appetite for anything
• French: vorace — having a great appetite for anything
• Galician: voraz — having a great appetite for anything
• Georgian: ღორმუცელა (ɣormucela) — having a great appetite for anything
• Georgian: გაუმაძღარი (gaumaʒɣari) — having a great appetite for anything
• Georgian: ხარბი (xarbi) — having a great appetite for anything
• German: unersättlich — having a great appetite for anything
• German: gierig — having a great appetite for anything
• Greek: αδηφάγος (adifágos) — having a great appetite for anything
• Greek: μανιώδης (maniódis) — having a great appetite for anything
• Ancient Greek: βρωτικός (brōtikós) — having a great appetite for anything
• Hungarian: telhetetlen — having a great appetite for anything
• Irish: cíocrach — having a great appetite for anything
• Japanese: 貪欲な (don'yoku na) — having a great appetite for anything
• Latin: vorax — having a great appetite for anything
• Macedonian: ненаситен (nenasiten) — having a great appetite for anything
• Persian: پرولع (por-vala') — having a great appetite for anything
• Polish: zachłanny — having a great appetite for anything
• Portuguese: voraz — having a great appetite for anything
• Russian: ненасы́тный (nenasýtnyj) — having a great appetite for anything
• Russian: жа́дный (žádnyj) — having a great appetite for anything
• Scottish Gaelic: gionach — having a great appetite for anything
• Serbo-Croatian: по̏хле̄пан — having a great appetite for anything
• Serbo-Croatian: алав — having a great appetite for anything
• Serbo-Croatian: pȍhlēpan — having a great appetite for anything
• Serbo-Croatian: alav — having a great appetite for anything
• Spanish: voraz — having a great appetite for anything
• Spanish: insaciable — having a great appetite for anything
• Swedish: omättlig — having a great appetite for anything