avid

See also: àvid

English

Etymology

From French avide, from Latin avidus (“eager, desirous; greedy”), from aveō (“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈæv.ɪd/, /ˈæv.əd/

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Adjective

avid (comparative more avid or (less common) avider, superlative most avid or (less common) avidest)

1. Enthusiastic; keen; eager; showing great interest in something or desire to do something.

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:enthusiastic

   an avid fan of 1960s sci-fi movies

   an avid learner of history

   I'm an avid reader.

   • 1999, Larry Zuckerman, The Potato: How the Humble Spud Rescued the Western World:

     A blanket disdain for indigenous foods doesn't explain the delay, because Spain was avid to adopt a different New World root.

   • 1996, Janette Turner Hospital, Oyster, Virago Press, page 3:

     We waited for something to happen, for anything to happen, we were avid for some event to unfold itself out of the burning nothing to save us.

1. greedy

Derived terms

• avidly
• avidity
• avidness

Translations

enthusiastic; passionate — see also into

Arabic: نَهِم m (nahim), مُتَحَمِّس m (mutaḥammis) Bulgarian: страстен (bg) (strasten) Catalan: àvid Czech: nadšený (cs), vášnivý (cs), zanícený, zapálený (cs) Dutch: gretig (nl) Finnish: innokas (fi), innokas (fi) French: avide (fr) Galician: ávido (gl) German: passioniert (de), begeistert (de), eifrig (de), leidenschaftlich (de), enthusiastisch (de) Hebrew: נלהב Italian: avido (it) Latin: avidus (la) Polish: zapalony (pl) Portuguese: ávido (pt) Russian: зая́длый (ru) (zajádlyj), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj) Scottish Gaelic: gionach Slovak: nadšený Spanish: ávido (es), fiebrudo (es) (Hispanic America), fiebrú m (Caribbean), fiebrúa f (Caribbean) Ukrainian: завзятий (zavzjatyj), палкий (uk) (palkyj)

longing eagerly; eager; greedy

Bulgarian: алчен (bg) (alčen), лаком (bg) (lakom), ненаситен (bg) (nenasiten) Czech: dychtivý, náruživý (cs) Esperanto: avida (eo) Finnish: kärkäs (fi) German: sich verzehrend nach, sich sehnend, gierig (de) Hebrew: משתוקק Italian: avido (it) Latin: avidus (la) Portuguese: ávido (pt) Russian: а́лчный (ru) (álčnyj) Scottish Gaelic: gionach Spanish: ávido (es)

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Norwegian: (please verify) ivrig

Anagrams

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, diva

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French avide, from Latin avidus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [a.vid]

Adjective

avid m or n (feminine singular avidă, masculine plural avizi, feminine/neuter plural avide)

1. avid, eager, desirous
2. greedy, grasping

Declension

Declension of avid

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	avid		avidă		avizi	avide
	definite	avidul		avida		avizii	avidele
genitive- dative	indefinite	avid		avide		avizi	avide
	definite	avidului		avidei		avizilor	avidelor

Related terms

• aviditate