rapace

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rapācem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pas/

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• Rhymes: -as

Adjective

rapace (plural rapaces)

1. rapacious, predatory

   Le vautour est très rapace. ― The vulture is very rapacious.

2. (figuratively) rapacious, greedy
   • 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 21, in Alexandre Dumas, transl., Ivanhoé, translation of Ivanhoe:

     Il s’en retourna repu et orgueilleux, pour raconter à ses rapaces compatriotes la richesse et la simplicité de nos nobles Saxons.

     [original: He returned pampered and proud, to tell his rapacious countrymen of the wealth and the simplicity of the Saxon nobles]

Related terms

• rapacité

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaces)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

   rapace nocturne ― nocturnal raptor

Further reading

• “rapace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rapacem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈpa.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: ra‧pà‧ce

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Adjective

rapace m or f by sense (plural rapaci)

1. predatory
2. rapacious, greedy

Derived terms

• rapacemente

Related terms

• rapacità

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaci)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

Synonyms

• uccello rapace

Related terms

• rapire

Anagrams

• eparca, pacare

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rapacem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈpa.si/ [haˈpa.si]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈpa.si/ [haˈpa.si]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈpa.si/ [χaˈpa.si]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ʁaˈpa.se/ [haˈpa.se]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ʁɐˈpa.sɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -asi, (Portugal) -asɨ
• Hyphenation: ra‧pa‧ce

Adjective

rapace m or f (plural rapaces)

1. predatory
2. rapacious, greedy

Related terms

• rapacidade

Further reading

• “rapace”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “rapace”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “rapace”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “rapace”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapace, from Latin rapax.

Adjective

rapace m or f or n (masculine plural rapaci, feminine/neuter plural rapace)

1. predatory

Declension

Declension of rapace

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	rapace		rapace		rapaci	rapace
	definite	rapacele		rapacea		rapacii	rapacele
genitive- dative	indefinite	rapace		rapace		rapaci	rapace
	definite	rapacelui		rapacei		rapacilor	rapacelor

Related terms

• rapacitate