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English and French Translation Search Results for covetous

Summary

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covetous:
- désireux; avide; avidement; assoiffé
Wiktionary:
- covetous → cupide, avide

English

Detailed Translations for covetous from English to French

covetous:

covetous adj

covetous (desirous; eager; greedy; avid; keen; thirsty; eagre)
désireux; avide; avidement; assoiffé
- désireux adj
- avide adj
- avidement adj
- assoiffé adj

Translation Matrix for covetous:

Adjective	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	avaricious; envious; grabby; grasping; greedy; jealous; prehensile
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	greedy; mercenary
Modifier	Related Translations	Other Translations
assoiffé	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	thirsty
avide	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	avid; desirous; eager; eager for; eagre; grasping; greedy; hankering; keen; keen on; longing; longing for; moneygrubbing; rapacious; yearning
avidement	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	avid; desirous; eager; eagre; keen
désireux	avid; covetous; desirous; eager; eagre; greedy; keen; thirsty	avid; desirous; eager; eager for; eagre; hankering; keen; keen on; longing; longing for; yearning

Related Words for "covetous":

covetousness, covetously

Synonyms for "covetous":

envious; jealous; desirous; wishful
avaricious; grabby; grasping; greedy; prehensile; acquisitive

Related Definitions for "covetous":

immoderately desirous of acquiring e.g. wealth¹
- casting covetous eyes on his neighbor's fields¹
showing extreme cupidity; painfully desirous of another's advantages¹
- he was never covetous before he met her¹
- jealous of his success and covetous of his possessions¹

Wiktionary Translations for covetous:

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• covetous	→ cupide; avide	↔ rangig — habgierig

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