envie

See also: envié, envíe, and en vie

English

Etymology

See vie.

Verb

envie (third-person singular simple present envies, present participle envying, simple past and past participle envied)

  1. (obsolete) To vie; to emulate; to strive.
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Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for envie in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)

Anagrams

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin invidia.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑ̃.vi/
  • Audio (France, Paris)(file)
  • Homophones: envient, envies

Noun

envie f (plural envies)

  1. desire, lust, urge
  2. appetite, craving
  3. envy
  4. birthmark
  5. hangnail

Verb

envie

  1. first-person singular present indicative of envier
  2. third-person singular present indicative of envier
  3. first-person singular present subjunctive of envier
  4. third-person singular present subjunctive of envier
  5. second-person singular imperative of envier

Derived terms

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Verb

envie

  1. first-person singular present subjunctive of enviar
  2. third-person singular present subjunctive of enviar

Portuguese

Verb

envie

  1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of enviar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present subjunctive of enviar
  3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of enviar
  4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of enviar
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