rapace

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rapāx, rapācem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pas/

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Adjective

rapace (plural rapaces)

1. rapacious, predatory

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

2. (figuratively) rapacious, greedy
   • 1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoé, translation by Alexandre Dumas

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

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Noun

rapace m (plural rapaces)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

   rapace nocturne ― nocturnal raptor

Further reading

• “rapace” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Etymology

From Latin rapax, rapacem.

Adjective

rapace (masculine and feminine plural rapaci)

1. predatory
2. rapacious, greedy

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaci)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

Anagrams

• pacare