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/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Adjective

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

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

   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.

Derived terms

• avidly
• avidity
• avidness

Translations

enthusiastic; passionate

• 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
• 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)
• 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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Translations to be checked

• 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 and neuter plural avide)

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

Declension

		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