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rapace

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Latin rapācem.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ʁa.pas/
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  • Rhymes: -as

Adjective

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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]
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Noun

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rapace m (plural rapaces)

  1. bird of prey
  2. raptor
    rapace nocturnenocturnal raptor

Further reading

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Italian

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Etymology

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From Latin rapacem.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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rapace (plural rapaci)

  1. predatory
  2. rapacious, greedy

Derived terms

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Noun

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rapace m (plural rapaci)

  1. bird of prey
  2. raptor

Synonyms

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Anagrams

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Portuguese

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Etymology

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From Latin rapacem.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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rapace m or f (plural rapaces)

  1. predatory
  2. rapacious, greedy
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Further reading

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Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French rapace, from Latin rapax.

Adjective

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

  1. predatory

Declension

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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
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