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/

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Adjective

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

Declension of avid

		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