sapide

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sapidus. Displaced the inherited Old French sade (still seen in maussade).

Pronunciation

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Adjective

sapide (plural sapides)

1. (literary) sapid, tasty

   Synonym: goûteux

   Antonym: insipide

Further reading

• “sapide”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Adjective

sapide

1. feminine plural of sapido

Anagrams

• apside, aspide, dipesa

Latin

Adjective

sapide

1. vocative masculine singular of sapidus

References

• “sapide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• sapide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.