squalide

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French, borrowed from Latin squālidus.

Adjective

squalide (plural squalides)

1. squalid; dirty; filthy

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

From translingual Squalidae, from the name of the genus Squalus, from Latin squālus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈskwa.li.de/
• Rhymes: -alide
• Hyphenation: squà‧li‧de

Noun

squalide m (plural squalidi)

1. (ichthyology) any member of the Squalidae taxonomic family

Related terms

• squalo

Further reading

• squalide in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication

Latin

Adjective

squālide

1. vocative masculine singular of squālidus

References

• “squalide”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “squalide”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• squalide in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.