envie

== English == === Etymology 1 === From en- +‎ vie. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɪnˈvaɪ/, /ɛnˈvaɪ/ ==== Verb ==== envie (third-person singular simple present envies, present participle envying, simple past and past participle envied) (obsolete) To vie; to emulate; to strive. === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French envie (“urge, craving”). Doublet of envy. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ɑːnˈviː/ ==== Noun ==== envie (plural envies) (US, chiefly Louisiana) A strong desire or craving, especially for (a particular kind of) food. 2018, Mark Vaughan, The Beacon 2: Battle of Nuclear Creek, self-published, unnumbered page, "I had an envie for something sweet so picked up King cakes for dessert. Bit of a lagniappe too, she gave us a dozen not ten." === References === “envie”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === nieve == French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French enveie (with /ei̯/ modified to /i/ to match the verb envier), from Latin invidia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɑ̃.vi/ Homophones: envient, envies === Noun === envie f (plural envies) desire, lust, urge appetite, craving envy Synonym: convoitise birthmark Synonyms: tache de naissance, tache de vin hangnail Synonym: petite peau === Verb === envie inflection of envier: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== envieux === Further reading === “envie”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002), “ĭnvĭdĭa”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volume 4: G H I, page 799 === Anagrams === veine, veiné == Galician == === Verb === envie (reintegrationist norm) inflection of enviar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative == Louisiana Creole == === Etymology === From French envie (“desire”). === Verb === envie to desire === References === Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales == Middle English == === Alternative forms === anvie, envi, envy, envye, invie === Etymology === Borrowed from Old French envie, from Latin invidia. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɛnˈviː(ə)/, /ˈɛnviː(ə)/ === Noun === envie (plural envies) ill-will, hatred, enmity, hostility; spite, malice; an instance of enmity Synonym: onde envy, grudge; hostility; an instance of this feeling Synonym: onde harm, injury Synonyms: harm, injurie eagerness, enthusiasm ==== Related terms ==== envien envious ==== Descendants ==== English: envy === References === “envīe, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. == Portuguese == === Verb === envie inflection of enviar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative