appetite

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ap·pe·tite

(ăp′ĭ-tīt′)

1. An instinctive physical desire, especially one for food or drink.

2. A strong wish or urge: an appetite for learning.

3. A collective demand: America's appetite for fossil fuels.

[Middle English apetit, from Old French, from Latin appetītus, strong desire, from past participle of appetere, to strive after : ad-, ad- + petere, to seek; see pet- in Indo-European roots.]

ap′pe·ti′tive (ăp′ĭ-tī′tĭv, ə-pĕt′ĭ-tĭv) adj.

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appetite

(ˈæpɪˌtaɪt)

1. a desire for food or drink

2. a desire to satisfy a bodily craving, as for sexual pleasure

3. (usually foll by for) a desire, liking, or willingness: a great appetite for work.

[C14: from Old French apetit, from Latin appetītus a craving, from appetere to desire ardently]

appetitive adj

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ap•pe•tite

(ˈæp ɪˌtaɪt)

n.

1. a desire for food or drink.

2. a desire to satisfy any bodily need or craving.

3. a desire or inclination for something; taste: an appetite for power.

[1275–1325; Middle English (< Anglo-French) < Latin appetītus natural desire <appetere to desire]

ap′pe•ti`tive, adj.

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Noun

appetite - a feeling of craving something; "an appetite for life"; "the object of life is to satisfy as many appetencies as possible"- Granville Hicks

appetence, appetency

craving - an intense desire for some particular thing

stomach - an appetite for food; "exercise gave him a good stomach for dinner"

sweet tooth - a strong appetite for sweet food

appetite

noun

1. hunger, taste, palate, voracity, the munchies (slang), hungriness, ravenousness a slight fever, headache and loss of appetite

2. desire, liking, longing, demand, taste, passion, stomach, hunger, willingness, relish, craving, yearning, inclination, zeal, zest, propensity, hankering, proclivity, appetence, appetency our growing appetite for scandal
desire disgust, dislike, loathing, distaste, aversion, revulsion, repulsion, abhorrence, disinclination, repugnance

Quotations
"The appetite grows by eating" [François Rabelais Gargantua]

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

appetite

noun

1. A desire for food or drink:

hunger, stomach, taste, thirst.

2. A strong wanting of what promises enjoyment or pleasure:

appetence, appetency, craving, desire, hunger, itch, longing, lust, thirst, wish, yearning, yen.

3. A liking for something:

fondness, partiality, preference, relish, taste, weakness.

Translations

شَهِيَّةشَهِـيَّـه

chuťchuť k jídlu

appetitmadlyst

ruokahalu

apetit

étvágy

matarlyst

appetito appetitoso antipasto

食欲

식욕

apetitaskeliantis apetitąužkandis

apetīte

chuť do jedla

tek

aptit

ความอยากอาหาร

iştah

cảm giác ngon miệng

胃口食欲

appetite

[ˈæpɪtaɪt] N

1. (for food) → apetito m
to eat with an appetite → comer con buen apetito or con ganas
to have a good appetite → tener buen apetito
to have no appetite → no tener apetito
see also suppressant

2. (fig) → deseo m, anhelo m (for de) they had no appetite for further fighting → ya no les apetecía seguir luchando, no tenían más ganas de luchar
it spoiled their appetite for going abroad → eso les quitó las ganas de ir al extranjero

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

appetite

[ˈæpɪtaɪt] n

(for food) → appétit m
That walk has given me an appetite → Cette promenade m'a ouvert l'appétit.
He has a healthy appetite → Il a bon appétit.

(= desire) → goût m
his appetite for success → son goût de la réussite
to have an appetite for sth → avoir le goût de qch

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appetite

n (for food etc) → Appetit m, → (Ess)lust f; (fig: = desire) → Verlangen nt, → Bedürfnis nt, → Lust f; (= sexual appetite) → Lust f, → Begierde f; to have an/no appetite for something → Appetit or Lust/keinen Appetit or keine Lust auf etw (acc) → haben; (fig) → Verlangen or Bedürfnis/kein Verlangen or Bedürfnis nach etw haben; to have a good appetite → einen guten or gesunden Appetit haben; I hope you’ve got an appetite → ich hoffe, ihr habt Appetit!; to take away or spoil one’s appetite → sich (dat) → den Appetit verderben

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appetite

[ˈæpɪtaɪt] n appetite (for) → appetito (per) (fig) → voglia (di), desiderio (di)
that walk has given me an appetite → la passeggiata mi ha messo or fatto venire appetito
to have a good appetite → godere di or avere un ottimo appetito

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

appetite

(ˈӕpitait) noun

a desire for food. Exercise gives you a good appetite.

ˈappetizer, ˈappetiser noun

(especially American) something eaten or drunk before or at the beginning of a meal in order to increase the appetite. They ate smoked salmon as an appetizer.

ˈappetizing, ˈappetising adjective

which increases the appetite. an appetizing smell.

appetite

→ شَهِيَّة chuť appetit Appetit όρεξη apetito ruokahalu appétit apetit appetito 食欲 식욕 eetlust appetitt apetyt apetite аппетит aptit ความอยากอาหาร iştah cảm giác ngon miệng 胃口

ap·pe·tite

n. apetito, deseos de, ganas de comer;

altered ___ → ___ alterado;

excessive ___ → ___ excesivo;

poor ___, loss of ___ → falta de ___, pérdida del ___.

appetite

n apetito

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He was absolutely without appetite. An excellent omelette, and cutlets cooked to perfection, he sent away untasted--he, whose appetite never failed him, whose digestion was still equal to any demands on it!

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This grief for his home, which overcomes so many married seamen, did not deprive Captain MacW- of his legitimate appetite. In fact, the steward would almost invariably come up to me, sitting in the captain's chair at the head of the table, to say in a grave murmur, "The captain asks for one more slice of meat and two potatoes." We, his officers, could hear him moving about in his berth, or lightly snoring, or fetching deep sighs, or splashing and blowing in his bath-room; and we made our reports to him through the keyhole, as it were.

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"Well, this fellow's appetite!" said Stepan Arkadyevitch, laughing and pointing at Vassenka Veslovsky.

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In those days it was thought rather coarse for a young lady to have too hearty an appetite, and she was more admired if she was delicate about what she ate.

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Hence the one provokes and incites the most languid appetite, and the other turns and palls that which is the sharpest and keenest.

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He was accompanied by Captain Stewart, the amateur traveller; who had not yet sated his appetite for the adventurous life of the wilderness.

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"Your appetite. Is improving very much, Master Colin," the nurse had said one day.

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Who has not sometimes derived an inexpressible satisfaction from his food in which appetite had no share?

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"Well, you see," was the answer, "these Mosquitoes have had their fill; if you drive these away, others will come with fresh appetite and bleed me to death."

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'I'm getting stout, as you may see: It is but seldom I am well: I cannot feel my ancient glee In listening to the dinner-bell: But you, you gambol like a boy, Your figure is so spare and light: The dinner-bell's a note of joy To such a healthy appetite!'

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how particular and bashful you are!" and so saying, he seized a bucket and plunging it into one of the half jars took up three hens and a couple of geese, and said to Sancho, "Fall to, friend, and take the edge off your appetite with these skimmings until dinner-time comes."

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Only in this island of Luggnagg the appetite for living was not so eager, from the continual example of the STRULDBRUGS before their eyes.