cupidité

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cupiditātem. Compare the inherited Old French coveitié. Cf. also convoitise, convoiter, from related inherited roots.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ky.pi.di.te/

Noun

cupidité f (plural cupidités)

1. greed, cupidity

Further reading

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