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Summary

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greed:
- cupidité; avarice; avidité; égoïsme; gourmandise; gloutonnerie
Wiktionary:
- greed → avarice, cupidité
- greed → avidité, voracité, cupidité

English

Detailed Translations for greed from English to French

greed:

greed [the ~] nomen

the greed (greediness)
la cupidité; l'avarice; l'avidité; l'égoïsme
- cupidité [la ~] nomen
- avarice [la ~] nomen
- avidité [la ~] nomen
- égoïsme [le ~] nomen
the greed (gluttony; voracity)
la gourmandise
- gourmandise [la ~] nomen
the greed (gluttony; greediness; voracity)
la gloutonnerie; l'avidité
- gloutonnerie [la ~] nomen
- avidité [la ~] nomen

Translation Matrix for greed:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
avarice	greed; greediness	avarice; greed for money; love of money; meanness; miserliness; stinginess
avidité	gluttony; greed; greediness; voracity	avarice; craving; desire; eagerness; hunger; inquisitiveness; longing; lust; meanness; miserliness; niggardliness; passion; passionate desire; stinginess; tenacity; yearning
cupidité	greed; greediness
gloutonnerie	gluttony; greed; greediness; voracity
gourmandise	gluttony; greed; voracity	craving for candy; craving for sweets
égoïsme	greed; greediness	egoism; egotism; expediency; self interest; self-interest; selfhood; selfishness
-	avarice; avaritia; covetousness; rapacity
Other	Related Translations	Other Translations
-	covetousness; greediness

Synonyms for "greed":

desire
avarice; covetousness; rapacity; avaritia; mortal sin; deadly sin

Related Definitions for "greed":

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)¹
excessive desire to acquire or possess more (especially more material wealth) than one needs or deserves¹

Wiktionary Translations for greed:

greed

noun

selfish desire for more than is needed
- greed → avarice

greed

noun

recherche immodérée du gain, des richesses.
- cupidité → cupidity; greed

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• greed	→ avidité; voracité	↔ Gier — unmäßiges, maßloses Verlangen
• greed	→ avidité; cupidité	↔ Habgier — Habsucht, Habgier ist die Gier, möglichst viel zu haben, das Streben nach immer mehr Besitz

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