lust

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of strong desire, especially such a feeling driven by sexual arousal.
2. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A general want or longing, not necessarily sexual.
3. (archaic, countable, uncountable) A delightful cause of joy, pleasure.
4. (countable, obsolete, uncountable) Virility; vigour; active power.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To look at or watch with a strong desire, especially of a sexual nature.
2. (archaic, intransitive, transitive, usually) To desire.

Sinonieme

desire

passion

sexual desire

concupiscence

craving

crave

sexual passion

carnality

carnal desire

wish

sensuality

hunger

libido

lasciviousness

love

❤️

covetousness

eroticism

greed

longing

yearn

lewdness

lechery

thirst

covet

urge

luxuria

appetite

lustfulness

prurience

libidinousness

strong desire

lecherousness

long for

yearning

envy

zest

wantonness

itch

want

wishing

desires

salaciousness

sensual pleasure

deadly sin

pleasure

sensualism

appetency

sex

👉👌

avidity

ambition

Vertalings

Wollust

lussuria

luxure

lust

lujuria

désir

volupté

wellust

deseo

luxúria

luxúria

begeerte

hartstocht

Lust

λαγνεία

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/lʌst/

Etimologie (Engels)

Geërf van Middle English: lust

Geërf van Old English: lust

Verwante met Old Saxon: -

Verwante met Nederlands: lust

Verwante met Old Frisian: -

Verwante met Old High German: -

Verwante met Duits: Lust

Verwante met Sweeds: lust

Verwante met Deens: lyst

Verwante met Yslands: lyst

Verwante met Old Norse: losti

Verwante met Goties: 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃

Verwante met Sanskrit: लष्

Verwante met Albanees: lushë

Verwante met Engels: loose

In summary

From Middle English lust, from Old English lust (“lust, pleasure, longing”), from Proto-West Germanic *lustu, from Proto-Germanic *lustuz.
Akin to Old Saxon, Dutch lust, Old Frisian, Old High German, German Lust, Swedish lust, Danish lyst, Icelandic lyst, Old Norse losti, Gothic 𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃 (lustus), and perhaps to Sanskrit लष् (laṣ), लषति (laṣati, “to desire”) and Albanian lushë (“bitch, savage dog, promiscuous woman”), or to English loose. Compare list (“to please”), listless.