thirst

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (such as fear, excitement, etc.) which stops the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane.
2. (countable, uncountable) The condition producing the sensation of thirst.
3. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) A want and eager desire (for something); a craving or longing.
4. (countable, figuratively, uncountable) Sexual lust.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To be thirsty.
2. (intransitive, usually) To desire vehemently.

Concepts

soif

avoir soif

faim

mourir de faim

désir

désirer

avide de

donner soif

être altéré

envie

être affamé

languir

mourir

💀

souhaiter

Synonymes

hunger

thirsty

craving

thirstiness

crave

be thirsty

desire

hungriness

lust

starve

drought

starvation

thirsting

yearn

thirst after

thirst for

languish

longing

desire to drink

appetite

be hungry

dumbness

echo

long for

speech

urgent

‼️

want

yearning

hanker for

angry

😠

Traductions

sed

sete

Durst

sede

dorst

δίψα

set

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عطش

sitis

susuzluk

dürsten

Durst haben

avere sete

avidità

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/θɜːst/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: thirst

Hérité de ancien anglais: þurst

Appartenant à ancien haut allemand: thurst

Appartenant à moyen haut-allemand: durst

Appartenant à allemand: Durst

Appartenant à Old Saxon: thurst

Appartenant à Old Dutch: thursti

Appartenant à moyen néerlandais: dorst

Appartenant à néerlandais: dorst

Appartenant à vieux norrois: þorsti

Appartenant à suédois: törst

Appartenant à islandais: þorsti

Appartenant à danois: tørst

Appartenant à norvégien: tørst

Appartenant à grec ancien: τέρσομαι

Appartenant à albanais: djersë

Appartenant à sanskrit: तृष्णा

Appartenant à sanskrit: तृष्यति

Appartenant à latin: terra

Appartenant à latin: torridus

In summary

From Middle English thirst, thurst, from Old English þurst, from Proto-West Germanic *þurstu, from Proto-Germanic *þurstuz, from Proto-Indo-European *ters- (“dry”).
Germanic cognates include Old High German thurst, Middle High German durst, German Durst, Old Saxon thurst, Old Dutch thursti, Middle Dutch dorst, dorste, Dutch dorst, Old Norse þorsti (Swedish törst, Icelandic þorsti, Danish tørst, Norwegian tørst). Indo-European cognates include Ancient Greek τέρσομαι (térsomai), Albanian djersë (“sweat”), Sanskrit तृष्णा (tṛṣṇā, “desire; thirst”), Sanskrit तृष्यति (tṛ́ṣyati), Latin terra, Latin torridus.