gier

Signification (Anglais)

Noun

1. (masculine) vulture
2. (broadly, masculine) monster, notably hellspawn
3. (figuratively, masculine) human vulture, rapacious or predatory person
4. (figuratively, masculine) consuming desire

Verb

1. (first-person, form-of, indicative, present, singular) inflection of gieren:
2. (form-of, indicative, present, second-person, singular) inflection of gieren:
3. (form-of, imperative) inflection of gieren:

gieren

• Verb
• Noun

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Concepts

vautour

purin

charognard

maraudeur

Synonymes

aal

aalt

aasgier

beer

🐻

mannetjesvarken

steunbeer

stroper

Traductions

Geier

vulture

buitre

abutre

voltor

muck-water

akbaba

stale

Wende

vultur

Wendung

Jauche

turn

Greif

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɣiːr/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: gir

Hérité de Old Dutch: *gīr

Hérité de moyen néerlandais: ghier

In summary

From Middle Dutch gir, gier, from Old Dutch *gīr, from Proto-Germanic *gīraz, related to *geraz (“greed, desire, coveting”).