Feminine
Meaning
- (feminine) thirst
- (feminine, figuratively) thirst, desire
Concepts
Synonyms
besoin insatiable
désir pressant
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/swaf/
Etymology
In summary
Inherited from Old French soif, from earlier seif, seit, from Latin sitis. The unetymological -f seems to have been inserted, following cases such as Old French noif (“snow”), possibly to avoid homophony with soit (“[may] it be”) and soi (“-self”).
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