desiderare

Meaning

to wish, to want, to like, to desire, to long

Frequency

C1
Hyphenated as
de‧si‧de‧rà‧re
Pronounced as (IPA)
/de.zi.deˈra.re/
Etymology

From an alteration of the older disiderare, from Latin dēsīderāre (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”). Doublet of desirare, taken from Old Occitan.

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