greedy of money

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adjective gierig

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adj gierig; (for money, things) habgierig pej, raffsüchtig pej; ( fig)

▪ to be \greedy for sth gierig nach etw dat sein, nach etw dat gieren

\greedy [guzzle-]guts BRIT, AUS ( esp childspeak fam) [kleiner] Vielfraß fam

\greedy pig ( fam) Vielfraß m pej fam

\greedy for power machthungrig

\greedy for success/victory erfolgs-/siegeshungrig

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adj (+er)

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greedy adj (adv greedily)

1. gierig ( for auf akk, nach):

greedy for power machtgierig;

the flowers are greedy for water die Blumen brauchen dringend Wasser

2. habgierig, -süchtig

3. gefräßig

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gefräßig adj.

gierig adj.

habgierig adj.

adj. gulzig, hebzuchtig, begerig

[ grie:die] 〈 greediness〉

1  gulzig

2  hebzuchtig ⇒ begerig

3  gretig ⇒ geestdriftig

♦voorbeelden:

1   greedy eyes • gulzige blikken

2   greedy for money • geldzuchtig

Gluttonous: P. λίχνος, V. λαβρός, μάργος, μαργῶν.

Insatiable: P. and V. ἄπληστος.

Greedy of: P. and V. ἄπληστος (gen.).

Grasping: P. πλεονεκτικός.

Be greedy, v.: P. πλεονεκτεῖν.

Greedy of money: P. and V. φιλάργυρος, αἰσχροκερδής, P. φιλοχρήματος, Ar. and P. φιλοκερδής.

greedy [ˈgri:dɪ]

(for food) gourmand ; (for money, power) avide ( for de)

• don't be greedy! (at table) ne sois pas si gourmand ! ; (asking for money) n'en demande pas tant !

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1) [person] ( for food) gourmand; ( stronger) goulu; [look] avide

2) (for money, power) avide ( for de)

greedy adj

1 [person] ( for food) gourmand ; ( stronger) goulu ; [look] avide ; he's a greedy guts ○ ou pig ○ c'est un goinfre ○ ;

2 (for money, power, information) avide (for de).

1) [ person] (for food) goloso, ghiotto; (stronger) ingordo; [ look] avido

2) (for money, power) avido, bramoso ( for di)

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adjective avido; goloso

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1 avido; bramoso; cupido: to be greedy for gold [fame], essere avido d'oro [bramoso di fama]

2 ghiotto; goloso; ingordo

● (fam.) greedy-guts, golosone, mangione □ ( di una pianta) to be greedy for water, avere sete

1 avidamente

2 golosamente.

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1) [ person] (for food) goloso, ghiotto; (stronger) ingordo; [ look] avido

2) (for money, power) avido, bramoso ( for di)

adjective avaricioso, codicioso; glotón

greedy adj

1. glotón

2. avaricioso / codicioso

El comparativo de greedy se escribe greedier; el superlativo se escribe greediest

tr['griːdɪ]

adjective (comp greedier, superl greediest)

1 (for money, possessions) codicioso,-a ( for, de); (for power, knowledge) ávido,-a ( for, de)

2 (for food) glotón,-ona

greedy ['gri:di] adj, greedier ; - est

1) avaricious: codicioso, avaricioso

2) gluttonous: glotón

• ambicioso, -a adj.

• angustiado, -a adj.

• avaro, -a adj.

• codicioso, -a adj.

• envidioso, -a adj.

• goloso, -a adj.

• hambriento, -a adj.

• voraz adj.

• ávido, -a adj.

adjective -dier, -diest

a) (for food, drink) glotón, angurriento (CS)

b) (for power, wealth)

['ɡriːdɪ]

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adjective -dier, -diest

a) (for food, drink) glotón, angurriento (CS)

b) (for power, wealth)

[ʼgri:di] adj

gierig;

(for money, things) habgierig ( pej), raffsüchtig ( pej) ( fig)

to be \greedy for sth gierig nach etw dat sein, nach etw dat gieren;

\greedy [guzzle-]guts (Brit, Aus) ( esp childspeak) ( fam) [kleiner] Vielfraß ( fam)

\greedy pig ( fam) Vielfraß m ( pej) ( fam)

\greedy for power machthungrig;

\greedy for success/ victory erfolgs-/siegeshungrig

ks. tamak, loba, rakus. g. for money lapar uang. -greedily kk. dengan rakus/lahap/tamak/loba.

"money-grubbing, greedy for money; Scrooge"

(gen. fjár), n.

1) cattle, esp. sheep;

þeir ráku féit (the sheep) upp á geilarnar;

gæta fjár, to herd or tend sheep;

ganganda fé, live stock, opp. to ‘dautt fé’, or ‘liggjanda fé,’ valuables, money;

2) property, money (hvárt sem fé þat er land eðr annat fé);

fyrirgøra fé ok fjörvi, to forfeit property and life;

fé er fjörvi firr, life is dearer than money;

fé veldr frænda rógi, money makes foes of kinsmen;

afla sér fjár ok frægðar (frama), to gain wealth and fame;

hér er fé þat (the money), er Gunnarr greiddi;

þiggit þat, herra, fé er í því, there is value in it;

pl. fé (dat. fjám), property, means.

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n., irreg. gen. fjár, dat. fé; pl. gen. fjá, dat. fjám; with the article, féit, féinu, féin, mod. féð, fénu, fén: [Lat. pecu; Goth. faihu; A. S. feoh; Engl. fee; Hel. fehu; O. H. G. fehu; Germ. vieh; Dan. fæ; Swed. få]

I. cattle, in Icel. chiefly sheep; fé né menn, Grett. 101; fjölda fjár, Ld. 210; gæta fjár, to mind sheep, 232; en ef þeir brenna húsin þó at fé manna sé inni, Grág. ii. 164; þeir ráku féit ( the sheep) upp á geilarnar, Ni. 119; kvik-fé, live-stock, q. v.: ganganda fé, id., opp. to dautt fé, dead property, Grág. passim.

COMPDS: fjárbeit, fjárborg, fjárbreiða, fjárdauði, fjárfellir, fjárfóðr, fjárfæði, fjárfæling, fjárganga, fjárgeymsla, fjárgæzla, fjárhagi, fjárheimtur, fjárhirðir, fjárknappr, fjárhundr, fjárhús, fjárkaup, fjárkláði, fjárnyt, fjárpest, fjárrekstr, fjárréttr, fjársauðr.

II. property, money; hvárt sem fé þat er land eðr annat fé, Grág. ii. 237: the allit. phrase, fé ok fjörvi, Sl. 1; hafa fyrir gört fé ok fjörvi, to forfeit property and life, Nj. 191: the proverbs, fé er fjörvi firr, life is dearer than money, 124; fé veldr frænda rógi, money makes foes of kinsmen, Mkv. 1. Common sayings, hafa fullar hendr fjár; afla fjár ok frægðar, to gain wealth and fame, Fms. i. 23 (a standing phrase); afla fjár ok frama, Fs. 7, fjár ok virðingar, id.; seint munu þín augu fylld verða á fénu, Gullþ. 7; þú munt ærit mjök elska féit áðr lýkr, id.; lát mík sjá hvárt fé þetta er svá mikit ok frítt, Gísl. 62; at Þorgils tæki við fjám sínum, Fs. 154; fagrt fé, fine money; at þeir næði féinu, Fms. x. 23; þegn af fé, liberal, Ísl. ii. 344; Auðr tekr nú féit, A. took the money, Gísl. 62; hér er fé þat ( the money) er Gunnarr greiddi mér, Nj. 55; fé þat allt er hann átti, Eg. 98; alvæpni en ekki fé annat, Fms. i. 47: skemman var full af varningi, þetta fé …, v. 255; Höskuldr færði fé allt til skips, Nj. 4; hversu mikit fé er þetta, id.; heimta fé sín, Grág. i. 87; þiggit þat herra, fé er í því, there is value in it, Fms. vii. 197.

COMPDS: fjárafhlutr, fjáraflan, fjárafli, fjárauðn, fjáragirnd, fjárbón, fjárburðr, fjárdráttr, fjárefni, fjáreigandi, fjáreign, fjáreyðsla, fjáreyðslumaðr, fjárfang, fjárfar, fjárforráð, fjárframlag, fjárfundr, fjárgjald, fjárgjöf, fjárgróði, fjárgæzla, fjárgæzlumaðr, fjárhagr, fjárhagamaðr, fjárhald, fjárhaldsmaðr, fjárheimt, fjárhirðsla, fjárhlutr, fjárkaup, fjárkostnaðr, fjárkostr, fjárkrafa, fjárlag, fjárlán, fjárlát, fjárleiga, fjármegin, fjármet, fjármissa, fjármunir, fjárnám, fjárorkumaðr, fjárpína, fjárrán, fjárreiða, fjárreita, fjársaknaðr, fjársekt, fjársjóðr, fjárskaði, fjárskakki, fjárskilorð, fjárskipti, fjárskuld, fjársóan, fjársókn, fjárstaðr, fjártak, fjártal, fjártapan, fjártilkall, fjártillag, fjártjón, fjárupptak, fjárútlát, fjárvarðveizla, fjárvarðveizlumaðr, fjárván, fjárverðr, fjárviðtaka, fjárvöxtr, fjárþarfnaðr, fjárþurð, fjárþurfi.

B. Fé- in COMPDS, usually in sense II, sometimes in sense I: fé-auðna, u, f. money luck. féauðnu-maðr, m. a man lucky in making money, Band. 4. fé-boð, n. an offer of money, Lv. 62, Fms. v. 26, 369, 656 A. 17; a bribe, Grág. i. 72. fébóta-laust, n. adj. without compensation, Glúm. 358. fé-brögð, n. pl. devices for making money, Fms. xi. 423, 623. 21. fé-bætr, f. pl. payments in compensation, esp. of weregild, opp. to mann-hefndir, Nj. 165, Eg. 106, Fs. 53, 74, Ísl. ii. 386. fé-bættr, part. paid for weregild, Gullþ. 12. fé-drengr, m. an open-handed man, Nj. 177. fé-drjúgr, adj. having a deep purse, Ld. 46. fé-fastr, adj. close-fisted, Ísl. ii. 392, Bs. i. 74. fé-fátt, n. adj. in want of money, Eg. 394, Fms. iii. 180, Hkr. iii. 422. fé-fellir, m. losing one’s sheep, Lv. 91. fé-festi, f. close-fistedness, Grett. 155 C. fé-fletta, tt, to strip one of money, cheat one, Fas. iii. 103, v. l. fé-frekr, adj. greedy for money, Rd. 314. fé-föng, n. pl. booty, plunder, spoil, Fms. iii. 18, vii. 78, Eg. 57, 236, Gullþ. 5, Sks. 183 B. fé-gefinn, part. given for (and to) gain, Band. 4, Valla L. 201. fé-girnd, f. avarice, Hom. 86, Al. 4, Pass. 16. 7, 10. fé-girni, f. = fégirnd, Sks. 358, Band. 11, Sturl. i. 47 C. fégjafa-guð, m. the god of wealth, Edda 55. fé-gjald, n. a payment, fine, Nj. 111, 120, Band. 11, Fms. vii. 248. fé-gjarn, adj. greedy, avaricious, Eg. 336, Fs. 133, Nj. 102, Fms. i. 52, vii. 238. fé-gjöf, f. a gift of money, Fs. 11, 21, Fms. i. 53, xi. 325, Ld. 52. fé-glöggr, f. close-handed, Eb. 158. fé-góðr, adj. good, i. e. current, money, D. N. fé-grið, n. pl. security for property, Grág. ii. 21. fé-gyrðill, m. [early Dan. fägürthil], a money bag, purse, worn on the belt, Gísl. 20, Fbr. 66, Þiðr. 35. fé-gætni, f. saving habits, Glúm. 358. fé-göfugr, adj. blessed with wealth, Ísl. ii. 322. fé-hirðir, m. a shepherd, Fas. i. 518, Fms. viii. 342, Gþl. 501: a treasurer, Hkr. i. 36, Eg. 202, Fms. x. 157, vi. 372, viii. 372. fé-hirzla, u, f. a treasury, Fms. vi. 171, vii. 174, Eg. 237, Hom. 9. féhirzlu-hús, n. a treasure-house, Stj. 154. féhirzlu-maðr, m. a treasurer, Karl. 498. fé-hús, n. = fjós, a stall, D. N. (Fr.): a treasury, Róm. 299. fé-kaup, n. a bargain, N. G. L. i. 9. fé-kátliga, adv., Thom. 403. fé-kátr, adj. proud of one’s wealth, Róm. 126. fé-kostnaðr, m. expenditure, expense, Stj. 512, Fms. iv. 215, xi. 202, Hkr. i. 148. fé-kostr, m. = fékostnaðr, Orkn. 40. fé-krókar, m. pl. money-angles, wrinkles about the eyes marking a greedy man (vide auga), Fms. ii. 84. fé-kvörn, f. a small gland in the maw of sheep, in popular superstition regarded, when found, as a talisman of wealth, vide Eggert Itin. ch. 323. fé-lag, n. fellowship, and fé-lagi, a, m. a fellow, vide p. 151. fé-lauss, adj. penniless, Fms. vi. 272, Fs. 79, Gullþ. 5, Landn. 324 (Mant.) fé-lát, n. loss of money, Landn. 195. fé-leysi, n. want of money, Fms. viii. 20. fé-ligr, adj. valuable, handsome, Fms. viii. 206. fé-lítill, adj. short of money, Eg. 691, Sturl. i. 127 C, Fms. v. 182, vi. 271: of little value, Vm. 74, Jm. 13; fé-minstr, yielding the least income, Bs. i. 432. fé-maðr, m. a monied man, Sturl. i. 171, iii. 97, Dropl. 3. fé-mál, n. money affairs, Nj. 5; a suit for money, Fms. viii. 130, Nj. 15, Grág. i. 83. fé-mikill, adj. rich, monied, Sks. 252, Sturl. i. 171 C: costly, Fms. v. 257, xi. 85, Bs. i. 295, Hkr. iii. 247, Eb. 256: expensive, Korm. 224 (in a verse). fé-mildr, adj. open-handed, Nj. 30. fé-missa, u, f. and fé-missir, m. loss of cattle, Jb. 362: loss of money, Grett. 150 C. fé-munir, m. pl. valuables, Hkr. i. 312, Grág. i. 172, Hrafn. 19, 21, Fms. vi. 298, viii. 342. fé-múta, u, f. a bribe in money, Nj. 215, 251, Gullþ. 7, Fms. v. 312, Bs. i. 839, Thom. 72. fé-mætr, adj. ‘money-worth,’ valuable, Fms. i. 105, Ísl. ii. 154, Orkn. 386. fé-neytr ( fé-nýtr), adj. money-worth, Fms. iv. 340, cp. Hkr. ii. 253. fé-nýta, tt, to turn to account, make use of, Bs. i. 760, Grág. ii. 155. fé-penningr, m. a penny-worth, Bs. i. 757. fé-pína, u, f. a fine, H. E. i. 511. fé-prettr, m. a money trick, N. G. L. i. 123. fé-pynd, f. extortion, Bs. i. 757. fé-ráð, n. pl. advice in money-matters, 656 C. 16. fé-rán, n. plunder, Fs. 9, Fms. vi. 263, Fb. i. 215 (in a verse):—execution, confiscation, in the law phrase, féráns-dómr, m. a court of execution or confiscation to be held within a fortnight after the sentence at the house of a person convicted in one of the two degrees of outlawry, vide Grág. Þ. Þ. ch. 29–33, and the Sagas passim, esp. Hrafn. 21, Sturl. i. 135; cp. also Dasent, Introd. to Burnt Njal. fé-ríkr, adj. rich, wealthy, Fms. ix. 272, Gullþ. 7, Ld. 102, Skálda 203. fé-samr, adj. lucrative, Sturl. i. 68 C. fé-sátt ( fé-sætt), f. an agreement as to payment, of weregild or the like, Grág. i. 136, Nj. 189, Ld. 308. fé-sekr, adj. fined, sentenced to a fine, Grág. i. 393. fé-sekt, f. a fine, Nj. 189, Finnb. 276. fé-sinki, f. niggardliness, Sks. 421, 699. fé-sinkr, adj. niggardly, Sturl. i. 162. fé-sjóðr, m., prop. a bag of money, Band. 6, Fbr. 35 new Ed., Nj. 55, Fas. iii. 194: mod. esp. in pl. a treasury, treasure, in Matth. vi. 20, Col. ii. 3, Heb. xi. 26. fé-skaði, a, m. loss in money, Bs. i, Fs. 4, Fms. iv. 327. fé-skipti, n. a sharing or division of property, Nj. 118, Ld. 134. fé-skjálgr, adj., féskjálg augu, eyes squinting for money, Band. 6. fé-skortr, m. shortness of money, Rd. 284. fé-skuld, f. a money debt, Finnb. 350. fé-skurðr, m. detriment, Ld. 44. fé-skygn, adj. covetous, Fms. v. 263. fé-skylft ( fé-skylmt), n. adj., in the phrase, e-n er f., one has many expenses to defray, Grett. 89, 159, Eb. 98. fé-snauðr, adj. poor in money, penniless, Bs. i. 335. fé-sníkja, u, f. ( fé-sníkni), begging, intruding as a parasite, Sks. 669, 451, 585. fé-snúðr, m. lucre, Band. 5, 655 xi. 4. fé-sparr, adj. sparing, close-handed, Band. 6, Fms. iii. 190. fé-spjöll, n. pl. an απ. λεγ. in Vsp. 23, fee-spells, i. e. spells wherewith to conjure hidden treasures out of the earth, where we propose to read,—valði hón (MS. henne, dat.) Herföðr (dat.) … f. spakleg, she (the Vala) endowed the father of hosts (Odin) with wise fee-spells; the passage in Yngl. S. ch. 7—Óðinn vissi of allt jarðfé hvar fólgit var—refers to this very word; Odin is truly represented as a pupil of the old Vala, receiving from her his supernatural gifts. fé-sterkr, adj. wealthy, Fms. iv. 231, Sks. 274. fé-stofn, m. stock. fé-sæla, u, f. wealth, Hkr. i. 15, Edda 16. fé-sæll, adj. wealthy, Edda 15. fé-sök, f. a suit, action for money, Nj. 15, Grág. i. 138. fé-útlega, u, f. a fine, outlay, N. G. L. i. 85. fé-vani, adj. short of money, Fms. iv. 27. fé-ván, f. expectancy of money, Gullþ. 7, Eg. 241, Fms. iv. 27, Orkn. 208. fé-veizla, u, f. contributions, help, Sks. 261, v. l. fé-vél, n. a trick, device against one’s property, N. G. L. i. 34. fé-víti, n. mulct, Grág. fé-vænliga, adv. in a manner promising profit, Fms. v. 257. fé-vænligr, adj. promising profit, profitable, Sturl. i. 138, Fms. v. 257. fé-vænn, adj. = févænligr, Sturl. i. 138. fé-vöxtr, m. increase in property, gain, Eg. 730. fé-þurfi, adj. in need of money, Eb. 164, Fms. ii. 80, Lv. 108, Fas. i. 392. fé-þúfa, u, f. a ‘money-mound,’ used in the Tales like Fortunatus’ purse; in the phrase, hafa e-n fyrir féþúfu, to use one as a milch cow, to squeeze money out of one. fé-þyrfi and fé-þörf, f. need of money, poverty, Rd. 236. fé-örk, f. a money-chest, 224.

Adj. greedy for money, obsessed with money

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adj avaricious, greedy for money

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Adjektiv (abwertend) greedy; avaricious

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geldgierig adj greedy for money, obsessed with money

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Adjektiv (abwertend) greedy; avaricious

1. thirsty, dry, книж. athirst

2. прен. thirsting, книж. athirst, hungry, craving, yearning, eager, ardent (за for)

(за очи) eager, yearing (за. for)

жаден за наука hungry for knowledge

той е жаден за слава/почести и пр. he thirsts for glory/honours etc.. he is emulous of fame/honours, etc.

3. прен. (алчен) greedy, avid, avaricious (за for)

covetous (за for)

жаден за пари greedy for money

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жа̀ден,

прил., -на, -но, -ни 1. thirsty, dry, книж. athirst; шотл. droughty;

2. прен. thirsting, книж. athirst, hungry, craving, yearning, eager, ardent (за for); (за очи) eager, yearning (за for); \жаденен за приключения in quest of adventure; \жаденен за пътешествия footloose; той е \жаденен за слава/почести и пр. he thirsts for glory/honours, etc.;

3. прен. ( алчен) grasping; greedy, avid, avaricious (за for); covetous (за for).

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avid ; covetous ; droughty: I am жаден, I would like to drink some water. - Жаден съм, бих желал да пийна малко вода.

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avide [avid]

( = cupide) [personne, yeux] greedy ; ( = passionné) [lecteur] avid

• avide de [plaisir, sensation] eager for ; [+ argent] greedy for ; [+ pouvoir, honneurs, connaissances] hungry for

• avide de faire qch eager to do sth

• avide de sang bloodthirsty

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adjectif ( vorace) [yeux] greedy; [lecteur] avid; ( cupide) greedy

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1) (sans nuance péjorative) eager

2) péjoratif greedy, grasping

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avide adj ( vorace) [mangeur, yeux] greedy; [lecteur] avid; ( cupide) greedy; avide de avid for [pouvoir]; eager for [plaisirs, affection, honneurs, nouvelles, connaissances, vengeance]; avide de faire eager to do; tendre une oreille avide to listen eagerly; avide de sang bloodthirsty; économie avide de pétrole oil-guzzling economy.

[avid] adjectif

1. [cupide] greedy, grasping

2. [enthousiaste] eager, avid

1) ( стремящийся к наживе) greedy; avaricious; covetous; ( скупой) mean, stingy

2) (к; до; на вн.; алчущий, жаждущий чего-л) avid (of, for), greedy

3) (до; исполненный желанием понять, познать что-л) eager (for), keen (on)