Esperanto

Adverb

avare

1. covetously

French

Etymology

From a modification of the older popular form aver after the original etymology, Latin avarus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

avare m, f ‎(plural avares)

1. stingy, skinflint

Noun

avare m, f ‎(plural avares)

1. scrooge, miser

Anagrams

• avéra

Italian

Adjective

avare f pl

1. feminine plural of avaro

Noun

avare f pl

1. plural of avara

Latin

Etymology

From avārus ‎(“avaricious, covetous, greedy”), from aveō ‎(“wish, desire, long for, crave”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /aˈwaː.reː/

Adverb

avārē ‎(comparable avārius, superlative avārissimē)

1. greedily, avariciously, covetously
2. stingily

Synonyms

• (greedily): avāriter, avidē, aviditer
• (stingily): avāriter

Related terms

References

• avare in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• avare in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “avare”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.

Norman

Etymology

Borrowing from French avare.

Noun

avare m ‎(plural avares)

1. (Jersey) miser

Synonyms

• agravé
• rapinneux