rapace

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rapācem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁa.pas/
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  • Rhymes: -as

Adjective

rapace (plural rapaces)

  1. rapacious, predatory
    Le vautour est très rapace. ― The vulture is very rapacious.
  2. (figuratively) rapacious, greedy
    • 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 21, in Alexandre Dumas, transl., Ivanhoé, translation of Ivanhoe:
      Il s’en retourna repu et orgueilleux, pour raconter à ses rapaces compatriotes la richesse et la simplicité de nos nobles Saxons.

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaces)

  1. bird of prey
  2. raptor
    rapace nocturne ― nocturnal raptor

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rapacem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /raˈpa.t͡ʃe/
  • Rhymes: -atʃe
  • Hyphenation: ra‧pà‧ce
  • Audio:(file)

Adjective

rapace (plural rapaci)

  1. predatory
  2. rapacious, greedy

Derived terms

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaci)

  1. bird of prey
  2. raptor

Synonyms

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin rapacem.

Pronunciation

 

  • Rhymes: (Brazil) -asi, (Portugal) -asɨ
  • Hyphenation: ra‧pa‧ce

Adjective

rapace m or f (plural rapaces)

  1. predatory
  2. rapacious, greedy

Further reading

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapace, from Latin rapax.

Adjective

rapace m or f or n (masculine plural rapaci, feminine and neuter plural rapace)

  1. predatory

Declension

singular plural
masculine neuter feminine masculine neuter feminine
nominative-
accusative 		indefinite rapace rapace rapaci rapace
definite rapacele rapacea rapacii rapacele
genitive-
dative 		indefinite rapace rapace rapaci rapace
definite rapacelui rapacei rapacilor rapacelor
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