different between desire vs penchant
desire
English
Etymology
From Middle English desire (noun) and desiren (verb), from Old French desirer, desirrer, from Latin d?s?der? (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”), apparently from de- + sidus (in the phrase de sidere, "from the stars") in connection with astrological hopes. Compare consider. Compare also desiderate.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?-z?r?, d?-z???r, IPA(key): /d??za??/
- (General American) enPR: d?-z?r?, d?-z???r, d?-z?r?, d?-z???r, IPA(key): /d??za??/, /d??za??/, /di?za??/, /di?za??/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
- Hyphenation: de?sire
Verb
desire (third-person singular simple present desires, present participle desiring, simple past and past participle desired)
- To want; to wish for earnestly.
- To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XIII:
- And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll him.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XIII:
- To want emotionally or sexually.
- To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
- To require; to demand; to claim.
- c. 1580, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses
- A doleful case desires a doleful song.
- c. 1580, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses
- To miss; to regret.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
Related terms
Translations
Noun
desire (usually uncountable, plural desires)
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
- (uncountable) Motivation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (one or thing wished for): wanna, want-to; See also Thesaurus:desire
- (motivation): wanna, want-to
Translations
See also
- velleity
Related terms
- desirable
- desiring-production
- desirous
Further reading
- desire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- desire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- desier, eiders, eresid, redies, reside
Italian
Alternative forms
- desiro
- disire, disiro
Etymology
From Old Occitan dezire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?zi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: de?sì?re
Noun
desire m (plural desiri)
- (poetic, archaic) desire
- Synonym: desiderio
Related terms
- desio
- desirare
References
- desire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English
Noun
desire
- desire
Descendants
- English: desire
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penchant
English
Etymology
Borrowed from French penchant, present participle of pencher (“to tilt, to lean”), from Middle French, from Old French pengier (“to tilt, be out of line”), from Vulgar Latin *pendic?re, a derivative of Latin pendere (“to hang, to lean”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?p?n??n/, [?p?????]
- (US) IPA(key): /?p?nt???nt/
Noun
penchant (countable and uncountable, plural penchants)
- Taste, liking, or inclination (for).
- 2019, Idles, "Never Fight a Man With a Perm", Joy as an Act of Resistance.
- He has a penchant for fine wine.
- 2019, Idles, "Never Fight a Man With a Perm", Joy as an Act of Resistance.
- (card games, uncountable) A card game resembling bezique.
- (card games) In the game of penchant, any queen and jack of different suits held at the same time.
Synonyms
- desire, see also Thesaurus:predilection
Related terms
Translations
French
Noun
penchant m (plural penchants)
- penchant
Verb
penchant
- present participle of pencher
Further reading
- “penchant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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