different between emulate vs envie

English

Alternative forms

• æmulate (archaic)

Etymology

From Latin aemulor (“to rival, emulate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.j?.le?t/
• Hyphenation: em?u?late

Verb

emulate (third-person singular simple present emulates, present participle emulating, simple past and past participle emulated)

1. (now rare) To attempt to equal or be the same as.
2. To copy or imitate, especially a person.
3. (obsolete) To feel a rivalry with; to be jealous of, to envy.
   • 1624, John Smith, Generall Historie, in Kupperman 1988, p. 146:

     But the councell then present emulating my successe, would not thinke it fit to spare me fortie men to be hazzarded in those unknowne regions [...].

4. (computing) of a program or device: to imitate another program or device

Related terms

• emulation
• emulator
• emulous

Translations

Adjective

emulate (comparative more emulate, superlative most emulate)

1. (obsolete) Striving to excel; ambitious; emulous.

See also

• mimic
• copy
• imitate
• simulate

Anagrams

• metulae

Italian

Verb

emulate

1. second-person plural present indicative of emulare
2. second-person plural imperative of emulare
3. feminine plural of emulato

English

Etymology

en- +? vie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?va?/, /?n?va?/

Verb

envie (third-person singular simple present envies, present participle envying, simple past and past participle envied)

1. (obsolete) To vie; to emulate; to strive.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Edmund Spenser to this entry?)

Anagrams

• nieve

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin invidia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.vi/
• Homophones: envient, envies

Noun

envie f (plural envies)

1. desire, lust, urge
2. appetite, craving
3. envy
4. birthmark
5. hangnail

Verb

envie

1. first-person singular present indicative of envier
2. third-person singular present indicative of envier
3. first-person singular present subjunctive of envier
4. third-person singular present subjunctive of envier
5. second-person singular imperative of envier

Derived terms

Related terms

• envieux

Further reading

• “envie” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• veine, veiné

Galician

Verb

envie

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of enviar
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of enviar

Louisiana Creole French

Etymology

From French envie (“desire”).

Verb

envie

1. to desire

References

• Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Middle English

Alternative forms

• invie, anvie, enuye, envye

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French envie, from Latin invidia.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?vi?(?)/, /??nvi?(?)/

Noun

envie (plural envies)

1. ill-will, hatred, enmity, hostility; spite, malice; an instance of enmity

   Synonym: onde
2. envy, grudge; hostility; an instance of this feeling

   Synonym: onde

3. harm, injury

   Synonyms: harm, injurie

4. eagerness, enthusiasm

Related terms

• envien
• envious

Descendants

• English: envy

References

• “env?e, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Portuguese

Verb

envie

1. First-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of enviar
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present subjunctive of enviar
3. Third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of enviar
4. Third-person singular (você) negative imperative of enviar