different between jealousy vs envie

English

Etymology

From Middle English jalousie, from Old French jalousie, see jealous, -y. Doublet of jalousie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?d??l?si/
• Hyphenation: jeal?ous?y

Noun

jealousy (countable and uncountable, plural jealousies)

1. (uncountable) A state of suspicious guarding towards a spouse, lover etc., from fears of infidelity.
2. (countable) A resentment towards someone for a perceived advantage or superiority they hold.
   • 1907, Charles J. Archard, The Portland Peerage Romance:

     Jealousy was, however, aroused among the English nobility at the favouritism shown the Dutch newcomer.

3. Envy towards another's possessions
   • 1891, Louis Antoine Fauvelet De Bourrienne, translated by R. W. Phipps, Memoirs Of Napoleon Bonaparte:

     […] the jealousy of his foes of each other's share in the booty […].

4. (archaic) A close concern for someone or something, solicitude, vigilance.

Synonyms

• jealousness

Antonyms

• compersion

Related terms

• jealous (adjective)
• jealously (adverb)
• jalousie
• zealous

Translations

Further reading

• Jealousy on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Jealousy in the Encyclopædia Britannica (11th edition, 1911)

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