English
Etymology
Old English þurst
Pronunciation
audio|en-us-thirst.ogg|Audio (US)
:*Rhymes: Rhymes:English:-��(r)st|-��(r)st
Noun
thirst
- A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause (as fear, excitement, etc.) which arrests the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane; hence, the condition producing this sensation.
- Fig.: A want and eager desire after anything; a craving or longing; � usually with for, of, or after; as, the thirst for gold.
Translations
trans-top|dryness
Albanian: etje f, et m
Arabic: ARchar|عطش unicode|(�á�aš) m
Catalan: set f
Chinese: �渴 (k�uk�)
Croatian: žeda f
Czech: žÃzeÅ� f
Danish: tørst
Dutch: dorst
Esperanto: soifo
Finnish: jano
French: soif f
German: Durst m
Greek: δί�α
trans-mid
Hungarian: szomjúság, szomj
Italian: sete f
Japanese: ���� (������, nodo no kawaki)
Korean: 목�� (mokmareum)
Kurdish:
:Sorani: t|ku|ت���|trtinu|scKUchar
Latin: sitis f
Polish: pragnienie n
Portuguese: sede f
Romanian: sete f
Russian: жажда (žážda) f
Sardinian (Campidanese): sidi f
Spanish: sed f
Swedish: törst
Tamazight: fad
Telugu: దాహ� (daahaM)
trans-bottom
trans-top|figurative
Italian: avidità f
trans-mid
trans-bottom
Category:English nouns
el:thirst
fr:thirst
hy:thirst
io:thirst
it:thirst
kk:thirst
hu:thirst
pl:thirst
fi:thirst
ta:thirst
te:thirst
vi:thirst
zh:thirst
|
