Greed
//ɡɹiːd//
Translations of "greed" (72 languages)
| Language | Translation | Romanization | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albanian | lakmi(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Ancient Greek | πλεονεξία(selfish desire for more than is needed), φιλαργυρία(selfish desire for more than is needed), φιλοκέρδεια(selfish desire for more than is needed) | pleonexía, philarguría, philokérdeia | |
| Arabic | جَشَع(selfish desire for more than is needed), طَمَع(selfish desire for more than is needed) | jašaʕ, ṭamaʕ | |
| Armenian | ագահություն(selfish desire for more than is needed) | agahutʻyun | |
| Assamese | খক(selfish desire for more than is needed), লোভ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | khok, lübh | |
| Basque | gutizia(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Belarusian | жа́дасць(selfish desire for more than is needed), сква́пнасць(selfish desire for more than is needed), хаплі́васць(selfish desire for more than is needed), хці́васць(selfish desire for more than is needed) | žádascʹ, skvápnascʹ, xaplívascʹ, xcívascʹ | |
| Bulgarian | а́лчност(selfish desire for more than is needed) | álčnost | |
| Catalan | avarícia(selfish desire for more than is needed), cobdícia(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Chinese Mandarin | 貪婪 /贪婪(selfish desire for more than is needed), 貪心 /贪心(selfish desire for more than is needed), 貪欲 /贪欲(selfish desire for more than is needed) | tānlán, tānxīn, tānyù | |
| Czech | chamtivost(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Dutch | gulzigheid(selfish desire for more than is needed), hebgier(selfish desire for more than is needed), hebgierigheid(selfish desire for more than is needed), hebzucht(selfish desire for more than is needed), schraapzucht(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Egyptian | A-f:a(selfish desire for more than is needed) | ꜣfꜥ | |
| Esperanto | avido(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Estonian | ahnus(selfish desire for more than is needed), aplus(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Farefare | pʋyã'anɛ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Faroese | grammleiki(selfish desire for more than is needed), gírni(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Finnish | ahneus(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| French | avidité(selfish desire for more than is needed), cupidité(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Georgian | გაუმაძღრობა(selfish desire for more than is needed), სიხარბე(selfish desire for more than is needed) | gaumaʒɣroba, sixarbe | |
| German | Gier(selfish desire for more than is needed), Habgier(selfish desire for more than is needed), Habsucht(selfish desire for more than is needed), Raffgier(selfish desire for more than is needed), Raffsucht(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Gothic | 𐌱𐌹𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐍉𐌽𐍃(selfish desire for more than is needed), 𐍆𐌰𐌹𐌷𐌿𐌲𐌴𐌹𐍂𐍉(selfish desire for more than is needed) | bifaihōns, faihugeirō | |
| Greek | απληστία(selfish desire for more than is needed) | aplistía | |
| Greenlandic | ueritsanneq(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Hebrew | בֶּצַע(selfish desire for more than is needed), חַמְדָנוּת(selfish desire for more than is needed) | betza', ḥamdanut | |
| Hindi | लालच(selfish desire for more than is needed) | lālac | |
| Hungarian | kapzsiság(selfish desire for more than is needed), mohóság(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Icelandic | græðgi(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Ilocano | agum(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Indonesian | rakus(selfish desire for more than is needed), serakah(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Irish | antlás(selfish desire for more than is needed), gionach(selfish desire for more than is needed), saint(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Isnag | axum(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Italian | avidità(selfish desire for more than is needed), ingordigia(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Japanese | 欲(selfish desire for more than is needed), 貪(selfish desire for more than is needed), 貪欲(selfish desire for more than is needed) | yoku, ton | |
| Khmer | មហាលោភ(selfish desire for more than is needed), លោភ(selfish desire for more than is needed), លោភលន់(selfish desire for more than is needed) | mɔɔhaaloop, loop, loŭphlôn | |
| Korean | 욕심(selfish desire for more than is needed), 탐욕(selfish desire for more than is needed) | yoksim, tamyok | |
| Latin | avaritia(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Lun Bawang | angaa(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Macedonian | алчност(selfish desire for more than is needed), лакомост(selfish desire for more than is needed) | alčnost, lakomost | |
| Malayalam | അത്യാഗ്രഹം(selfish desire for more than is needed) | atyāgrahaṁ | |
| Māori | apo(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Navajo | áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Nepali | लोभ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | lobh | |
| Northern Kurdish | çavbirçîtî(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Norwegian Bokmål | griskhet(selfish desire for more than is needed), grådighet(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Norwegian Nynorsk | griskheit(selfish desire for more than is needed), grådigheit(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Old English | ġītsung(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Persian | حرص(selfish desire for more than is needed) | hers | |
| Plautdietsch | Bejia(selfish desire for more than is needed), Jiez(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Polish | chciwość(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Portuguese | avareza(selfish desire for more than is needed), cobiça(selfish desire for more than is needed), ganância(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Punjabi | ਲਾਲਚ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | lālac | |
| Romanian | avariție(selfish desire for more than is needed), aviditate(selfish desire for more than is needed), lăcomie(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Russian | а́лчность(selfish desire for more than is needed), жа́дность(selfish desire for more than is needed), ненасы́тность(selfish desire for more than is needed) | álčnostʹ, žádnostʹ, nenasýtnostʹ | |
| Scottish Gaelic | sannt(selfish desire for more than is needed), sanntachd(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Serbo-Croatian | grabežljivost(selfish desire for more than is needed), gramžljivost(selfish desire for more than is needed), halapljivost(selfish desire for more than is needed), pohlepa(selfish desire for more than is needed), požuda(selfish desire for more than is needed), srebroljublje(selfish desire for more than is needed), škrtost(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Slovak | chtivosť(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Slovene | pohlep(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Spanish | avaricia(selfish desire for more than is needed), avidez(selfish desire for more than is needed), codicia(selfish desire for more than is needed), cudicia(selfish desire for more than is needed), glotonería(selfish desire for more than is needed), gula(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Swedish | girighet(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Tajik | хасисӣ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | xasisi | |
| Tamil | பேராசை(selfish desire for more than is needed) | pērācai | |
| Telugu | దురాశ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | durāśa | |
| Thai | โลภะ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | loo-pá | |
| Tibetan | འདོད་རྔམ(selfish desire for more than is needed), ཧར་པོ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | 'dod rngam, har po | |
| Tocharian B | entse(selfish desire for more than is needed), entsesñe(selfish desire for more than is needed), maune(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Turkish | açgözlülük(selfish desire for more than is needed), tamah(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Ukrainian | жа́дібність(selfish desire for more than is needed), жадли́вість(selfish desire for more than is needed), ненаже́рливість(selfish desire for more than is needed), хти́вість(selfish desire for more than is needed) | žádibnistʹ, žadlývistʹ, nenažérlyvistʹ, xtývistʹ | |
| Urdu | طمع(selfish desire for more than is needed), لالچ(selfish desire for more than is needed) | tam'a, lālac | |
| Uzbek | hirs(selfish desire for more than is needed), ochkoʻzlik(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Vietnamese | sự tham lam(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — | |
| Welsh | barau(selfish desire for more than is needed), bâr(selfish desire for more than is needed) | — |
lakmi
gutizia
avarícia, cobdícia
chamtivost
gulzigheid, hebgier, hebgierigheid, hebzucht, schraapzucht
avido
ahnus, aplus
pʋyã'anɛ
grammleiki, gírni
ahneus
avidité, cupidité
Gier, Habgier, Habsucht, Raffgier, Raffsucht
ueritsanneq
kapzsiság, mohóság
græðgi
agum
rakus, serakah
antlás, gionach, saint
axum
avidità, ingordigia
avaritia
angaa
apo
áchxą́hwíídéeniʼ
çavbirçîtî
griskhet, grådighet
griskheit, grådigheit
ġītsung
Bejia, Jiez
chciwość
avareza, cobiça, ganância
avariție, aviditate, lăcomie
sannt, sanntachd
grabežljivost, gramžljivost, halapljivost, pohlepa, požuda, srebroljublje, škrtost
chtivosť
pohlep
avaricia, avidez, codicia, cudicia, glotonería, gula
girighet
entse, entsesñe, maune
açgözlülük, tamah
жа́дібність, жадли́вість, ненаже́рливість, хти́вість
žádibnistʹ, žadlývistʹ, nenažérlyvistʹ, xtývistʹ
hirs, ochkoʻzlik
sự tham lam
barau, bâr
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