rapace

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin rapācem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pas/

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• Rhymes: -as

Adjective

rapace (plural rapaces)

1. rapacious, predatory

   Le vautour est très rapace. ― The vulture is very rapacious.

2. (figuratively) rapacious, greedy
   • 1820, Walter Scott, chapter 21, in Alexandre Dumas, transl., Ivanhoé, translation of Ivanhoe:

     Il s’en retourna repu et orgueilleux, pour raconter à ses rapaces compatriotes la richesse et la simplicité de nos nobles Saxons.

     [original: He returned pampered and proud, to tell his rapacious countrymen of the wealth and the simplicity of the Saxon nobles]

Related terms

• rapacité

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaces)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

   rapace nocturne ― nocturnal raptor

Further reading

• “rapace”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin rapacem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raˈpa.t͡ʃe/
• Rhymes: -atʃe
• Hyphenation: ra‧pà‧ce

• Audio:

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Adjective

rapace (plural rapaci)

1. predatory
2. rapacious, greedy

Derived terms

• rapacemente

Related terms

• rapacità

Noun

rapace m (plural rapaci)

1. bird of prey
2. raptor

Synonyms

• uccello rapace

Related terms

• rapire

Anagrams

• eparca, pacare

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French rapace, from Latin rapax.

Adjective

rapace m or f or n (masculine plural rapaci, feminine and neuter plural rapace)

1. predatory

Declension

Declension of rapace

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	rapace		rapace	rapaci	rapace
	definite	rapacele		rapacea	rapacii	rapacele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	rapace		rapace	rapaci	rapace
	definite	rapacelui		rapacei	rapacilor	rapacelor

Related terms

• rapacitate