Meaning

3 senses
  1. (countable, uncountable)A desire to eat food or consume drinks.

  2. (countable, uncountable)Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

    Appetit, Begierde, Lust

    аппети́тappetít, охо́таoxóta, жела́ниеželánije

    апети́тapetýt

  3. (countable, uncountable)The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

    appetite for reading

    жа́ждаžážda

More definitions
  • a feeling of craving something

Examples

192 sentences
  1. I have a good appetite today.

    В мене сьогодні гарний апетит.

    ruУ меня сегодня хороший аппетит.

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  2. Tom always has a good appetite.

    У Тома завжди добрий апетит.

    ruУ Тома всегда хороший аппетит.

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  3. I seem to have lost my appetite.

    Я, здається, втратив апетит.

    ruКажется, у меня пропал аппетит.

    deIch habe anscheinend meinen Appetit verloren.

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  4. He had no appetite because of the heat.

    Через спеку в нього не було апетиту.

    ruИз-за жары у него не было аппетита.

    deEr hatte aufgrund der Hitze keinen Appetit.

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  5. Don't spoil your appetite.

    Не псуй собі апетит.

    ruБереги аппетит.

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Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
desire of or relish for food:
Русский
By meaning 2
desire of or relish for food:
any strong desire:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
desire of or relish for food:
any strong desire:

Origin

From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus

From Middle English appetit, from Old French apetit (French appétit), from Latin appetitus, from appetere (“to strive after, long for”); ad + petere (“to seek”). See petition, and compare with appetence.

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Forms

plural: appetites
Singularappetite
Pluralappetites

regular

Synonyms

6 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

10 related words

Collocations

6 patterns
  • a good appetite
  • an an appetite
  • lost my appetite
  • had no appetite
  • good appetite
  • no appetite

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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