desire

See also:désire,désiré,Désiré,andDesiré

English

Etymology

FromMiddle Englishdesire(noun)anddesiren(verb),fromOld Frenchdesirer,desirrer,fromLatindēsīderō(“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”),apparently fromde-+sidus(in the phrasede sidere,"from the stars" ) in connection with astrological hopes. Compareconsideranddesiderate.Displaced nativeOld Englishwilnung(“desire”)andwilnian(“to desire”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation)enPR:dĭ-zīrʹ,dĭ-zīʹər,IPA^(key):/dɪˈzaɪə/
• (General American)enPR:dĭ-zīrʹ,dĭ-zīʹər,dē-zīrʹ,dē-zīʹər,IPA^(key):/dɪˈzaɪɹ/,/dɪˈzaɪɚ/,/diˈzaɪɹ/,/diˈzaɪɚ/

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• Hyphenation:de‧sire
• Rhymes:-aɪə(ɹ)

Verb

desire(third-person singular simple presentdesires,present participledesiring,simple past and past participledesired)

1. Towant;to wish for earnestly.

   Idesireto speak with you.

   • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,Exodus34:24:

     Neither shall any mandesirethy land.

   • 1874,Alfred Tennyson,“Lancelot and Elaine”, inIdylls of the King(The Works of Alfred Tennyson; VI), cabinet edition, London: Henry S. King & Co.,[…],→OCLC,page88:

     [S]eeing youdesireyour child to live, / Thanks, but you work against your own desire;[…]

2. To put arequestto (someone); toentreat.
   • 1526,[William Tyndale,transl.],The Newe Testamẽt[…](Tyndale Bible), [Worms, Germany:Peter Schöffer],→OCLC,Acts:

     And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yetdesiredthey Pilate to kyll him.

   • 1918,W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell,chapter III, inThe Mirror and the Lamp,Indianapolis, Ind.:The Bobbs-Merrill Company,→OCLC,page15:

     Mr. Barrett, however, by fawning and flattery, seemed to be able to make not only Mrs. Churchill but everyone else do what hedesired.

3. To wantemotionallyorsexually.

   She hasdesiredhim since they first met.

4. To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
   • 1611,The Holy Bible,[…](King James Version), London:[…]Robert Barker,[…],→OCLC,2 Kings4:28:

     Then shee said, Did Idesirea sonne of my Lord? did I not say, Doe not deceiue me?

   • c.1603–1606,William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”,inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard,andEd[ward]Blount,published1623,→OCLC,[Act IV, scene vii]:

     Desirehim to go in; trouble him no more.

5. To require; to demand; to claim.
   • c.1580,Edmund Spenser,The Teares of the Muses:

     A doleful casedesiresa doleful song.

6. Tomiss;toregret.
   • 1651–1653,Jer[emy] Taylor,ΕΝΙΑΥΤΟΣ[Eniautos].A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year.[…],2nd edition, London:[…]Richard Royston[…],published1655,→OCLC:

     She shall be pleasant while she lives, anddesiredwhen she dies.

Conjugation

Conjugation ofdesire

infinitive	(to)desire
	present tense	past tense
1st-personsingular	desire	desired
2nd-personsingular	desire,desirest†	desired,desiredst†
3rd-personsingular	desires,desireth†	desired
plural	desire
subjunctive	desire	desired
imperative	desire	—
participles	desiring	desired

^†Archaicorobsolete.

Derived terms

• desired effect
• desiring-production
• leave a lot to be desired
• leave much to be desired
• leave something to be desired

Related terms

• desideratum
• desirability
• desirable
• desirableness
• sidereal
• undesirability
• undesirableness

Translations

desire—seewant

wish for earnestly

• Arabic:رَغِبَ(raḡiba)
• Armenian:ցանկանալ(hy)(cʻankanal)
• Asturian:desear(ast)
• Belarusian:жа́дацьimpf(žádacʹ)
• Bulgarian:жела́я(bg)impf(želája),и́скам(bg)impf(ískam)
• Burmese:မက်(my)(mak)
• Catalan:desitjar(ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Dục vọng／Dục vọng(zh)(yùwàng)

• Czech:toužit(cs),přátsi
• Danish:ønske(da)
• Dutch:wensen(nl),verlangen(nl)
• Esperanto:deziri
• Finnish:tahtoa(fi),mieliä(fi),haluta(fi)
• French:désirer(fr)
• Galician:desexar(gl)
• German:begehren(de)
• Gothic:𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌾𐌰𐌽(gairnjan),𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐍉𐌽(lustōn)
• Greek:επιθυμώ(el)(epithymó)

  Ancient:ἐπιθυμέω(epithuméō)

• Hebrew:השתוקק(he)(hishtokék)
• Hindi:इच्छा(hi)(icchā),चाह(hi)(cāh),कामना(hi)(kāmnā),अभिलाषा(hi)(abhilāṣā)
• Hungarian:kíván(hu),óhajt(hu),vágyik(hu)
• Ido:dezirar(io)
• Indonesian:hasrat(id)
• Interlingua:desirar
• Irish:

  Old Irish:ad·cobra

• Japanese:Vọng む(ja)(の ぞむ, nozomu),Nguyện う(ja)(ねがう, negau),Dục する(ja)(ほっする, hossuru),Hy vọng する
• Kannada:ಬಯಕೆ(kn)(bayake),ಹಂಬಲ(kn)(hambala)
• Korean:바라다(ko)(barada),원하다(ko)(wonhada),원하다(ko)(wonhada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:نیاز(nyaz)

• Lao:ຕ້ອງການ(tǭng kān)
• Latgalian:gribēt,gaideit
• Latin:cupiō,dēsīderō
• Latvian:vēlēties(lv)
• Lithuanian:trokšti,pageidauti
• Macedonian:посакува(posakuva),посака(posaka)
• Malayalam:ആഗ്രഹിക്കുക(ml)(āgrahikkuka)
• Manx:mian,wooish,fooill,imnee
• Maori:minaka
• Marathi:इच्छा(mr)n(icchā)
• Mongolian:хүсэх(mn)(xüsex)
• Occitan:desirar(oc)
• Persian:خواستن(phát)(xâstan),آرزو کردن(phát)(ârezu kardan)
• Polish:pragnąć(pl),pożądać(pl)
• Portuguese:desejar(pt)
• Romanian:dori(ro)
• Russian:жела́ть(ru)impf(želátʹ)
• Sanskrit:गृध्यति(sa)(gṛdhyati),लषति(sa)(laṣati)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:жѐлети,жѐљети,жудети,жудјети

  Roman:žèleti,žèljeti(sh),žudeti(sh),žudjeti(sh)

• Slovak:túžiť,žiadať,želaťsi,priaťsi
• Slovene:želeti(sl)impf
• Spanish:desear(es)
• Swahili:kutamani(sw)
• Swedish:önska(sv),begära(sv),eftertrakta(sv),längta(sv)
• Tamil:ஆசைப்படு(ācaippaṭu)
• Telugu:ఆశ(te)(āśa),కోరిక(te)(kōrika),ఇచ్చ(te)(icca),అపేక్ష(te)(apēkṣa),అభిలాష(te)(abhilāṣa),వాంఛ(te)(vāñcha)
• Thai:ต้องการ(th)(dtɔ̂ng-gaan),ประสงค์(th)(bprà-sǒng),ปรารถนา(th)(bpràattànăa)
• Tocharian B:kulyp-
• Ukrainian:бажа́ти(uk)impf(bažáty)
• Uzbek:xohlamoq(uz)
• Walloon:djeryî(wa)
• Yiddish:באַגערן(bagern)

want emotionally or sexually

• Armenian:ցանկանալ(hy)(cʻankanal)
• Asturian:desear(ast)
• Azerbaijani:arzu etmək(az),arzulamaq(az)
• Bulgarian:жела́я(bg)impf(želája),жаду́вам(bg)impf(žadúvam)
• Catalan:desitjar(ca)
• Czech:toužit(cs)
• Danish:begære,attrå
• Dutch:begeren(nl),verlangen(nl)
• Finnish:himoita(fi)
• French:désirer(fr)
• Galician:desexar(gl)
• German:begehren(de)
• Greek:επιθυμώ(el)(epithymó),ποθώ(el)(pothó)
• Hebrew:חשק(he)(khashák),השתוקק(he)(hishtokék)
• Hindi:कामना(hi)(kāmnā),वासना(hi)(vāsnā)
• Hungarian:kíván(hu),vágyik(hu)
• Indonesian:hasrat(id)
• Interlingua:desirar
• Italian:desiderare(it),volere(it)
• Japanese:Dục する(ja),Cầu める(ja)
• Korean:원하다(ko)(wonhada)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:خواستن(xwastin)

• Latin:desidero,cupio,volo(la)
• Latvian:kāroties,kārot,alkt
• Lithuanian:trokšti,geisti(lt)
• Macedonian:посакува(posakuva),посака(posaka)
• Maori:hōkaka
• Persian:خواستن(phát)(xâstan),آرزو کردن(phát)(ârezu kardan)
• Polish:pożądać(pl)
• Portuguese:desejar(pt)
• Russian:жела́ть(ru)impf(želátʹ),вожделе́ть(ru)impf(voždelétʹ)
• Spanish:desear(es)
• Swedish:begära(sv),åtrå(sv)
• Thai:ต้องการ(th)(dtɔ̂ng-gaan),ใคร่(th)(krâi)
• Yiddish:באַגערן(bagern)
• Zazaki:wazen,waşten

Noun

desire(usuallyuncountable,pluraldesires)

1. (uncountable)The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.

   Too muchdesirecan seriously affect one’s judgment.

   • 1905,E. M. Forster,Where Angels Fear to Tread,chapter 7:

     He stood...filled with thedesirethat his son should be like him, and should have sons like him, to people the earth. It is the strongestdesirethat can come to a man - if it comes to him at all - stronger even than love or the desire for personal immortality.

2. (countable)Someone or something wished for.

   It is mydesireto speak with you.

   You’re my heart’sdesire.

   • 2013June 7, David Simpson, “Fantasy of navigation”,inThe Guardian Weekly,volume188,number26,page36:

     It is tempting to speculate about the incentives or compulsions that might explain why anyone would take to the skies in [the] basket [of a balloon]: perhaps out of adesireto escape the gravity of this world or to get a preview of the next; […].

3. (uncountable)Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.

   Hisdesirefor her kept him awake at night.

4. (uncountable)Motivation.(Can we add anexamplefor this sense?)

Synonyms

• (one or thing wished for):wanna,want-to;See alsoThesaurus:desire
• (motivation):wanna,want-to

Derived terms

• Alpha bet of desire
• baptism of desire
• desire line
• desire path
• heart's desire
• to a desire

Related terms

• desirable
• desiring-production
• desirous

Translations

something wished for

• Afrikaans:begeerte,wens(af)
• Albanian:dëshirë(sq)f
• Amharic:please add this translation if you can
• Arabic:رَغْبَةf(raḡba)
• Aragonese:please add this translation if you can
• Armenian:ցանկություն(hy)(cʻankutʻyun),իղձ(hy)(iġj)
• Asturian:deséum
• Aymara:please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani:arzu(az),nəfs(az)
• Bashkir:теләк(telək)
• Basque:gogo,nahi,desira
• Belarusian:жада́ннеn(žadánnje)
• Bengali:ইচ্ছা(bn)(iccha),তামান্না(bn)(tamanna),আরজু(bn)(arju),আরমান(bn)(arman),খায়েশ(bn)(khaẏeś)
• Breton:c'hoant(br)m
• Bulgarian:жела́ние(bg)n(želánie)
• Buryat:дуран(duran)
• Catalan:desig(ca)m
• Cherokee:please add this translation if you can
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Dục vọng/Dục vọng／Dục vọng/Dục vọng,Dục vọng(zh)(yùwàng),Nguyện vọng／Nguyện vọng(zh)(yuànwàng)

• Czech:přání(cs)n,touha(cs)f
• Danish:ønske(da)
• Dhivehi:please add this translation if you can
• Dutch:verlangen(nl)n,wens(nl)m
• Esperanto:deziro(eo)
• Estonian:soov
• Finnish:halu(fi)
• French:désir(fr)m
• Friulian:please add this translation if you can
• Galician:desexo(gl)m,degoro(gl)m,devezo(gl)m,arela(gl)f,retentom,acexom,xusgom,gorromelaf,enrónicaf,engolemiaf
• Georgian:სურვილი(survili)
• German:Begehren(de)n,Wunsch(de)m
• Greek:επιθυμία(el)f(epithymía)

  Ancient:ἐπιθύμημαn(epithúmēma)

• Hausa:please add this translation if you can
• Hawaiian:makemake,ʻiʻini,ʻanoʻi
• Hebrew:חפץ(he)m(ḥefets)
• Hindi:इच्छा(hi)(icchā),चाह(hi)(cāh),ख़्वाहिश(xvāhiś)
• Hungarian:vágy(hu),kívánság(hu),óhaj(hu)
• Icelandic:löngun(is)f
• Ido:deziro(io)
• Ilocano:anag,arem
• Indonesian:keinginan(id),kemauan(id),kehendak(id)
• Ingrian:iso,halu,himo,ohvotta
• Irish:mianf
• Italian:desiderio(it)m,voglia(it)f
• Japanese:Nguyện vọng(ja)(ganbō),Đại nguyện(ja),Nguyện vọng lâu nay(ja),Dã vọng(ja)
• Kalmyk:дурн(durn)
• Kazakh:тілек(tılek),ықылас(yqylas)
• Khmer:បំណងប្រាថ្នា(bɑmnɑɑŋ pratnaa)
• Korean:욕망( dục vọng )(yongmang)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:ئارەزوو(arezû),ئاوات(awat),دڵ خواز(dill xwaz)

• Kyrgyz:тилек(ky)(tilek),каалоо(ky)(kaaloo)
• Latin:voluntas,desiderium,studium(la),cupiditas,cupido(la)
• Latvian:vēlēšanās(lv),vēlme(lv)
• Lithuanian:troškimasm,noras(lt)m,pageidavimasm
• Macedonian:желба(mk)f(želba)
• Malay:keinginan(ms)
• Malayalam:ആഗ്രഹം(ml)(āgrahaṁ),മോഹം(ml)(mōhaṁ)
• Maltese:xewqa
• Manx:mianm,dooillm
• Marathi:ईच्छा(īcchā)
• Mirandese:deseio
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic:дур(mn)(dur),хүсэл(mn)(xüsel)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:ønske(no)n

• Old English:wilnungf
• Persian:آرزو(phát)(ârezu)
• Polish:pragnienie(pl)n,pożądanie(pl)n
• Portuguese:desejo(pt)m
• Romanian:dorință(ro)f,deziderat(ro)n
• Russian:охо́та(ru)(oxóta),жела́ние(ru)n(želánije),пожела́ние(ru)n(poželánije)
• Sanskrit:वनस्(sa)n(vanas),इच्छा(sa)f(icchā)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic:жељаf,жудњаf

  Roman:želja(sh)f,žudnja(sh)f

• Sinhalese:please add this translation if you can
• Slovak:túžbaf,želanien
• Slovene:želja(sl)f
• Spanish:deseo(es)m
• Swahili:ari(sw)
• Swedish:önskan(sv),längtan(sv)
• Tajik:орзу(orzu‍),хоҳиш(tg)(xohiš),майл(tg)(mayl),рағбат(raġbat)
• Tamil:ஆசை(ta)(ācai)
• Tatar:теләк(tt)(teläk)
• Telugu:please add this translation if you can
• Thai:ปรารถนา(th)(bpràattànăa),ความต้องการ(th)(kwaam dtông gaan)
• Turkish:arzu(tr)
• Turkmen:isleg
• Ukrainian:бажа́ння(uk)n(bažánnja)
• Urdu:خواہشf(xvāhiś),تمناf(tamannā)
• Uzbek:orzu(uz),ishtiyoq(uz),istak(uz),tilak(uz)
• Vietnamese:mong muốn(vi)
• Vilamovian:gyłysta
• Volapük:desir(vo)
• Yiddish:באַגערm(bager)

strong attraction

• Armenian:կիրք(hy)(kirkʻ)
• Azerbaijani:istək(az)
• Bengali:বাসনা(bn)(baśona),কামনা(bn)(kamona)
• Bulgarian:жела́ние(bg)n(želánie),жадуване(bg)n(žaduvane)
• Catalan:desig(ca)m
• Czech:touha(cs)f
• Danish:begær,lyst(da)
• Dutch:begeerte(nl)f
• Estonian:iha,himu
• Finnish:halu(fi)
• French:désir(fr)m
• Galician:desexo(gl)m
• German:Begehren(de)n
• Gothic:𐌻𐌿𐍃𐍄𐌿𐍃m(lustus),𐌲𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌽𐌴𐌹f(gairnei)
• Greek:επιθυμία(el)f(epithymía),πόθος(el)m(póthos)

  Ancient:ἵμεροςm(hímeros),ἐπιθυμίαf(epithumía),πόθοςm(póthos)

• Hebrew:תשוקה(he)f(tshuqa)
• Hindi:वासना(hi)f(vāsnā),कामना(hi)f(kāmnā)
• Hungarian:vágy(hu),vonzalom(hu),vonzódás(hu)
• Indonesian:hasrat(id)
• Irish:mianf,dúilf,fonnm,saint(ga)f
• Italian:desiderio(it)m
• Javanese:niat
• Khmer:បំណងប្រាថ្នា(bɑmnɑɑŋ pratnaa)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:ئاواتی دڵ(awatî dill)

• Latin:desiderium,studium(la),cupitas
• Latvian:iekāref,alkaspl
• Lithuanian:geismasm,potraukism,aistraf
• Macedonian:копнежm(kopnež),страстf(strast)
• Malay:hasrat,nafsu
• Malayalam:ആഗ്രഹം(ml)(āgrahaṁ)
• Maori:hōkakatanga,taera
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:begjær(no)n,attråm

• Occitan:desir(oc)m
• Old English:lust
• Old Javanese:tṛṣṇa
• Persian:میل(phát)(meyl),خواهش(phát)(xâheš)
• Polish:pożądanie(pl)n
• Portuguese:desejo(pt)m
• Romanian:dorință(ro)f
• Russian:жела́ние(ru)n(želánije),вожделе́ние(ru)n(voždelénije),влече́ние(ru)n(vlečénije)
• Serbo-Croatian:žudnja(sh)f
• Slovene:poželenjen
• Spanish:deseo(es)m
• Swahili:ari(sw)
• Swedish:begär(sv),åtrå(sv)
• Telugu:ఆకర్షణ(te)(ākarṣaṇa)
• Thai:ความใคร่(th)(kwaam-krâi)
• Tocharian B:kāwalyñe
• Urdu:چاہتf(cāhat)
• Yiddish:באַגערm(bager)

feeling of desire

• Armenian:ցանկություն(hy)(cʻankutʻyun),իղձ(hy)(iġj)
• Asturian:deséum
• Azerbaijani:istək(az)
• Bulgarian:желание(bg)n(želanie)
• Catalan:desig(ca)m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin:Dục vọng/Dục vọng／Dục vọng/Dục vọng,Dục vọng(zh)(yùwàng)

• Czech:touha(cs)f,touženín
• Danish:lyst(da)
• Finnish:halu(fi)
• French:désir(fr)m
• Galician:desexo(gl)m
• German:Begehren(de)n
• Gothic:𐍅𐌹𐌻𐌾𐌰m(wilja)
• Greek:πόθος(el)m(póthos)
• Hebrew:תשוקה(he)f(tshuqa)
• Hindi:कामना(hi)(kāmnā)
• Hungarian:vágy(hu),vágyódás(hu),vágyakozás(hu)
• Ido:deziro(io)
• Irish:mianf,dúilf,fonnm,saint(ga)f
• Italian:desiderio(it)m
• Japanese:Dục vọng(ja)
• Kannada:ಡಿಸೈರ್(ḍisair)
• Khmer:បំណងប្រាថ្នា(bɑmnɑɑŋ pratnaa)
• Kurdish:

  Central Kurdish:حەز لێکردن(ḧez lêkirdin),ئاواتی دڵ(awatî dill)

• Latin:desiderium,studium(la),cupitas
• Latvian:iekāref,alkaspl,kaislef,kaislībaf
• Lithuanian:geismasm,aistraf
• Macedonian:копнежm(kopnež),страстf(strast)
• Malayalam:മോഹം(ml)(mōhaṁ)
• Manchu:ᠪᡠᠶᡝᠨ(buyen)
• Manx:mianm,dooillm
• Maori:minaka
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål:begjær(no)n,lyst(no)m

• Old English:lust
• Persian:خواهش(phát)(xâheš),کام(phát)(kâm),یاسه(phát)(yâse)
• Portuguese:desejo(pt)m
• Russian:жела́ние(ru)n(želánije),вожделе́ние(ru)n(voždelénije)
• Sanskrit:तृष्णा(sa)f(tṛṣṇā)
• Scottish Gaelic:drùisf,baoisf,baoiseachdf,feòlmhorachdf
• Slovene:poželenjen
• Spanish:deseo(es)m,gana(es)f
• Swahili:ari(sw)
• Swedish:begär(sv),lust(sv),längtan(sv)
• Tamil:விருப்பம்(ta)(viruppam),ஆசை(ta)(ācai)
• Telugu:కోరిక(te)(kōrika),కుతి(te)(kuti)
• Thai:ความใคร่(th)(kwaam-krâi),ความปรารถนา(th)(kwaam bpràattànăa),ตัณหา(th)(dtan-hǎa)
• Turkish:arzu hissi
• Ukrainian:бажа́ння(uk)n(bažánnja)
• Urdu:چاہتf(cāhat)
• Yiddish:באַגערm(bager)

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• Indonesian:^{(pleaseverify)}birahi(id),^{(pleaseverify)}nafsu(id),^{(pleaseverify)}keinginan(id),^{(pleaseverify)}kehendak(id)
• Italian:(1,2)^{(pleaseverify)}desiderare(it)
• Romanian:^{(pleaseverify)}dorință(ro)f,^{(pleaseverify)}vrere(ro)f
• Telugu:^{(pleaseverify)}కోరిక(te)(kōrika),^{(pleaseverify)}కోరు(te)(kōru)

See also

• velleity

Further reading

• “desire”,inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary,Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
• “desire”,inThe Century Dictionary[…],New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,1911,→OCLC.

Anagrams

• Seider,desier,eiders,eresid,redies,reside

Italian

Alternative forms

• desiro
• disire,disiro

Etymology

BorrowedfromOld Occitandezire.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):/deˈzi.re/
• Rhymes:-ire
• Hyphenation:de‧sì‧re

Noun

desirem(pluraldesiri)

1. (poetic,archaic)desire

   Synonym:desiderio

Related terms

• desio
• desirare

Further reading

• desirein Treccani.it –Vocabolario Treccani on line,Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• derise,resedi,risedé,sederi

Middle English

Noun

desire

1. desire
   • 1470–1483(date produced),Thom̃s Malleorre [i.e.,Thomas Malory], “[The Tale ofKing Arthur]”, inLe Morte Darthur(British LibraryAdditional Manuscript 59678), [England:s.n.],folio 35, recto,lines27–29:

     and ſoMerlyonwente forthe vnto kynglodegean of Camylerdeand tolde hym of thedeſireof the kyng that þ^the wolde haue vnto his wyffGwenyu[er] his douȝt[er]

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Descendants

• English:desire

Romanian

Etymology

Fromdesi+‎-re.

Noun

desiref(pluraldesiri)

1. thickening

Declension

Declension ofdesire

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(o)desire	desirea	(niște)desiri	desirile
genitive/dative	(unei)desiri	desirii	(unor)desiri	desirilor
vocative	desire,desireo		desirilor

References

• desirein Academia Română,Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a,Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010.→ISBN