Sanakirja
Tekoälykääntäjä

Synonyymit

Ääntäminen

  • ÄäntäminenUS:
    • IPA: /ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
  • UK:
    • IPA: /ɹəˈpeɪ.ʃəs/
KieliKäännökset
espanjacodicioso, rapaz, famélico
hollantiroofzuchtig
italiarapace, grifagno
kreikkaάπληστος (áplistos), αρπακτικός (arpaktikós)
latinapraedātōrius, edāx, rapāx
portugalivoraz
puolapazerny
ranskarapace
suomiahne, saaliinhimoinen

Määritelmät

Adjektiivi

  1. (also, figurative) Voracious; avaricious.
  2. Given to taking by force or plundering; aggressively greedy.
  3. (of an animal, usually a bird) Subsisting off live prey.

Esimerkit

  • To presume a want of motives for such contests [of power between states] as an argument against their existence, would be to forget that men are ambitious, vindictive, and rapacious.
  • A Prince [...] sooner becomes hated by being rapacious and by interfering with the property and with the women of his subjects, than in any other way.
  • Even the rapacious birds appeared to comprehend the nature of the ceremony, for [...] they once more began to make their airy circuits above the place [...]

Taivutusmuodot

Komparatiivimore rapacious
Superlatiivimost rapacious