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Summary

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avarice:
- girighet; knusslighet; snålhet
Wiktionary:
- avarice → girighet, snålhet
- avarice → snålhet, girighet

English

Detailed Translations for avarice from English to Swedish

avarice:

avarice [the ~] nom

the avarice (love of money; greed for money)
girighet
- girighet [-en] nom
the avarice (stinginess; tenacity; miserliness; niggardliness)
knusslighet; girighet; snålhet
- knusslighet [-en] nom
- girighet [-en] nom
- snålhet [-en] nom

Translation Matrix for avarice:

Noun	Related Translations	Other Translations
girighet	avarice; greed for money; love of money; miserliness; niggardliness; stinginess; tenacity	being predatory; greed; greediness; rapacity
knusslighet	avarice; miserliness; niggardliness; stinginess; tenacity	meanness; miserliness; stinginess
snålhet	avarice; miserliness; niggardliness; stinginess; tenacity	meanness; miserliness; stinginess
-	avariciousness; avaritia; covetousness; cupidity; greed; rapacity

Synonyms for "avarice":

greed; covetousness; rapacity; avaritia; mortal sin; deadly sin
avariciousness; cupidity; greed

Related Definitions for "avarice":

reprehensible acquisitiveness; insatiable desire for wealth (personified as one of the deadly sins)¹
extreme greed for material wealth¹

Wiktionary Translations for avarice:

avarice

noun

excessive or inordinate desire of gain
- avarice → girighet
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- avarice → girighet; snålhet

Cross Translation:

From	To	Via
• avarice	→ snålhet; girighet	↔ Geiz — heftiger Unwille etwas abzugeben
• avarice	→ girighet; snålhet	↔ avarice — attachement excessif à la possession d’argent, de richesses, sans en faire l’usage.

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University