• (America, British) IPA: /ˈæp.ə.taɪt/

appetite

1. Desire for, or relish of, food or drink; hunger.
2. Any strong desire; an eagerness or longing.

   • If God had given to eagles an appetite to swim.

   • 18, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 9, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify ), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, OCLC 1069526323 ↗:

3. The desire for some personal gratification, either of the body or of the mind.

   • The object of appetite is whatsoever sensible good may be wished for; the object of will is that good which reason does lead us to seek.

4. A taste, preference.

• craving, longing, desire, appetency, passion

• French: appétit
• German: Appetit
• Italian: appetito
• Portuguese: apetite
• Russian: аппети́т
• Spanish: apetito, deseo, ganas

• German: Begierde, Lust
• Portuguese: apetite
• Russian: охо́та

• Russian: жа́жда