Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈkʌvɪt/
covet (covets, present participle coveting; past and past participle coveted)
- (transitive) To wish for with eagerness; to desire possession of, often enviously.
- (transitive) To long for inordinately or unlawfully; to hanker after (something forbidden).
- (intransitive) To yearn; to have or indulge an inordinate desire, especially for another's possession.
- French: convoiter, désirer
- German: begehren
- Italian: concupire, bramare
- Portuguese: desejar, cobiçar
- Russian: жажда́ть
- Spanish: desear, codiciar
- German: sehnen
- Russian: жажда́ть
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