rapide

adjectivecommon nouncommon noun

Syllable Decomposition

rapide

From the Latin rapidus (violent), which originally characterizes the torrential water that carries everything in its path, derived from rapĕrĕ ('to seize', 'to plunder', 'to carry away') itself from a root from which rapt, rapacious, and rapine are derived.

Definitions

Synonyms

brefdiligentexpéditifhâtifprécipitépromptvélocevivace

Antonyms

lentlong

Plural

rapides

Translations

  • germangerman:schnell
  • englishenglish:lively
  • danishdanish:hurtig
  • spanishspanish:rápido
  • finnishfinnish:nopea
  • italianitalian:rapido
  • dutchdutch:vlug
  • polishpolish:szybki
  • portugueseportuguese:veloz
  • russianrussian:быстрый
  • swedishswedish:rask
  • turkishturkish:hızlı

See also

décélération (cn.) rapidité (cn.) décélérer (v.)