desir

See also: Desir and désir

Middle English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French desir.

Noun

desir (plural desires)

  1. desire (want, lust)

Descendants

  • English: desire

Middle French

Noun

desir m (plural desirs)

  1. desire (act, process of desiring)

Old French

Noun

desir oblique singular, m (oblique plural desirs, nominative singular desirs, nominative plural desir)

  1. desire (act, process of desiring)

Old Occitan

Noun

desir m (oblique plural desirs, nominative singular desirs, nominative plural desir)

  1. desire (act, process of desiring)

Volapük

Etymology

Borrowed from French désir.

Noun

desir (nominative plural desirs)

  1. desire

Declension

Declension of desir
singular plural
nominative desir desirs
genitive desira desiras
dative desire desires
accusative desiri desiris
vocative 1 o desir! o desirs!
predicative 2 desiru desirus

1 status as a case is disputed
2 in later, non-classical Volapük only

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