English-French translations for thirst

• soif
  Nous ne devons pas non plus oublier que le bétail meurt de soif. Nor must we forget that livestock are dying of thirst.
  Chaque jour, environ 25 000 personnes meurent de faim et de soif. Around 25 000 human beings die every die of starvation or thirst.
  Les bénéfices sont trop tentants, et la soif d'énergie trop grande. The profits are too tempting, and the thirst for energy is too great.
• avoir soif
• désirer

Definition of thirst

• A sensation of dryness in the throat associated with a craving for liquids, produced by deprivation of drink, or by some other cause which spots the secretion of the pharyngeal mucous membrane
• A want and eager desire ; a craving or longing
• sexual lust
• To be thirsty
• To desire vehemently

Examples

• a thirst for gold
• I thirst for knowledge and education will sate me

Related words

• thirsty
• bloodthirsty
• thirst-quenching
• bloodthirstiness
• bloodthirstily
• thirstiness
• unthirsty
• beerthirstiness
• Thirston