Meanings
nounenvier (plural enviers)
plural enviers
- One who envies.
There was a period, when the enviers of Bernadotte, taking advantage of this kind of popularity which he had obtained, represented him to the Directory as a man dangerous to liberty[…]
1816, Francis Gibbon, The public characters of Europe, page 578
Origin
- Old Frenchenvie
- Middle Englishenvie
- Englishenvy
- Englishenvier
Translations
Finnish kadehtija
- kadehtijaone who envies
French envieux, envieuse
- envieuxone who envies
- envieuseone who envies
German Neider, Neiderin
- Neiderone who envies
- Neiderinone who envies
- Neidhartone who envies
Polish zawistnik, zawistnica
- zawistnikone who envies
- zawistnicaone who envies
- zazdrośnikone who envies
- zazdrośnicaone who envies
Russian зави́стник, зави́стница
- зави́стник (zavístnik)one who envies
- зави́стница (zavístnica)one who envies
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Cite this entry
APA
envier. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envier
MLA
“envier.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envier. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “envier,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/envier.
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