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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

appetite comes with eating en · X

Etymology

Calque of French l'appétit vient en mangeant, first used by François Rabelais.

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) Starting an activity increases one's desire to continue it.

Translations (14)

da appetitten kommer mens man spiser (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · de der Appetit kommt beim Essen (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · sv aptiten kommer medan man äter (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · nb appetitten kommer mens man spiser (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · es el apetito viene comiendo (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · el τρώγοντας έρχεται η όρεξη (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · it l'appetito vien mangiando (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · fr l'appétit vient en mangeant (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · ja 隴を得て蜀を望む (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · ro pofta vine mâncând (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · fi ruokahalu kasvaa syödessä (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · pl apetyt rośnie w miarę jedzenia (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · ru аппети́т прихо́дит во вре́мя еды́ (starting something increases your desire to continue it) · es el comer y el rascar, todo es empezar (starting something increases your desire to continue it)

wikipedia: François Rabelais