Talk:envy

Knowing 'invidia' as the Latin word for 'envy' makes the name of a popular video card more understandable. I am pretty sure that's the origin of the brand name.

Ljubomora
"Ljubomora" in Serbo-Croatian/Serbian/Croatian means "jealousy", not "envy". Maria Sieglinda von Nudeldorf 09:38, 20 October 2009 (UTC)

envy
The order of entries needs correcting, a translation table needs constructing and the definition wouldn't harm from condensing. Thryduulf 23:26, 24 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Done. † Raifʻhār Doremítzwr 17:25, 25 July 2007 (UTC)


 * "Nounal sense"? What is the preoccupation with unfamiliar terms, when actual English words suffice so much better?  --Connel MacKenzie 04:18, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Noun and verb are nouns; nounal and verbal are adjectives. I am merely being grammatical. (Connel, just what exactly is your esoteric definition of an “actual English word”?) † Raifʻhār Doremítzwr 07:45, 31 July 2007 (UTC)


 * Firstly, the normal adjective form of noun would be nominal, and while perhaps verbal has an adjective sense definable as "of or pertaining to a verb", its main sense is quite different. Secondly, there's nothing ungrammatical about using a noun attributively, as in "noun sense" and "verb sense". Thirdly, seeing as the translation sections appear within the part-of-speech section to which they apply, immediately after the definitions, I don't think including the part of speech in the table header is helpful or useful. Fourthly, there's a convention here of giving glosses in the translation table header — essential if another sense is later added. —RuakhTALK 16:53, 31 July 2007 (UTC)

Resentful?
I find the notion, that the word 'envy', necessarily means that one must be resentful, to be quite baffling/bizarre, and completely at odds, with how the word is actually used. 94.255.132.30 18:53, 10 February 2024 (UTC)


 * Yes, resentful is correct. If you are aware that someone else has something you don't, but you are not resentful, then you are "happy for them". Equinox ◑ 20:23, 10 February 2024 (UTC)