What is the French word 'envie' in English?

Answer 1

"Urge" is an English equivalent of the French word envie.

Specifically, the French word is a feminine noun. It literally means "craving, desire, urge." Its singular definite article is l* ("the"). Its singular indefinite article is une("a, one").

The pronunciation is "aw-vee."

*The article actually is la. But the vowel a drops before a noun that begins with a vowel. The temporary nature of that drop is indicated by an apostrophe immediately after the remaining letter l and immediately before the first letter of the following noun.