avoir envie de

[coarse gulch]

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avoir envie de

[icy thicket]

To have the desire to (do something).

J'ai envie de commander une pizza.
I have the desire to order/I want to order/I feel like ordering a pizza.

[random cloud]

It should be noted that « être en train de faire qqch » is used for emphasis; it cannot be used as a direct translation of English's present progressive because it's used way less

[modern night]

Yeah "en train de" I use more like "I'm in the middle of" or more often "I'm trying to"

"Don't bother me while I'm trying to write" - "ne me dérange pas quand je suis en train d'écrire"

"I'm trying to use this website" - "je suis en train d'utiliser ce site web"

[lime rivet]

yea but like does it have a specific name?

[little brook]

it just means to want (to do) something

that's like asking for a specific name for "I'm hungry"

avoir envie is made up of a verb and a noun

[random cloud]

In French, it’s called a « locution verbale » which means that it’s a verbal structure composed of several elements. « avoir envie de qqch », for example, is made of three of them: the verb « avoir (to have) », the noun « envie (want) », and the preposition « de (of) ».

I think the English translation is ‘verbal expression’