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English
Etymology
From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent, from Latin fervens, ferventem, present participle of fervere (“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”).
Pronunciation
Adjective
fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)
- Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, and/or belief.
- Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, and/or passion.
1876, Wilkie Collins, “Mr. Captain and the Nymph,”, in Little Novels:Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!
- Glowing, burning, very hot.
1611, The Holy Bible, (King James Version), London: Robert Barker, , →OCLC, 2 Peter 3:10:But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.
Derived terms
Translations
exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief
- Bulgarian: пламенен (bg) (plamenen), страстен (bg) (strasten)
- Catalan: fervent (ca), fervorós
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 熱切/热切 (zh) (rèqiè), 踴躍/踊跃 (zh) (yǒngyuè), 熱烈/热烈 (zh) (rèliè)
- Dutch: fervent (nl)
- Finnish: kiihkeä (fi)
- French: fervent (fr)
- Galician: afervoado (gl)
- German: inbrünstig (de)
- Hebrew: (formally) מְלֵא לַהַט (he) m (melè láhat), נִלְהַב m (nilháv)
- Japanese: 熱烈な (ja) (ねつれつな, netsuretsu na)
- Maori: manawawera
- Middle English: fervent
- Plautdietsch: drinjent
- Portuguese: fervente (pt), fervoroso (pt), férvido (pt)
- Russian: пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj), пы́лкий (ru) (pýlkij), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj)
- Scottish Gaelic: dian, dealasach, dìoghrasach
- Spanish: ferviente (es)
- Turkish: tutkun (tr)
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having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion
glowing, burning, very hot
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Further reading
- “fervent”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
- “fervent”, in The Century Dictionary , New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “fervent”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
Catalan
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin ferventem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fervent m or f (masculine and feminine plural fervents)
- fervent
- Synonym: fervorós
Derived terms
Further reading
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French, from Latin ferventem.
Pronunciation
Adjective
fervent (feminine fervente, masculine plural fervents, feminine plural ferventes)
- fervent
Derived terms
Further reading
Latin
Verb
fervent
- third-person plural present active indicative of ferveō
Middle English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French fervent, from Latin fervēns, ferventem; compare fervour.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛrˈvɛnt/, /ˈfɛrvɛnt/
Adjective
fervent
- fervent (very hot)
- (by extension) tempestuous, fierce
- fervent (ardent, enthusiastic)
- (pathology) inflamed, feverous
Derived terms
Descendants
References
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French fervent, from Latin fervens.
Adjective
fervent m or n (feminine singular ferventă, masculine plural fervenți, feminine and neuter plural fervente)
- fervent
Declension