fervente

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French

Pronunciation

Adjective

fervente

  1. feminine singular of fervent

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fervente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fervēntem, accusative of fervēns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

fervente m or f (plural ferventes)

  1. boiling; extremely hot
    • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:
      Contra a door que chama "llaçerto", que quer dizer lagarto, mete agulla de fero fervente no meogoo do tranço do rrabo, et saara
      Against the illness that they call "lacerto", which means lizard, insert a boiling iron needle through the middle of the tail, and it will cure
  2. fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)

Related terms

References

  • “fervente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “feruente” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “fervente” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “fervente” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ferventem.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ferˈvɛn.te/
  • Rhymes: -ɛnte
  • Hyphenation: fer‧vèn‧te

Adjective

fervente (plural ferventi, superlative ferventissimo)

  1. fervent, ardent

Derived terms

Participle

fervente (plural ferventi)

  1. present participle of fervere

Latin

Participle

fervente

  1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of fervēns

Middle English

Adjective

fervente

  1. Alternative form of fervent

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ferventem.

Pronunciation

 
 

  • Hyphenation: fer‧ven‧te

Adjective

fervente m or f (plural ferventes)

  1. boiling (that is boiling)
    Synonym: ebuliente
  2. fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)
    Synonyms: fervoroso, férvido
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