FromMiddle Englishfervent, fromOld Frenchfervent, fromLatinfervens, ferventem, present participle offervere(“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”).
fervent (comparativemorefervent,superlativemostfervent)
- Exhibiting particularenthusiasm,zeal,conviction,persistence, and/orbelief.
2022 June 2, Kevin Liptak and Kaitlan Collins, “Biden makes fervent plea for stricter gun laws: ‘How much more carnage are we willing to accept?’”, inCNN[1]:President Joe Biden issued afervent appeal Thursday for stricter gun laws – including a ban on assault weapons, tougher background check laws and a higher minimum age of purchase – as a spate of gun massacres have left the nation shaken and prompted new discussions on Capitol Hill about how to prevent them.
- Having or showingemotionalwarmth,fervor, and/orpassion.
1876,Wilkie Collins, “Mr. Captain and the Nymph,”, inLittle Novels:Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with theirfervent kiss!
- Glowing,burning, veryhot.
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)
- Hungarian:buzgó (hu),heves (hu),lelkes (hu)
- Japanese:熱烈な (ja)(ねつれつな, netsuretsu na)
- Macedonian:ревносен(revnosen)
- Maori:manawawera
- Mari:
- Eastern Mari:аяр(ajar)
- 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
Translations to be checked
- “fervent”, inWebster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.:G. & C. Merriam,1913,→OCLC.
- William Dwight Whitney,Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “fervent”, inThe Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.:The Century Co.,→OCLC.
- “fervent”, inOneLook Dictionary Search.
Borrowed fromLatinferventem.
fervent m orf (masculine and feminine pluralfervents)
- fervent
- Synonym:fervorós
Inherited fromOld French, fromLatinferventem.
fervent (femininefervente,masculine pluralfervents,feminine pluralferventes)
- fervent
fervent
- third-personpluralpresentactiveindicative offerveō
Borrowed fromOld Frenchfervent, fromLatinfervēns, ferventem; comparefervour.
- IPA(key): /fɛrˈvɛnt/,/ˈfɛrvɛnt/
fervent
- fervent(very hot)
- (by extension)tempestuous,fierce
- fervent(ardent,enthusiastic)
- (pathology)inflamed,feverous
Borrowed fromFrenchfervent, fromLatinfervens.
fervent m orn (feminine singularferventă,masculine pluralfervenți,feminine and neuter pluralfervente)
- fervent
