different between ardent vs exuberant

English

Etymology

First attested circa 14th century as Middle English ardaunt, borrowed from Anglo-Norman ardent and Old French ardant, from Latin ardentem, accusative of ard?ns, present participle of arde? (“I burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /???d?nt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /???d?nt/
• Hyphenation: ar?dent

Adjective

ardent (comparative more ardent, superlative most ardent)

1. Full of ardor; fervent, passionate.
   • 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 43

     This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.
2. Burning; glowing; shining.

Related terms

Translations

Anagrams

• Arendt, Darent, daren't, endart, ranted, red ant

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ard?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /???dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?r?den/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /a??dent/

Adjective

ardent (masculine and feminine plural ardents)

1. burning, ablaze
2. ardent, passionate

Derived terms

• ardentment

Related terms

• ardor

Further reading

• “ardent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Old French ardent, borrowed from Latin ard?ns, ard?ntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a?.d??/

Adjective

ardent (feminine singular ardente, masculine plural ardents, feminine plural ardentes)

1. fiery, burning; ablaze; aflame
2. fervent; passionate

Derived terms

Related terms

• ardre (verb)
• ardeur

Further reading

• “ardent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Latin

Verb

ardent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of arde?

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ardens, ardentem.

Adjective

ardent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ardent or ardente)

1. burning; aflame; on fire

Related terms

• ardoir, ardre
• ardur

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ardent, Latin ardens, ardentem.

Adjective

ardent m or n (feminine singular ardent?, masculine plural arden?i, feminine and neuter plural ardente)

1. (rare, literary) ardent, fiery, passionate
2. (of ships) that which, through the action of the wind, turns its prow toward the direction from where wind is blowing

Declension

Synonyms

• (ardent, fiery, passionate): înfocat, înfl?c?rat, pasionat, aprins, avântat

Related terms

• arde
• ardoare
• arz?tor

English

Etymology

From Middle French exubérant, from Latin ex?ber?ns, the present active participle of ex?ber? (“be abundant”). Put together from ex (“out”), and uber (“udder”), and originally would have referred to a cow or she-goat which was making so much milk that it naturally dripped or sprayed from the udder.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /???zu?b???nt/

Adjective

exuberant (comparative more exuberant, superlative most exuberant)

1. (of people) Very high-spirited; extremely energetic and enthusiastic.

   Synonyms: buoyant, cheerful, high-spirited

   • 1882, Frank R. Stockton, "The Lady or the Tiger?":

     He was a man of exuberant fancy, and, withal of an authority so irresistible that, at his will, he turned his varied fancies into facts.

   • 1961, Joseph Heller, Catch-22:

     She was a tall, earthy, exuberant girl with long hair and a pretty face.

2. (literary, of things that grow) Abundant, luxuriant.

   Synonyms: profuse, superabundant

   • 1852, The Ark, and Odd Fellows' Western Magazine

     It pencilled each flower with rich and variegated hues, and threw over its exuberant foliage a vesture of emerald green.

   • 1972, Ken Lemmon, "Restoration Work at Studley Royal," Garden History, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 22:

     The County Architect's Department is starting to pleach trees to open up these vistas, now almost hidden by the exuberant growth.

Derived terms

• exuberantly

Related terms

• exuberance

Translations

Further reading

• “exuberant”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–present.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “exuberant”, in Online Etymology Dictionary

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd ed., 1989.
• Random House Webster's Unabridged Electronic Dictionary, 1987-1996.

Latin

Verb

ex?berant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ex?ber?

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin ex?ber?ns.

Pronunciation

Adjective

exuberant m (feminine singular exuberanta, masculine plural exuberants, feminine plural exuberantas)

1. exuberant (of a person: very high-spirited)
2. exuberant (abundant)

Related terms

• exuberància

Romanian

Etymology

From French exubérant, from Latin exuberans.

Adjective

exuberant m or n (feminine singular exuberant?, masculine plural exuberan?i, feminine and neuter plural exuberante)

1. exuberant

Declension