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ardor
English
Alternative forms
- ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)
Etymology
From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /???d?/, /???(?)d?(?)/
- (US) IPA(key): /????d??/
- Rhymes: -??(?)d?(?)
Noun
ardor (countable and uncountable, plural ardors) (American spelling)
- Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
- Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
- Intense heat.
Synonyms
- (warmth of feeling): intensity
- (spirit): elan, fire in the belly, passion, zeal
Antonyms
- apathy
Related terms
Translations
Ladino
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor.
Noun
ardor m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ??????)
- ardor, passion
Latin
Etymology
From ?rde? +? -or.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /?ar.dor/, [?ärd??r]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /?ar.dor/, [??rd??r]
Noun
ardor m (genitive ard?ris); third declension
- flame, fire, heat
- brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
- ardour, love
Declension
Third-declension noun.
Descendants
References
- ardor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- ardor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- ardor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
- Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Portuguese, from Latin ?rdor, ?rd?rem.
Pronunciation
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /??.?ðo?/
- Hyphenation: ar?dor
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
ardor m (plural ardores)
- burning sensation
- Synonym: queimação
- ardour (warmth of feeling)
- spirit; enthusiasm
- Synonym: entusiasmo
Quotations
- For quotations using this term, see Citations:ardor.
Related terms
- ardência
- ardentemente
- arder
- ardido
Spanish
Etymology
From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor, ard?rem.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -o?
Noun
ardor m (plural ardores)
- heat
- ardour, fervor, passion
- burning (feeling)
- eagerness
Derived terms
- ardoroso
Related terms
- arder
- ardiente
Further reading
- “ardor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
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desire
English
Etymology
From Middle English desire (noun) and desiren (verb), from Old French desirer, desirrer, from Latin d?s?der? (“to long for, desire, feel the want of, miss, regret”), apparently from de- + sidus (in the phrase de sidere, "from the stars") in connection with astrological hopes. Compare consider. Compare also desiderate.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: d?-z?r?, d?-z???r, IPA(key): /d??za??/
- (General American) enPR: d?-z?r?, d?-z???r, d?-z?r?, d?-z???r, IPA(key): /d??za??/, /d??za??/, /di?za??/, /di?za??/
- Rhymes: -a??(?)
- Hyphenation: de?sire
Verb
desire (third-person singular simple present desires, present participle desiring, simple past and past participle desired)
- To want; to wish for earnestly.
- To put a request to (someone); to entreat.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XIII:
- And when they founde no cause of deeth in hym, yet desired they Pilate to kyll him.
- 1526, William Tyndale, trans. Bible, Acts XIII:
- To want emotionally or sexually.
- To express a wish for; to entreat; to request.
- To require; to demand; to claim.
- c. 1580, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses
- A doleful case desires a doleful song.
- c. 1580, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses
- To miss; to regret.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
- She shall be pleasant while she lives, and desired when she dies.
- 1673, Jeremy Taylor, Heniaytos: A Course of Sermons for All the Sundays of the Year […]
Related terms
Translations
Noun
desire (usually uncountable, plural desires)
- (countable) Someone or something wished for.
- (uncountable) Strong attraction, particularly romantic or sexual.
- (uncountable) The feeling of desiring; an eager longing for something.
- (uncountable) Motivation. (Can we add an example for this sense?)
Synonyms
- (one or thing wished for): wanna, want-to; See also Thesaurus:desire
- (motivation): wanna, want-to
Translations
See also
- velleity
Related terms
- desirable
- desiring-production
- desirous
Further reading
- desire in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- desire in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- desier, eiders, eresid, redies, reside
Italian
Alternative forms
- desiro
- disire, disiro
Etymology
From Old Occitan dezire.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /de?zi.re/
- Rhymes: -ire
- Hyphenation: de?sì?re
Noun
desire m (plural desiri)
- (poetic, archaic) desire
- Synonym: desiderio
Related terms
- desio
- desirare
References
- desire in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Middle English
Noun
desire
- desire
Descendants
- English: desire
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