different between attachment vs ardor

English

Etymology

From French attachement, equivalent to attach +? -ment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??tæt?m?nt/

Noun

attachment (countable and uncountable, plural attachments)

1. The act or process of (physically or figuratively) attaching.
2. A strong bonding with or fondness for someone or something.

   I have such an attachment towards my fiancé!

3. A dependence, especially a strong one.
4. A device attached to a piece of equipment or a tool.
5. The means by which something is physically attached.
6. (computing) A file sent along with an email.
7. (law) Taking a person's property to satisfy a court-ordered debt.

   attachment of earnings

8. (meteorology) The act or process by which any (downward) leader connects to any available (upward) streamer in a lightning flash.
   • 2009, Jakke Mäkelä, Eero Karvinen, Niko Porjo, Antti Mäkelä and Tapio Tuomi, Attachment of Natural Lightning Flashes to Trees: Preliminary Statistical Characteristics, published in the Journal of Lightning Research, volume 1

Derived terms

• attachment disorder

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English attachment.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??t?t?m?nt/, /??t?t?m?nt/
• Hyphenation: at?tach?ment

Noun

attachment m or n (plural attachments)

1. attachment (to an email)

   Synonym: bijlage

2. (psychology) attachment, personal bonding

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)

1. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
2. Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
3. 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 ??????)

1. 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

1. flame, fire, heat
2. brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
3. 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)

1. burning sensation

   Synonym: queimação

2. ardour (warmth of feeling)
3. 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)

1. heat
2. ardour, fervor, passion
3. burning (feeling)

4. eagerness

Derived terms

• ardoroso

Related terms

• arder
• ardiente

Further reading

• “ardor” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.