different between fervent vs sportive

English

Etymology

From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent, from Latin fervens, ferventem, present participle of fervere (“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f?.v?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f??.v?nt/
• Hyphenation: fer?vent
• Rhymes: -??(?)v?nt

Adjective

fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)

1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
   • 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mathilda, ch. 3:

     As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
   • 1876, Wilkie Collins, "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels,

     Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

3. Glowing, burning, very hot.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Second Epistle of Peter, 3:10:

     But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Derived terms

• fervently

Related terms

• fever
• ferment
• fervid
• fervor

Translations

Further reading

• fervent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• fervent in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• fervent at OneLook Dictionary Search

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ferv?ns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /f???vent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /f?r?ben/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /fe??vent/

Adjective

fervent (masculine and feminine plural fervents)

1. fervent

   Synonym: fervorós

Derived terms

• ferventment

Related terms

• fervor

Further reading

• “fervent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “fervent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “fervent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “fervent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin ferv?ntem, accusative of ferv?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /f??.v??/
• Homophone: fervents

Adjective

fervent (feminine singular fervente, masculine plural fervents, feminine plural ferventes)

1. fervent

Derived terms

• fervemment

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

fervent

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

Romanian

Etymology

From French fervent, from Latin fervens.

Adjective

fervent m or n (feminine singular fervent?, masculine plural ferven?i, feminine and neuter plural fervente)

1. fervent

Declension

English

Etymology

From sport +? -ive.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?sp??(?)t?v/

Adjective

sportive (comparative more sportive, superlative most sportive)

1. (archaic) lively; merry; spritely
2. Playful, coltish.
3. Interested in sport.
4. Sporty, good at sport.

Derived terms

Translations

Noun

sportive (plural sportives)

1. (cycling) cyclosportive
   • 2012, July 15. Richard Williams in Guardian Unlimited, Tour de France 2012: Carpet tacks cannot force Bradley Wiggins off track

     Such incidents, part of the cherished mythology of the Tour's early years, are rare in modern cycling, although a 62-year-old local councillor was arrested and subsequently released after tacks had been scattered during the 2009 Etape Caledonia, a sportive held on closed roads in Scotland, causing countless punctures among the 3,500 riders.

Anagrams

• overtips, pivoters, repivots, sorptive, tip overs

French

Adjective

sportive

1. feminine singular of sportif

Noun

sportive f (plural sportives)

1. sportswoman

Further reading

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

German

Pronunciation

Adjective

sportive

1. inflection of sportiv:
   1. strong/mixed nominative/accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative/accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine/neuter singular

Italian

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ive

Adjective

sportive f pl

1. feminine plural of sportivo

Noun

sportive f

1. plural of sportiva

Anagrams

• previsto, proviste