different between intense vs fastigium

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French intense, from Latin intensus (“stretched tight”), past participle of intendere (“to stretch out”), from in (“in, upon, to”) + tendere (“to stretch”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?n?t?ns/
• Rhymes: -?ns

Adjective

intense (comparative intenser or more intense, superlative intensest or most intense)

1. Strained; tightly drawn.
2. Strict, very close or earnest.
3. Extreme in degree; excessive.
4. Extreme in size or strength.
5. Stressful and tiring.
6. Very severe.
7. Very emotional or passionate.

Derived terms

Related terms

• intensive

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• enseint, sentine, tennesi, tennies

Dutch

Pronunciation

Adjective

intense

1. Inflected form of intens

Anagrams

• niesten

French

Etymology

From Middle French intense. Ultimately from Latin intensus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.t??s/

Adjective

intense (plural intenses)

1. intense

Related terms

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• seinent, tiennes

Interlingua

Adjective

intense (comparative plus intense, superlative le plus intense)

1. intense

Related terms

• intensitate

Italian

Adjective

intense f pl

1. feminine plural of intenso

Anagrams

• sentine

Latin

Adjective

int?nse

1. vocative masculine singular of int?nsus

Norwegian Bokmål

Adjective

intense

1. inflection of intens:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

Norwegian Nynorsk

Adjective

intense

1. inflection of intens:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural

English

Etymology

From Latin fastigium.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fæs?t?d?.i.?m/

Noun

fastigium (plural fastigia)

1. An apex or summit; culmination.
2. (architecture) A pediment or gable end.
3. (pathology) The most intense phase of a disease, especially a fever.

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *farstjagjom, from Proto-Indo-European *b?érstis, from *b?ers- (“tip”). Compare Middle Irish brostaim (“I goad, spur”), English bristle, Polish barszcz (“hogweed”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /fas?ti?.?i.um/, [fäs??t?i??i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /fas?ti.d??i.um/, [f?s?t?i?d??ium]

Noun

fast?gium n (genitive fast?gi? or fast?g?); second declension

1. peak, summit, top
2. slope, declivity, descent
3. gable
4. sharp point
5. highlight (of a story or poem)

Declension

Second-declension noun (neuter).

¹Found in older Latin (until the Augustan Age).

Derived terms

• fast?g?

Descendants

• French: faîte (partially)
• Spanish: hastial
• ? Portuguese: fastígio
• ? Spanish: fastigio

References

• fastigium in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• fastigium in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fastigium in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• fastigium in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• fastigium in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• fastigium in William Smith et al., editor (1890) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Antiquities, London: William Wayte. G. E. Marindin