different between ire vs passion

English

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA^(key): /a??/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /a?.?(?)/
• Rhymes: -a??(r)

Etymology 1

From Middle English ire, yre, shortened form of iren (“coiron”). More at iron.

Noun

ire

1. (obsolete) Iron.

   • the cruel ire, red as any glede

Etymology 2

From Middle English ire, from Old French ire (“ire”), from Latin ?ra (“wrath, rage”), from Proto-Indo-European *h?eysh?- (“to fall upon, act sharply”) (compare Old English ofost (“haste, zeal”), Old Norse eisa (“to race forward”), Ancient Greek ????? (hierós, “supernatural, holy”), ??????? (oîstros, “frenzy; gadfly”), Avestan ????????????????????? (aesma, “anger”), Sanskrit ???? (e?ati, “to drive on”)).

Noun

ire (uncountable)

1. (literary, poetic) Great anger; wrath; keen resentment.

   • That lord is now of Thebes the Citee,

     Fulfild of ire and of iniquitee,

     He, for despit and for his tirannye,

     To do the dede bodyes vileynye,

     Of alle oure lordes, whiche that been slawe,

     Hath alle the bodyes on an heep ydrawe,

     And wol nat suffren hem, by noon assent,

     Neither to been yburyed nor ybrent.

   • She lik'd not his desire; Fain would be free but dreadeth parents ire

   • 1390, John Gower, Confessio Amantis

     "My good father, tell me this;

     "What thing is ire?

     Sonne, it is That in our English wrath is hote."

Synonyms

• fury
• rage
• wrath

Related terms

Translations

Verb

ire (third-person singular simple present ires, present participle iring, simple past and past participle ired)

1. (transitive) To anger; to fret; to irritate.

Translations

References

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

Anagrams

• -ier, EIR, Eri., Rie, eir, rei, rie

Dongxiang

Etymology

From Proto-Mongolic *ire-, compare Mongolian ???? (irekh), Daur irgw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?r?/, [i???]

Verb

ire

1. to come

Derived terms

• iregva (“to make come”)
• iredan (“manner of coming”)

French

Etymology

From Latin ?ra.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i?/
• Rhymes: -i?

Noun

ire f (plural ires)

1. (archaic, literary or poetic) ire, anger

   Synonym: colère

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• rie

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

ire f

1. plural of ira

Etymology 2

From Latin ?re, present active infinitive of e?.

Verb

ìre (no first-person singular present, no first-person singular past historic, past participle ìto, second-person singular imperative ìte, auxiliary essere)

1. (obsolete, regional, literary) to go

   Synonyms: andare, gire

Conjugation

• Highly defective. Only the following forms are found in current regional use:
  • ite (second person plural present indicative and imperative)
  • ito (past participle, and hence all composed tenses)
• The following additional forms are found in archaic or poetic use:
  • ìva, ìvano (third person singular and plural imperfect indicative)
  • irémo, iréte (first and second person plural future indicative)
  • ìsti, ìrono (second person singular and third person plural past historic)
  • èa (singular present subjuncive)

Anagrams

• eri, rei, riè

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?i?.re/, [?i???]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?i.re/, [?i???]

Verb

?re

1. present active infinitive of e?

References

• ire in The Perseus Project (1999) Perseus Encyclopedia?^[1]

Middle English

Etymology 1

Determiner

ire

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Pronoun

ire

1. Alternative form of hire (“hers”)

Etymology 2

Pronoun

ire

1. Alternative form of hire (“her”)

Etymology 3

Noun

ire

1. Alternative form of ere (“ear”)

Etymology 4

Determiner

ire

1. Alternative form of here (“their”)

Etymology 5

From Old French ire (“ire”) or Latin ?ra (“wrath, rage”). See English ire for more.

Noun

ire (uncountable)

1. anger; wrath

References

• “?re, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

Middle French

Etymology

Old French ire < Latin ?ra.

Noun

ire f (plural ires)

1. ire; rage; fury

Descendants

• French: ire

Norwegian Bokmål

Noun

ire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irer, definite plural irene)

1. person from Ireland, Irishman.

   Synonyms: irlender, irlending

Related terms

• Republikken Irland, Irland
• irsk

References

• “ire” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

ire m (definite singular iren, indefinite plural irar, definite plural irane)

1. person from Ireland, Irishman.

   Synonyms: irlendar, irlending

Related terms

• Republikken Irland, Irland
• irsk

References

• “ire” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Etymology

Latin ?ra.

Noun

ire f (oblique plural ires, nominative singular ire, nominative plural ires)

1. ire, anger, rage

Descendants

• ? English: ire
• French: ire (now rare)

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (ire)
• ire on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub

Old Saxon

Alternative forms

• ira, iro, iru

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *hiz.

Pronoun

ire

1. Alternative form of ira

Declension

Portuguese

Verb

ire

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of irar
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of irar
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of irar
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of irar

English

Etymology

From Middle English passioun, passion, from Old French passion (and in part from Old English passion), from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb patior (“I suffer”), from Proto-Indo-European *peh?- (“to hurt”), see also Old English f?ond (“devil, enemy”), Gothic ???????????????????? (faian, “to blame”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: p?sh'?n, IPA^(key): /?pæ??n/
• (US) IPA^(key): [?p?æ??n]
• Rhymes: -æ??n

Noun

passion (countable and uncountable, plural passions)

1. Any great, strong, powerful emotion, especially romantic love or extreme hate.
2. Fervor, determination.
3. An object of passionate or romantic love or strong romantic interest.

4. Sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional.

5. (Christianity, usually capitalized) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
6. A display, musical composition, or play meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
7. (obsolete) Suffering or enduring of imposed or inflicted pain; any suffering or distress.
8. (obsolete) The state of being acted upon; subjection to an external agent or influence; a passive condition

   Antonym: action
9. (obsolete) The capacity of being affected by external agents; susceptibility of impressions from external agents.
10. (obsolete) An innate attribute, property, or quality of a thing.

11. (obsolete) Disorder of the mind; madness.

Synonyms

• (fervor, determination): ardor, fire in the belly, zeal

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Verb

passion (third-person singular simple present passions, present participle passioning, simple past and past participle passioned)

1. (obsolete) To suffer pain or sorrow; to experience a passion; to be extremely agitated.
   • she passioned
     To see herself escap'd from so sore ills

2. (transitive) To give a passionate character to.

References

• John A. Simpson and Edward S. C. Weiner, editors (1989) , “passion”, in The Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Clarendon Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• Pasions, Spinosa, saposin

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s?ion/, [?p?s??io?n]
• Rhymes: -?s?ion
• Syllabification: pas?si?on

Noun

passion

1. Genitive singular form of passio.

French

Etymology

From Middle French passion, from Old French passion, borrowed from Latin passi?, ultimately from patior. Cognate with patience.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.sj??/

Noun

passion f (plural passions)

1. (countable and uncountable) passion

Derived terms

• fruit de la passion

Related terms

• compassion
• pâtir

Further reading

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

Middle English

Noun

passion

1. Alternative form of passioun

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French passion.

Noun

passion f (plural passions)

1. passion

Descendants

• French: passion

Old English

Alternative forms

• passio

Etymology

From Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb pati (“suffer”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?s.si?un/

Noun

passion f (nominative plural passione)

1. passion of Christ

Descendants

• >? Middle English: passioun

References

• John R. Clark Hall (1916) , “passion”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan.
• Joseph Bosworth and T. Northcote Toller (1898) , “passion”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary, 2nd edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin passio, passionem.

Noun

passion f (oblique plural passions, nominative singular passion, nominative plural passions)

1. passion (suffering)
   1. (specifically, Christianity) the ordeal endured by Jesus in order to absolve humanity of sin

Descendants

• Middle French: passion
  • French: passion
• ? Middle English: passioun, pascioun, passion, passione, passioune, passiun, passyon, passyoun, passyun
  • English: passion, Passion
  • Scots: passion, patient

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (passion)
• passiun on the Anglo-Norman On-Line Hub