different between verve vs ardor

English

Etymology

Borrowed from French verve (“rapture, animation, spirit, caprice, whim”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??(r)v/
• Rhymes: -??(r)v

Noun

verve (uncountable)

1. Rapture, enthusiasm, spirit, vigour, especially of imagination such as that which animates a poet, artist, or musician, in composing or performing.

Translations

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• vever

Dutch

Verb

verve

1. (archaic) singular present subjunctive of verven

French

Etymology

Probably from Late Latin verva, alteration of the plural of Latin verbum. Doublet of verbe.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v??v/

Noun

verve f (plural verves)

1. eloquence
2. verve, brio

Descendants

• ? English: verve
• ? German: Verve
• ? Italian: verve

Further reading

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

Hungarian

Etymology

ver (“to beat”) +? -ve (adverbial-participle suffix)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?v?rv?]
• Hyphenation: ver?ve
• Rhymes: -v?

Participle

verve

1. adverbial participle of ver

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from French verve.

Noun

verve f (invariable)

1. verve

   Synonyms: brio, estro, vivacità

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• verva (a-infintive)

Etymology

From Old Norse hverfa, with influence from Middle Low German werven. Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *hwarbijan?. Doublet of kverve.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²?ær.??/ (example of pronunciation)

Verb

verve (present tense vervar, past tense verva, past participle verva, passive infinitive vervast, present participle vervande, imperative verv)

1. (transitive) to enlist
2. (reflexive) to enlist, to join a cause or organization, especially military service

References

• “verve” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• vever

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.