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zeal
English
Etymology
From Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin z?lus, from Ancient Greek ????? (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh?- (“to search”). Related to jealous.
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /zi?l/
- (US) IPA(key): /zil/
- Rhymes: -i?l
Noun
zeal (countable and uncountable, plural zeals)
- The fervour or tireless devotion for a person, cause, or ideal and determination in its furtherance; diligent enthusiasm; powerful interest.
- Synonyms: ardour, eagerness, enthusiasm, intensity, passion
- Antonym: apathy
- 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Romans 10.2,[1]
- […] I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
- 1687, John Dryden, The Hind and the Panther, London: Jacob Tonson, Part 3, p. 96,[2]
- Zeal, the blind conductor of the will
- 1779, David Hume, Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion, Part 12, pp. 143-144,[3]
- […] the highest zeal in religion and the deepest hypocrisy, so far from being inconsistent, are often or commonly united in the same individual character.
- 1815, Jane Austen, Emma, London: John Murray, Volume 1, Chapter 14, p. 250,[4]
- [He] would begin admiring her drawings with so much zeal and so little knowledge as seemed terribly like a would-be lover,
- 1962, Rachel Carson, Silent Spring, Boston: Houghton Mifflin, Chapter 15, p. 248,[5]
- The stockman’s zeal for eliminating the coyote has resulted in plagues of field mice, which the coyote formerly controlled.
- (obsolete) A person who exhibits such fervour or tireless devotion.
- Synonym: zealot
- 1614, Ben Jonson, Bartholomew Fair, London: Robert Allot, Act V, Scene 5, p. 85,[6]
- […] like a malicious purblinde zeale as thou art!
- 1642, Thomas Browne, Religio Medici, London: Andrew Crooke, p. 5,[7]
- […] there are questionlesse both in Greeke, Roman and Africa Churches, solemnities, and ceremonies, whereof the wiser zeales doe make a Christian use, and stand condemned by us;
- The collective noun for a group of zebras.
- Synonyms: dazzle, herd
Related terms
Translations
Anagrams
- Elza, laze, zale
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zel
English
Noun
zel (plural zels)
- Alternative form of zill
Anagrams
- Lez, lez
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin z?lus, from Ancient Greek ????? (zêlos)
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /?z?l/
Noun
zel m (plural zels)
- fervor, zeal
- heat, estrus
Related terms
- gelós
Further reading
- “zel” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “zel” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “zel” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “zel” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Czech
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?z?l]
Noun
zel n
- genitive plural of zlo
Latvian
Verb
zel
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of zelt
- 2nd person singular imperative form of zelt
Middle English
Noun
zel
- Alternative form of zele
Middle French
Alternative forms
- zele
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin z?lus.
Noun
zel m (uncountable)
- zeal
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French zèle.
Noun
zel n (uncountable)
- zeal (fervor or devotion)
Declension
Synonyms
- râvn?, sârguin??, ardoare
Related terms
- zelos
Slovene
Etymology 1
From Proto-Slavic *z?l?.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /z???/
Adjective
z??? (comparative zl?jši, superlative n?jzl?jši)
- evil
Inflection
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /zé??/
Noun
z??? f
- (clarification of this definition is needed) green plant
Inflection
Further reading
- “zel”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
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