ardor

English

WOTD – 18 September 2006    

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman ardour, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈɑːdə/, /ˈɑːdə(r)/
• (US) IPA: /ˈɑːrdər/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(r)də(r)

Alternative forms

• ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)

Noun

ardor (countable and uncountable; plural ardors)

1. (chiefly US) Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
2. (chiefly US) Spirit.
3. (chiefly US) Intense heat.

Synonyms

• (warmth of feeling): intensity
• (spirit): elan, fire in the belly, passion, zeal

Antonyms

• apathy

Related terms

ardent ardency

Translations

great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion

• Bulgarian: плам (bg) (plam), жар (bg) (žar), страст (bg) (strast), усърдие (bg) (usǎrdie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱情 (cmn), 热情 (cmn) (rèqíng)

• Finnish: (warmth of feeling) lämpö, tunteen palo; (fervor) into, innostus, innokkuus; (passion) into, intohimo
• French: ardeur (fr) f, ferveur (fr) f
• German: Begeisterung (de) f, Feuereifer (de) m, Hitze (de) f, Überschwang (de) m

• Japanese: 熱情 (ja) (ねつじょう, netsujō), 情熱 (ja) (じょうねつ, jōnetsu)
• Romanian: ardoare (ro) f, înflăcărare (ro) f, pasiune (ro) f, ardență (ro) f
• Russian: пыл (ru) (pyl) m , рвение (ru) (rvénije) n , усердие (ru) (usérdije) n 
• Spanish: fervor (es) m, ardor (es) m
• Swedish: glöd (sv) c, iver (sv) c

spirit

• Danish: iver (da)
• Romanian: ardoare (ro) f, pasiune (ro) f

• Russian: страсть (ru) (strastʹ) f 
• Spanish: pasión (es) f
• Swedish: passion (sv) c

heat

• French: ardeur (fr) f
• Romanian: arșiță (ro) f, ferbințeală (ro) f

• Russian: жара (ru) (žará) f , зной (ru) (znoj) m , жар (ru) (žar) m 
• Spanish: ardor (es) m

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Translations to be checked

• Serbo-Croatian: vatrenost (sh) f, gorljivost (sh) f
• Serbo-Croatian: vatrenost (sh) f, gorljivost (sh) f
• French: ardeur

• Japanese: 熱意（ねつい, netsui）
• Scottish Gaelic: dèine f, dìoghras m

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Etymology

From Latin ardor.

Noun

ardor m (Latin spelling)

1. ardor, passion

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Latin

Etymology

From ārdeō.

Noun

ardor (genitive ardōris); m, third declension

1. flame, fire, heat
2. brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
3. ardour, love

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	ardor	ardōrēs
genitive	ardōris	ardōrum
dative	ardōrī	ardōribus
accusative	ardōrem	ardōrēs
ablative	ardōre	ardōribus
vocative	ardor	ardōrēs

Descendants

English: ardor, ardour French: ardeur Italian: ardore

Portuguese: ardor Romanian: ardoare Spanish: ardor

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Spanish

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

1. heat
2. ardour
3. burning (feeling)
4. eagerness

Related terms

• arder
• ardiente