effervescent

English

WOTD – 6 October 2007    

Etymology

From Latin effervēscō (“boil up”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt/, X-SAMPA: /%Ef@"vEs@nt/
• (US) IPA: /ˌɛfɚˈvɛsənt/, X-SAMPA: /%Ef@`"vEs@nt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛsənt

Adjective

effervescent (comparative more effervescent, superlative most effervescent)

1. (of a liquid) Giving off bubbles; fizzy.
2. Vivacious and enthusiastic.
   • 2012 April 22, Sam Sheringham, “Liverpool 0-1 West Brom”, BBC Sport:

     The effervescent Suarez then went close again as he worked space for a shot after a mazy run but could not keep his close-range shot below the crossbar.

Related terms

• effervesce
• effervescence

Translations

fizzy

• Bulgarian: пенлив (bg) (penliv)
• Dutch: bruisend (nl), bruisende (nl)
• Finnish: kupliva (fi), räiskyvä (fi), kuohuva (fi), poreileva (fi)

• German: sprudelnd (de)
• Spanish: efervescente (es)

enthusiastic

• Bulgarian: възбуден (bg) (vǎzbuden), ентусиазиран (bg) (entusiaziran)
• Finnish: innoissaan (fi) oleva (fi)

• Spanish: efervescente (es)

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French

Adjective

effervescent m (feminine effervescente, masculine plural effervescents, feminine plural effervescentes)

1. effervescent

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Latin

Verb

effervēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of effervēscō