fervent

English

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin fervens, present participle of fervere (“to boil, ferment, glow, rage”).

Adjective

fervent (comparative more fervent, superlative most fervent)

1. Exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief.
   • 1819, Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, Mathilda, ch. 3:

     As I returned my fervent hopes were dashed by so many fears.

2. Having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion.
   • 1876, Wilkie Collins, "Mr. Captain and the Nymph," in Little Novels,

     Never again would those fresh lips touch his lips with their fervent kiss!

3. Glowing, burning, very hot.
   • 1611, King James Version of the Bible, Second Epistle of Peter, 3:10:

     But the day of the Lord will come as a thief in the night; in the which the heavens shall pass away with a great noise, and the elements shall melt with fervent heat, the earth also and the works that are therein shall be burned up.

Derived terms

• fervently

Related terms

• fever
• ferment
• fervid
• fervor

Translations

exhibiting particular enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence, or belief

• Bulgarian: пламенен (bg) (plamenen), страстен (bg) (strasten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱切 (cmn), 热切 (cmn) (rèqiè), 踴躍 (cmn), 踊跃 (cmn) (yǒngyuè), 熱烈 (cmn), 热烈 (cmn) (rèliè)

• Finnish: kiihkeä (fi)
• French: fervent (fr)

• German: inbrünstig (de)
• Hebrew: (formally) מְלֵא לַהַט (he) (melè láhat) m, נִלְהַב (he) (nilháv) m
• Japanese: 熱烈な (ja) (ねつれつな, netsuretsu na)
• Russian: пламенный (ru) (plámennyj), пылкий (ru) (pýlkij), страстный (ru) (strástnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dian (gd), dealasach (gd), dìoghrasach (gd)
• Spanish: ferviente (es)

having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion

• Bulgarian: горещ (bg) (gorešt), страстен (bg) (strasten)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱情 (cmn), 热情 (cmn) (rèqíng), 火熱 (cmn), 火热 (cmn) (huǒrè), 激情 (cmn) (jīqíng)

• Finnish: kiihkeä (fi)
• Hebrew: סוֹעֵר (he) (so'ér) m, מְלֵא תְּשׁוּקָה (he) (melè t∫uká) m
• Russian: пламенный (ru) (plámennyj), жаркий (ru) (žárkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dian (gd), dealasach (gd)

glowing, burning, very hot

• Bulgarian: горещ (bg) (gorešt), жарък (bg) (žarǎk)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 炎熱 (cmn), 炎热 (cmn) (yánrè)

• German: glühend (de)

• Hebrew: לוֹהֵט (he) (lohét) m
• Russian: горячий (ru) (gorjáčij), жаркий (ru) (žárkij), жгучий (ru) (žgúčij), пылающий (ru) (pylájuščij)

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Translations to be checked

• Danish: brændende
• German: glühend (1,2), inbrünstig (1,2)
• Kurdish: گه‌رمی

External links

• fervent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• fervent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
• fervent at OneLook Dictionary Search

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French

Etymology

From Latin fervēntem, accusative of fervēns.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /fɛʁ.vɑ̃/, X-SAMPA: /fER.vA~/
• Homophone: fervents

Adjective

fervent m (feminine fervente, masculine plural fervents, feminine plural ferventes)

1. fervent

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Latin

Verb

fervent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ferveō