passion

English

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Etymology

Via French, from Latin passio (“suffering”), noun of action from perfect passive participle passus (“suffered”), from deponent verb pati (“suffer”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: păsh'ən, IPA: /ˈpæʃən/, SAMPA: /"p{S@n/
• (US) IPA: [ˈpʰæʃən]

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• Rhymes: -æʃən

Noun

passion (countable and uncountable; plural passions)

1. Any great, powerful emotion, especially love or hate.

   We share a passion for books.

   He has an intense passion towards saving the rain-forest.

   • 2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, BBC:

     That was partly because of a swirling wind that made precision passing difficult and also a derby atmosphere where the emphasis seemed to be on passion rather than football.

2. Fervor, determination.
3. An object of passionate love or strong interest.

   It started as a hobby, but now my motorbike collection has become my passion.

4. sexual intercourse, especially when very emotional

   We shared a night of passion.

5. (Christianity) The suffering of Jesus leading up to and during his crucifixion.
6. A play, musical composition or display meant to commemorate the suffering of Jesus.
7. (obsolete) An innate quality, property, or attribute of a thing.

   … to obtain the knowledge of some passion of the circle.

Synonyms

• (fervor, determination): ardor, fire in the belly, zeal

Derived terms

• passionflower
• passion fruit, passionfruit
• Passion Sunday
• pash
• passion pop

Related terms

Related terms

passionate passive

passivity patience patient

Translations

any great emotion

Arabic: عاطفة (ar) (3aaTifa) f. Aramaic: Syriac: ܚܫܐ (ħaššā’) m. Bulgarian: страст (bg) (strast) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 激情 (cmn) (jīqíng) Czech: vášeň (cs) f. Finnish: intohimo (fi) French: passion (fr) f. German: Leidenschaft (de) f., Passion (de) f. Greek: πάθος (el) (páthos) n. Hungarian: szenvedély (hu) Italian: passione (it) f. Japanese: 激情 (ja) (げきじょう, gekijō) Kurdish: Sorani: ڤیان (ku) (viAn)

Latin: perturbatio (la) f. Maltese: passjoni (mt) f. Portuguese: paixão (pt) f. Romanian: pasiune (ro) f. Russian: страсть (ru) (strast') f., аффект (ru) (affékt) m. Scottish Gaelic: dìoghras m., dèine f. sonas m., fearg f. Serbo-Croatian: страст (sh) f., strast (sh) f. Slovene: strast (sl) f. Spanish: pasión (es) f. Swedish: passion (sv), lust (sv), lidelse (sv), kärlek (sv), glöd (sv), hänförelse (sv), affekt (sv) Ukrainian: страсть (uk) (strast') f. Urdu: جذبہ (ur) (jazba) Vietnamese: đam mê (vi)

fervor, determination

Arabic: عزم (ar) (3azm) m. Dutch: passie (nl) f., hartstocht (nl) m. Finnish: intohimo (fi), kiihko (fi), tunteen (fi) palo (fi) German: Leidenschaft (de) f., Passion (de) f. Greek: πάθος (el) (páthos) n.

Icelandic: ákafi (is) m. Latin: perturbatio (la) Russian: страсть (ru) (strast') f. Scottish Gaelic: dìoghras m., dèine f. Slovene: strast (sl) f.

object of passionate love or strong interest

Arabic: شغف (ar) (shághaf) m. Dutch: passie (nl) f., hartstocht (nl) m. Finnish: intohimo, intohimon kohde German: Leidenschaft (de) f., Passion (de) f. Greek: πάθος (el) (páthos) n., έρωτας (el) (érotas) m.

Hungarian: szenvedély (hu) Latin: perturbatio (la) Portuguese: paixão (pt) f., ardor (pt) f. Russian: пассия (ru) (pássija) f., страсть (ru) (strast') f.

suffering of Jesus

Aramaic: Syriac: ܚܫܐ (ħaššā’) m. Czech: pašije (cs) f. pl. Dutch: passie (nl) f. Finnish: kärsimys (fi) French: Passion (fr) f. German: Passion (de) f.

Greek: πάθη (el) (páthi) n. pl. Hungarian: passió (hu) Icelandic: passía (is) f. Japanese: 受難 (じゅなん, junan) Latin: passio (la) f. Romanian: patimi

commemoration of the suffering of Jesus

Aramaic: Syriac: ܚܫܐ (ħaššā’) m. Dutch: passie (nl) f. Finnish: passio (fi), kärsimysnäytelmä (fi)

German: Passion (de) f. Latin: passio (la) f. Slovene: pasijon m. Volapük: Lügadramat (vo)

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Esperanto: pasio Hebrew: תאווה

Icelandic: ástríða f. Ido: pasiono Romanian: pasiune f.

References

• Oxford English Dictionary, Second Edition, 1989

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA: [ˈpɑsːion]
• Hyphenation: pas‧si‧on

Noun

passion

1. Genitive singular form of passio.

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin passiō, ultimately from patior. Cognate with patience

Pronunciation

• IPA: /pasjɔ̃/

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Noun

passion f. (plural passions)

1. (countable and uncountable) passion