effervescent

English

WOTD – 6 October 2007

Etymology

From French effervescent, from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin effervēscō (“boil up”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɛfəˈvɛsənt/
• IPA^(key): /ˌɛfɚˈvɛsənt/

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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”, in BBC Sport‎^[1]:

     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)
• Catalan: efervescent
• Dutch: bruisend (nl), bruisende (nl)
• Finnish: kupliva, räiskyvä, kuohuva, poreileva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: sprudelnd (de), brausend (de)
• Russian: шипучий (ru) (šipučij)
• Spanish: efervescente (es)

enthusiastic

• Bulgarian: възбуден (bg) (vǎzbuden), ентусиазиран (bg) (entusiaziran)
• Catalan: efervescent
• Finnish: innoissaan oleva
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• German: überschäumend (de), spritzig
• Russian: оживлённый (ru) (oživljónnyj)
• Spanish: efervescente (es)

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French

Adjective

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

1. effervescent

Further reading

• “effervescent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) effervēscent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of effervēscō