fervent

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈfɝ.vənt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈfɜː.vənt/
• Hyphenation: fer‧vent
• Rhymes: -ʌnt

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)
• Catalan: fervent
• Chinese:

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

• Dutch: fervent (nl)
• Finnish: kiihkeä (fi)
• French: fervent (fr)
• Galician: afervoado (gl)
• German: inbrünstig (de)

• Hebrew: (formally) מְלֵא לַהַט‎ (he) m (melè láhat), נִלְהַב‎ m (nilháv)
• Japanese: 熱烈な (ja) (ねつれつな, netsuretsu na)
• Maori: manawawera
• Portuguese: fervente (pt), fervoroso (pt), férvido (pt)
• Russian: пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj), пы́лкий (ru) (pýlkij), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: dian, dealasach, dìoghrasach
• Spanish: ferviente (es)
• Turkish: tutkun (tr)

having or showing emotional warmth, fervor, or passion

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

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

• Finnish: kiihkeä (fi)
• Galician: afervoado (gl)
• Hebrew: סוֹעֵר‎ m (so'ér), מְלֵא תְּשׁוּקָה‎ (he) m (melè t∫uká)

• Maori: manawawera
• Portuguese: fervoroso (pt), férvido (pt)
• Russian: пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj), жа́ркий (ru) (žárkij)
• Scottish Gaelic: dian, dealasach
• Turkish: tutkun (tr)

glowing, burning, very hot

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

  Mandarin: 炎熱 (zh), 炎热 (zh) (yánrè)

• Finnish: tulikuuma (fi), hehkuva (fi)
• German: glühend (de)

• Hebrew: לוֹהֵט‎ (he) m (lohét)
• Portuguese: férvido (pt)
• Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), жа́ркий (ru) (žárkij), жгу́чий (ru) (žgúčij), пыла́ющий (ru) (pylájuščij)
• Turkish: hararetli (tr), ateşli (tr)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Danish: ^{(please verify)} brændende
• German: glühend (1,2), inbrünstig (1,2)

• Kurdish: ^{(please verify)} گەرمی‎ (ku) (germî)

Further reading

• 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 Old French, borrowed from Latin fervēntem, accusative of fervēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.vɑ̃/

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• Homophone: fervents

Adjective

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

1. fervent

Further reading

• “fervent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Latin

Verb

fervent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ferveō