fervente

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɛʁ.vɑ̃t/
• Homophone: ferventes

Adjective

fervente

1. feminine singular of fervent

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese fervente (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria), from Latin fervēntem, accusative of fervēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [feɾˈβentɪ], [feɾˈβɛntɪ]

Adjective

fervente m or f (plural ferventes)

1. boiling; extremely hot
   • 1409, J. L. Pensado Tomé, editor, Tratado de Albeitaria, Santiago de Compostela: Centro Ramón Piñeiro, page 101:

     Contra a door que chama "llaçerto", que quer dizer lagarto, mete agulla de fero fervente no meogoo do tranço do rrabo, et saara

     Against the illness that they call "lacerto", which means lizard, insert a boiling iron needle through the middle of the tail, and it will cure

2. fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)

Related terms

• fervenza
• ferver

References

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “fervente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “fervente”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “fervente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “fervente”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Italian

Etymology

From Latin ferventem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ferˈvɛn.te/
• Rhymes: -ɛnte
• Hyphenation: fer‧vèn‧te

Adjective

fervente m or f by sense (plural ferventi, superlative ferventissimo)

1. fervent, ardent

Derived terms

• ferventemente

Participle

fervente m or f by sense (plural ferventi)

1. present participle of fervere

Latin

Participle

fervente

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of fervēns

Middle English

Adjective

fervente

1. alternative form of fervent

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin ferventem.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ẽti

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/ [feɦˈvẽ.t͡ʃi]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /feʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/ [feɦˈvẽ.t͡ʃi]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /feɾˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /feʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /feɻˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /feʁˈvẽ.te/ [feɦˈvẽ.te]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨɾˈvẽ.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨɾˈvẽ.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /fɨɾˈbẽ.tɨ/ [fɨɾˈβẽ.tɨ]

• Hyphenation: fer‧ven‧te

Adjective

fervente m or f (plural ferventes)

1. boiling (that is boiling)

   Synonym: ebuliente

2. fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)

   Synonyms: fervoroso, férvido

Further reading

• “fervente”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “fervente”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026