ardor

English

WOTD – 18 September 2006

Alternative forms

ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)

Etymology

From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdə/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/
(US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹdəɹ/
Audio (US) (file)
Audio (AU) (file)
Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

ardor (countable and uncountable, plural ardors) (American spelling)

Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
Spirit. (clarification of this definition is needed)
Intense heat.

Synonyms

(warmth of feeling): intensity
(spirit): elan, fire in the belly, passion, zeal

Antonyms

apathy

Related terms

Translations

great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion

Bulgarian: плам (bg) (plam), жар (bg) (žar), страст (bg) (strast), усърдие (bg) (usǎrdie)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 熱情 (zh), 热情 (zh) (rèqíng)
Finnish: (warmth of feeling) lämpö, tunteen palo; (fervor) into, innostus, innokkuus; (passion) into, intohimo
French: ardeur (fr) f, ferveur (fr) f
German: Begeisterung (de) f, Feuereifer (de) m, Hitze (de) f, Überschwang (de) m
Hungarian: lelkesedés (hu), hév (hu), szenvedély (hu)

Japanese: 熱情 (ja) (ねつじょう, netsujō), 情熱 (じょうねつ, jōnetsu)
Maori: mate kanehe
Portuguese: ardor (pt) m
Romanian: ardoare (ro) f, înflăcărare (ro) f, pasiune (ro) f, ardență (ro) f
Russian: пыл (ru) m (pyl), рве́ние (ru) n (rvénije), усе́рдие (ru) n (usérdije)
Spanish: fervor (es) m, ardor (es) m
Swedish: glöd (sv) c, iver (sv) c

spirit

Danish: iver
Portuguese: ardor (pt) m
Romanian: ardoare (ro) f, pasiune (ro) f

Russian: страсть (ru) f (strastʹ)
Spanish: pasión (es) f
Swedish: passion (sv) c

heat

French: ardeur (fr) f
Portuguese: ardor (pt) m
Romanian: arșiță (ro) f, ferbințeală f

Russian: жара́ (ru) f (žará), зной (ru) m (znoj), жар (ru) m (žar)
Spanish: ardor (es) m

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

French: ^{(please verify)} ardeur (fr)
Japanese: 熱意（ねつい, netsui）
Scottish Gaelic: ^{(please verify)} dèine f, ^{(please verify)} dìoghras m

Serbo-Croatian: vatrenost (sh) f, gorljivost (sh) f
Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} vatrenost (sh) f, ^{(please verify)} gorljivost (sh) f

Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor.

Noun

ardor m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ארדור‎)

ardor, passion

Latin

Etymology

From ārdeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.dor/, [ˈar.dɔr]

Noun

ārdor m (genitive ārdōris); third declension

Inflection

Third declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ārdor	ārdōrēs
Genitive	ārdōris	ārdōrum
Dative	ārdōrī	ārdōribus
Accusative	ārdōrem	ārdōrēs
Ablative	ārdōre	ārdōribus
Vocative	ārdor	ārdōrēs

Descendants

English: ardor, ardour
Catalan: ardor
French: ardeur
Galician: ardor
Istriot: ardùr
Italian: ardore
Portuguese: ardor
Romanian: ardoare
Spanish: ardor

References

ardor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
ardor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
ardor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
- to be dried up by the sun's heat: ardore solis torreri
- enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
- to damp, chill enthusiasm: ardorem animi restinguere
- his enthusiasm has abated, cooled down: ardor animi resēdit, consedit

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin ārdor, ārdōrem.

Pronunciation

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ˈðoɾ/
Hyphenation: ar‧dor
Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

burning sensation
ardour (warmth of feeling)
spirit; enthusiasm

Quotations

For quotations of use of this term, see Citations:ardor.

Synonyms

(burning sensation): queimação
(enthusiasm): entusiasmo

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor, ardōrem.

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

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