ardor

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/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

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

1. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
   • 1818, [Mary Shelley], chapter VI, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume III, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, OCLC 830979744, page 120:

     I rushed towards her, and embraced her with ardour; but the deathly languor and coldness of the limbs told me, that what I now held in my arms had ceased to be the Elizabeth whom I had loved and cherished.

2. Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.
3. Intense heat.

Synonyms

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

Antonyms

• apathy

Related terms

English terms derived from the Proto-Indo-European root *h₂eHs-‎ (0 c, 21 e)

Translations

great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion

Bulgarian: плам (bg) (plam), жар (bg) (žar), страст (bg) (strast), усърдие (bg) (usǎrdie) Chinese: Mandarin: 熱情／热情 (zh) (rèqíng) Esperanto: ardo (eo) Finnish: lämpö (fi), tunteen palo (warmth of feeling); into (fi), innostus (fi), innokkuus (fi) (fervor); into (fi), intohimo (fi) (passion) 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) Italian: ardore (it) m, fervore (it) Japanese: 熱情 (ja) (ねつじょう, netsujō), 情熱 (ja) (じょうねつ, jōnetsu) Maori: mate kanehe Middle English: ardour 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) Sanskrit: घृण (sa) m (ghṛṇa) 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

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French: (please verify) ardeur (fr) Japanese: (please verify) 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

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Ladino

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor.

Noun

ardor m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ארדור‎)

1. ardor, passion

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Latin

Etymology

From ārdeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.dor/, [ˈärd̪ɔr]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.dor/, [ˈärd̪or]

Noun

ardor m (genitive ardōris); third declension

1. flame, fire, heat

   Synonym: calor

2. brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
3. ardour, eagerness, ardent desire

   Synonyms: cupīdō, vehementia, dēsīderium, appetītus, studium, impetus, amor, appetītiō, libīdō, alacritās

4. the object of ardent affection, love, flame

   Synonym: amor

Declension

Third-declension noun.

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	ardor	ardōrēs
Genitive	ardōris	ardōrum
Dative	ardōrī	ardōribus
Accusative	ardōrem	ardōrēs
Ablative	ardōre	ardōribus
Vocative	ardor	ardōrēs

Descendants

• English: ardor, ardour
• Catalan: ardor
• French: ardeur
• Galician: ardor
• Istriot: ardùr
• Italian: ardore
• Piedmontese: ardor
• 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
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin ārdōrem.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈdoʁ/ [aɦˈdoh]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aʁˈdoʁ/ [aɦˈdoh]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aɾˈdoɾ/
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aʁˈdoʁ/ [aʁˈdoχ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aɻˈdoɻ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾˈdoɾ/ [ɐɾˈðoɾ]

• Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ
• Hyphenation: ar‧dor

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

1. burning sensation

   Synonym: queimação

2. ardor (warmth of feeling)
3. spirit; enthusiasm

   Synonym: entusiasmo

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:ardor.

Related terms

• ardência
• ardentemente
• arder
• ardido

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Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor, ardōrem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɾˈdoɾ/ [aɾˈð̞oɾ]
• Rhymes: -oɾ
• Syllabification: ar‧dor

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

1. heat
2. ardour, fervor, passion
3. burning (feeling)

   una sensación de ardor ― a burning sensation

4. eagerness

Derived terms

• ardoroso

Related terms

• arder
• ardiente

Further reading

• “ardor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014