fervente
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /fɛʁ.vɑ̃t/
- Homophone: ferventes
Adjective
fervente
- 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)
- 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
- fervent (exhibiting enthusiasm, zeal, conviction, persistence or belief)
Related terms
References
- Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fervente”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “feruente”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ferˈvɛn.te/
- Rhymes: -ɛnte
- Hyphenation: fer‧vèn‧te
Adjective
fervente m or f (plural ferventi, superlative ferventissimo)
Derived terms
Participle
fervente m or f (plural ferventi)
- present participle of fervere
Latin
Participle
fervente
- ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of fervēns
Middle English
Adjective
fervente
- alternative form of fervent
Portuguese
Etymology
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ẽti
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /feʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/ [feɦˈvẽ.t͡ʃi]
- (São Paulo) IPA(key): /feɾˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Rio de Janeiro) IPA(key): /feʁˈvẽ.t͡ʃi/
- (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /feɻˈvẽ.te/
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨɾˈvẽ.tɨ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA(key): /fɨɾˈbẽ.tɨ/ [fɨɾˈβẽ.tɨ]
- Hyphenation: fer‧ven‧te
Adjective
fervente m or f (plural ferventes)