ardent

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈɑːdənt/
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• General-American: /ˈɑɹdənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: AA1 R D AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested circa 14th century as Middle English ardaunt, borrowed from Anglo-Norman ardent and Old French ardant, from Latin ardentem, accusative of ardēns, present participle of ardeō (“to burn”).

59 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: пламенен (plamenen) — full of ardour
• Catalan: ardent — full of ardour
• Catalan: fervorós — full of ardour
• Catalan: fervent — full of ardour
• Catalan: fogós — full of ardour
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱烈 /热烈 (rèliè) — full of ardour
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱心 /热心 (rèxīn) — full of ardour
• Czech: vášnivý — full of ardour
• Czech: horlivý — full of ardour
• Czech: vřelý — full of ardour
• Czech: zanícený — full of ardour
• Czech: zapálený — full of ardour
• Dutch: vurig — full of ardour
• Dutch: passioneel — full of ardour
• Esperanto: arda — full of ardour
• Finnish: kiihkeä — full of ardour
• Finnish: polttava — full of ardour
• Finnish: palava — full of ardour
• Finnish: hehkuva — full of ardour
• Finnish: tulenpalava — full of ardour
• French: ardent — full of ardour
• French: farouche — full of ardour
• French: fervent — full of ardour
• French: passionné — full of ardour
• Galician: ardente — full of ardour
• German: feurig — full of ardour
• Greek: φλογερός (flogerós) — full of ardour
• Irish: galach — full of ardour
• Japanese: 熱烈 (netsuretsu) — full of ardour
• Japanese: 熱心 (nesshin) — full of ardour
• Latin: calidus — full of ardour
• Latin: flagrāns — full of ardour
• Latin: igneus — full of ardour
• Māori: mōhukihuki — full of ardour
• Middle English: ardaunt — full of ardour
• Norwegian Bokmål: ildfull — full of ardour
• Norwegian Bokmål: ihuga — full of ardour
• Polish: zapalony — full of ardour
• Polish: płomienny — full of ardour
• Portuguese: ardente — full of ardour
• Russian: горя́чий (gorjáčij) — full of ardour
• Russian: пы́лкий (pýlkij) — full of ardour
• Russian: я́рый (járyj) — full of ardour
• Russian: пла́менный (plámennyj) — full of ardour
• Russian: стра́стный (strástnyj) — full of ardour
• Sanskrit: चण्ड (caṇḍa) — full of ardour
• Spanish: ardiente — full of ardour
• Swedish: ivrig — full of ardour
• Ottoman Turkish: حرارتلو (hararetli) — full of ardour
• Catalan: ardent — glowing
• Czech: žhnoucí — glowing
• Czech: planoucí — glowing
• Dutch: brandend — glowing
• Dutch: gloeiend — glowing
• Finnish: leimuava — glowing
• French: ardent — glowing
• Latin: calidus — glowing
• Middle English: ardaunt — glowing
• Russian: пыла́ющий (pylájuščij) — glowing