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ebullience

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ɪˈbʊl.i.əns/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /-ˈbʌl-/
  • Southern-England: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • General-American: /ɪˈbʊl.jəns/
  • General-American: /-ˈbəl-/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: IH2 B UH1 L Y AH0 N S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A boiling or bubbling up; an ebullition.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: figuratively, uncountable, usually

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exuberance

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

overflowing with eager enjoyment or approval

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: exuberance, enthusiasm

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: liveliness, life, spirit, sprightliness

Narrower terms: lyricism, madness, rabidity, rabidness

History

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ēbullientem + English -ence (suffix meaning ‘having the state or condition of’). Ēbullientem is the accusative feminine or masculine singular of ēbulliēns (“boiling”), the present participle of ēbulliō (“to boil”) (from ē- (prefix meaning ‘out, away’) + bulliō (“to bubble; to boil”) (from bulla (“bubble; bubble-shaped object”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bhew- (“to blow; to inflate”))) + -ēns.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: ébullition — boiling or bubbling up
  • Hungarian: felforrás — boiling or bubbling up
  • Irish: fiuchadh — boiling or bubbling up
  • Italian: ebollizione — boiling or bubbling up
  • Italian: bollore — boiling or bubbling up
  • Ottoman Turkish: غلیان (galeyân) — boiling or bubbling up
  • Ottoman Turkish: فوران (feverân) — boiling or bubbling up
  • Estonian: entusiasm — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • French: joie de vivre — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • German: Überschwänglichkeit — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • German: Überschwang — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Irish: fiuchadh — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Italian: ebollizione — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Italian: bollori — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Italian: entusiasmo — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Italian: esuberanza — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Italian: vitalità — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Polish: żywiołowość — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Spanish: efervescencia — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts
  • Spanish: vivacidad — quality of enthusiastic or lively expression of feelings and thoughts