enthusiasm

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• /ɪnˈθuziæzəm/ General American, yod-dropping
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• /ɪnˈθjuːziæzm̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: IH0 N TH UW1 Z IY0 AE2 Z AH0 M Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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First attested from 1603, from Middle French enthousiasme, from Late Latin enthusiasmus, from Ancient Greek ἐνθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós), from ἐν (en, “in”) + θεός (theós, “god”) + οὐσία (ousía, “essence”).

117 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: entoesiasme — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Albanian: entuziazëm — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Arabic: حَمَاس (ḥamās) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Arabic: حَمَاسَة (ḥamāsa) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Armenian: խանդավառություն (xandavaṙutʻyun) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Armenian: ավյուն (avyun) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Armenian: ոգեւորություն (ogeworutʻyun) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Azerbaijani: həvəs — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Belarusian: энтузія́зм (entuzijázm) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Belarusian: захапле́нне (zaxapljénnje) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Belarusian: захапле́ньне (zaxapljénʹnje) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Belarusian: запа́л (zapál) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Bhojpuri: उत्साह (utsāh) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Bulgarian: въодушевле́ние (vǎoduševlénie) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Bulgarian: ентусиа́зъм (entusiázǎm) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Bulgarian: възто́рг (vǎztórg) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Catalan: entusiasme — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱情 /热情 (rèqíng) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Chinese Mandarin: 積極性 /积极性 (jījíxìng) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Czech: nadšení — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Czech: entuziasmus — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Danish: entusiame — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Dutch: enthousiasme — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Dutch: geestdrift — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Esperanto: entuziasmo — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Estonian: entusiasm — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Finnish: innostus — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Finnish: into — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Finnish: innokkuus — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Finnish: hanakkuus — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Finnish: vimma — feeling of excited, lively interest
• French: enthousiasme — feeling of excited, lively interest
• French: passion — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Galician: entusiasmo — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Georgian: ენთუზიაზმი (entuziazmi) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• German: Begeisterung — feeling of excited, lively interest
• German: Enthusiasmus — feeling of excited, lively interest
• German: Schwärmerei — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Greek: ενθουσιασμός (enthousiasmós) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Ancient Greek: προθυμία (prothumía) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Hausa: ɗoki — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Hebrew: הִתְלַהֲבוּת (hitlahavút) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Hebrew: הִתְפַּעֲלוּת (hitpaalút) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Hindi: जोश (joś) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Hindi: उत्साह (utsāh) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Hungarian: lelkesedés — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Icelandic: ákafi — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Icelandic: eldmóður — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Ido: entuziasmo — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Italian: entusiasmo — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Italian: foga — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Japanese: 情熱 (jōnetsu) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Japanese: 熱意 (netsui) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Japanese: 意気込み (ikigomi) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Japanese: 気勢 (kisei) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Japanese: 熱情 (netsujō) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Javanese: grengseng — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Kazakh: шабыт (şabyt) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Korean: 열광 (yeolgwang) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Korean: 열정 (yeoljeong) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Korean: 열의 (yeorui) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Kyrgyz: энтузиазм (entuziazm) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Kyrgyz: кайрат (kayrat) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Latin: studium — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Latvian: entuziasms — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Lithuanian: entuziazmas — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Luxembourgish: Begeeschterung — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Macedonian: ентузија́зам (entuzijázam) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Malayalam: താത്പര്യം (tātparyaṁ) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Malayalam: ഉത്സാഹം (utsāhaṁ) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Manx: ard-jeeanid — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Māori: koharatanga — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Māori: ngākau whakapuke — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Marathi: उत्साह (utsāha) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Marathi: जोश (joś) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Norwegian Bokmål: entusiasme — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Norwegian Bokmål: begeistring — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: entusiasme — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Norwegian Nynorsk: eldhug — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Iranian Persian: اِشْتِیاق (eštiyâġ) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Iranian Persian: شور (šur) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Polish: entuzjazm — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Portuguese: entusiasmo — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Romanian: entuziasm — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Russian: энтузиа́зм (entuziázm) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Russian: воодушевле́ние (vooduševlénije) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Russian: запа́л (zapál) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Russian: восто́рг (vostórg) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Sanskrit: उत्साह (utsāha) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Scottish Gaelic: eud — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Serbo-Croatian: entuzijàzam — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Serbo-Croatian: oduševljenje — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Serbo-Croatian: zános — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Serbo-Croatian: ùshit — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Slovak: nadšenie — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Slovak: entuziazmus — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Slovene: navdušenje — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Spanish: entusiasmo — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Swedish: entusiasm — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Tagalog: entusyasmo — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Tajik: ғайрат (ġayrat) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Tamil: உத்வேகம் (utvēkam) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Telugu: ఉత్సాహం (utsāhaṁ) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Tocharian B: spelkke — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Turkish: heves — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Turkish: şevk — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Turkish: coşku — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Ukrainian: ентузіа́зм (entuziázm) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Ukrainian: запа́л (zapál) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Ukrainian: запа́лення (zapálennja) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Uyghur: ئىشتىياق (ishtiyaq) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Uzbek: ishtiyoq — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Uzbek: entuziazm — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Vietnamese: sự hăng hái — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Vietnamese: sự nhiệt tình — feeling of excited, lively interest
• Yiddish: בעגייסטערונג (begaysterung) — feeling of excited, lively interest
• French: enthousiasme — (obsolete or historical) possession by a god; divine inspiration