passionate

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From Middle English passionat, from Medieval Latin passiōnātus (“affected, impassioned, libidinous, easely angered”). Equivalent to passion + -ate (adjective-forming suffix). Compare French passionné.

From passion + -ate (verb-forming suffix). Cognate with French passionner.

69 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Afrikaans: passievol — fired with intense feeling
• Arabic: شَغُوف (šaḡūf) — fired with intense feeling
• Arabic: مُتَحَمِّس (mutaḥammis) — fired with intense feeling
• Basque: sutsua — fired with intense feeling
• Bulgarian: страстен (strasten) — fired with intense feeling
• Catalan: apassionat — fired with intense feeling
• Chinese Mandarin: 多情 (duōqíng) — fired with intense feeling
• Chinese Mandarin: 熾熱 /炽热 (chìrè) — fired with intense feeling
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱情 /热情 (rèqíng) — fired with intense feeling
• Czech: vášnivý — fired with intense feeling
• Danish: lidenskabelig — fired with intense feeling
• Dutch: hartstochtelijk — fired with intense feeling
• Dutch: gepassioneerd — fired with intense feeling
• Esperanto: pasia — fired with intense feeling
• Finnish: intohimoinen — fired with intense feeling
• Finnish: kiihkeä — fired with intense feeling
• Finnish: tulinen — fired with intense feeling
• Finnish: palava — fired with intense feeling
• French: passionné — fired with intense feeling
• Galician: apaixoado — fired with intense feeling
• Galician: ardencioso — fired with intense feeling
• Georgian: ვნებიანი (vnebiani) — fired with intense feeling
• Georgian: მგზნებარე (mgznebare) — fired with intense feeling
• Georgian: ცხოველი (cxoveli) — fired with intense feeling
• Georgian: ფიცხი (picxi) — fired with intense feeling
• German: leidenschaftlich — fired with intense feeling
• Greek: παθιασμένος (pathiasménos) — fired with intense feeling
• Ancient Greek: περιπαθής (peripathḗs) — fired with intense feeling
• Haitian Creole: pasyone — fired with intense feeling
• Hindi: वासनात्मक (vāsnātmak) — fired with intense feeling
• Hindi: कामवान (kāmvān) — fired with intense feeling
• Hindi: उत्साही (utsāhī) — fired with intense feeling
• Hungarian: szenvedélyes — fired with intense feeling
• Icelandic: ástríðufullur — fired with intense feeling
• Irish: ainmhianach — fired with intense feeling
• Italian: appassionato — fired with intense feeling
• Japanese: 熱烈 (netsuretsu) — fired with intense feeling
• Korean: 불타는 (bultaneun) — fired with intense feeling
• Latin: passionatus — fired with intense feeling
• Latvian: kaislīgs — fired with intense feeling
• Macedonian: страстен (strasten) — fired with intense feeling
• Māori: remurere — fired with intense feeling
• Māori: tūkaha — fired with intense feeling
• Māori: kohara — fired with intense feeling
• Māori: panapana — fired with intense feeling
• Māori: pukā — fired with intense feeling
• Māori: ngākau whakapuke — fired with intense feeling
• Middle English: passional — fired with intense feeling
• Persian: پرشور (poršur) — fired with intense feeling
• Polish: namiętny — fired with intense feeling
• Portuguese: ardente — fired with intense feeling
• Romanian: înflăcărat — fired with intense feeling
• Russian: стра́стный (strástnyj) — fired with intense feeling
• Russian: пы́лкий (pýlkij) — fired with intense feeling
• Sanskrit: चण्ड (caṇḍa) — fired with intense feeling
• Scottish Gaelic: dian — fired with intense feeling
• Scottish Gaelic: dìoghrasach — fired with intense feeling
• Scottish Gaelic: feargach — fired with intense feeling
• Serbo-Croatian: žarki — fired with intense feeling
• Slovak: vášnivý — fired with intense feeling
• Spanish: apasionado — fired with intense feeling
• Swedish: passionerad — fired with intense feeling
• Swedish: lidelsefull — fired with intense feeling
• Tocharian B: eṅkalsu — fired with intense feeling
• Turkish: tutkulu — fired with intense feeling
• Ottoman Turkish: حرارتلو (hararetli) — fired with intense feeling
• Ukrainian: при́страсний (prýstrasnyj) — fired with intense feeling
• Vietnamese: đam mê — fired with intense feeling
• Vietnamese: dể giận — fired with intense feeling