vehement

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈviː.ə.mənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɪə̯.mənt/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈviː.hə.mənt/
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• General-American: /ˈviː.hə.mənt/
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• General-American: /ˈviː.ə.mənt/
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• CMU ARPABET: V IY1 AH0 M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: V AH0 HH IY1 M AH0 N T Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French vehement (modern French véhément; compare Italian veemente, Portuguese veemente, Spanish vehemente); or from Latin vehemēns (“vehement; very eager; ardent, furious, impetuous; emphatic”), probably from vē- (“lacking, too little”) + mēns (“mind; intellect; judgment, reasoning”).

42 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Armenian: բուռն (buṙn) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Armenian: կատաղի (kataġi) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Bulgarian: страстен (strasten) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Bulgarian: бурен (buren) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Catalan: vehement — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Chinese Mandarin: 激越 (jīyuè) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Chinese Mandarin: 激切 (jīqiè) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Chinese Mandarin: 激烈 (jīliè) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Dutch: fel — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Dutch: heftig — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Dutch: hartstochtelijk — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Finnish: kiivas — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Finnish: kiihkeä — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Finnish: raju — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• French: véhément — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Galician: vehemente — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Georgian: მძლავრი (mʒlavri) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Georgian: მხურვალე (mxurvale) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Georgian: ინტენსიური (inṭensiuri) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Georgian: ცხოველი (cxoveli) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• German: vehement — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• German: heftig — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Greek: σφοδρός (sfodrós) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Ancient Greek: σφοδρός (sphodrós) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Hungarian: vehemens — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Icelandic: ákafur — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Old Irish: cathach — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Japanese: 激しい (hageshii) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Japanese: 激烈 (gekiretsu) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Japanese: 猛烈 (mōretsu) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Central Kurdish: خوێن گەرم (xwên germ) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Latin: flagrāns — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Latin: igneus — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Latin: vehemēns — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Portuguese: veemente — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Russian: рья́ный (rʹjányj) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Russian: неи́стовый (neístovyj) — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Spanish: vehemente — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Swedish: häftig — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Turkish: ateşli — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Turkish: hararetli — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense
• Turkish: şiddetli — showing strong feelings; passionate; forceful or intense