zeal

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• UK: /ziːl/
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• US: /zil/
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From Middle English zele, from Old French zel, from Late Latin zēlus, from Ancient Greek ζῆλος (zêlos, “zeal, jealousy”), from Proto-Indo-European *yeh2- (“to search”). Related to jealous.

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: cenë — fervour or devotion
• Arabic: حَمَاس (ḥamās) — fervour or devotion
• Arabic: جُهْد (juhd) — fervour or devotion
• Arabic: جهد (guhd) — fervour or devotion
• Armenian: նախանձախնդրություն (naxanjaxndrutʻyun) — fervour or devotion
• Azerbaijani: şövq — fervour or devotion
• Azerbaijani: canfəşanlıq — fervour or devotion
• Belarusian: запа́л (zapál) — fervour or devotion
• Belarusian: заўзя́тасць (zawzjátascʹ) — fervour or devotion
• Bulgarian: усъ́рдие (usǎ́rdie) — fervour or devotion
• Bulgarian: стара́ние (staránie) — fervour or devotion
• Bulgarian: стреме́ж (streméž) — fervour or devotion
• Catalan: zel — fervour or devotion
• Cherokee: ᎤᏚᎩᎬᏗ (udugigvdi) — fervour or devotion
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱心 /热心 (rèxīn) — fervour or devotion
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱情 /热情 (rèqíng) — fervour or devotion
• Chinese Mandarin: 激情 (jīqíng) — fervour or devotion
• Chinese Mandarin: 熱忱 /热忱 (rèchén) — fervour or devotion
• Cornish: diwysykter — fervour or devotion
• Czech: horlivost — fervour or devotion
• Danish: iver — fervour or devotion
• Dutch: ijver — fervour or devotion
• Dutch: geestdrift — fervour or devotion
• Esperanto: fervoro — fervour or devotion
• Finnish: into — fervour or devotion
• Finnish: intohimo — fervour or devotion
• Finnish: kiihko — fervour or devotion
• French: zèle — fervour or devotion
• French: assiduité — fervour or devotion
• Georgian: გულმოდგინება (gulmodgineba) — fervour or devotion
• Georgian: სიბეჯითე (sibeǯite) — fervour or devotion
• Georgian: თავგამოდება (tavgamodeba) — fervour or devotion
• German: Eifer — fervour or devotion
• German: Begeisterung — fervour or devotion
• Gothic: 𐌰𐌻𐌾𐌰𐌽 (aljan) — fervour or devotion
• Greek: ζήλος (zílos) — fervour or devotion
• Ancient Greek: προθυμία (prothumía) — fervour or devotion
• Ancient Greek: σπουδή (spoudḗ) — fervour or devotion
• Ancient Greek: ζῆλος (zêlos) — fervour or devotion
• Hungarian: buzgóság — fervour or devotion
• Hungarian: buzgalom — fervour or devotion
• Hungarian: lelkesedés — fervour or devotion
• Hungarian: hév — fervour or devotion
• Hungarian: hevület — fervour or devotion
• Ido: zelo — fervour or devotion
• Interlingua: zelo — fervour or devotion
• Irish: díograis — fervour or devotion
• Italian: zelo — fervour or devotion
• Japanese: 熱情 (netsujō) — fervour or devotion
• Japanese: 情熱 (jōnetsu) — fervour or devotion
• Japanese: 熱意 (netsui) — fervour or devotion
• Japanese: 意気込み (ikigomi) — fervour or devotion
• Japanese: 気勢 (kisei) — fervour or devotion
• Korean: 열정 (yeoljeong) — fervour or devotion
• Latin: studium — fervour or devotion
• Latin: zēlus — fervour or devotion
• Latin: ardor — fervour or devotion
• Latin: fervor — fervour or devotion
• Latin: alacritās — fervour or devotion
• Macedonian: ревност (revnost) — fervour or devotion
• Norwegian Bokmål: engasjement — fervour or devotion
• Norwegian Bokmål: iver — fervour or devotion
• Occitan: zèl — fervour or devotion
• Persian: شوق (šowq) — fervour or devotion
• Persian: غِیرَت (ġeyrat) — fervour or devotion
• Persian: تَعَصُّب (ta'assob) — fervour or devotion
• Plautdietsch: Iewa — fervour or devotion
• Polish: zapał — fervour or devotion
• Polish: gorliwość — fervour or devotion
• Portuguese: zelo — fervour or devotion
• Romanian: zel — fervour or devotion
• Romanian: ardoare — fervour or devotion
• Romanian: râvnă — fervour or devotion
• Romanian: sârguință — fervour or devotion
• Russian: рве́ние (rvénije) — fervour or devotion
• Russian: усе́рдие (usérdije) — fervour or devotion
• Russian: стара́ние (staránije) — fervour or devotion
• Russian: запа́л (zapál) — fervour or devotion
• Sanskrit: उत्साह (utsāha) — fervour or devotion
• Scottish Gaelic: eud — fervour or devotion
• Slovak: horlivosť — fervour or devotion
• Spanish: ahínco — fervour or devotion
• Spanish: celo — fervour or devotion
• Spanish: denuedo — fervour or devotion
• Spanish: ahincanza — fervour or devotion
• Spanish: ahincamiento — fervour or devotion
• Spanish: afán — fervour or devotion
• Spanish: zelo — fervour or devotion
• Swedish: iver — fervour or devotion
• Swedish: nit — fervour or devotion
• Swedish: nitälskan — fervour or devotion
• Tajik: ғайрат (ġayrat) — fervour or devotion
• Tocharian B: spelkke — fervour or devotion
• Turkish: hırs — fervour or devotion
• Turkish: şevk — fervour or devotion
• Turkish: heves — fervour or devotion
• Ottoman Turkish: حرارت (hararet) — fervour or devotion
• Ukrainian: запопа́дливість (zapopádlyvistʹ) — fervour or devotion
• Ukrainian: за́пал (zápal) — fervour or devotion
• Ukrainian: завзя́ття (zavzjáttja) — fervour or devotion
• Ukrainian: завзя́тість (zavzjátistʹ) — fervour or devotion
• Uzbek: gʻayrat — fervour or devotion
• Welsh: aidd msêl — fervour or devotion
• Welsh: selogrwydd — fervour or devotion
• Woiwurrung: toolangi — fervour or devotion