ardent

English

Etymology

First attested circa 14th century as Middle English ardaunt, borrowed from Anglo-Norman ardent and Old French ardant, from Latin ardentem, accusative of ardēns, present participle of ardeō (“I burn”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdənt/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ˈɑɹdənt/
• Hyphenation: ar‧dent

• Audio (US)

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Adjective

ardent (comparative more ardent, superlative most ardent)

1. Full of ardor; expressing passion, spirit, or enthusiasm.
   • 1956 — Arthur C. Clarke, The City and the Stars, p 43

     This ardent exploration, absorbing all his energy and interest, made him forget for the moment the mystery of his heritage and the anomaly that cut him off from all his fellows.

   • 1818, Mary Shelley, chapter 4, in Frankenstein‎^[1]:

     I see by your eagerness and the wonder and hope which your eyes express, my friend, that you expect to be informed of the secret with which I am acquainted; that cannot be; listen patiently until the end of my story, and you will easily perceive why I am reserved upon that subject. I will not lead you on, unguarded and ardent as I then was, to your destruction and infallible misery.

   • 1750, Thomas Morell (lyrics), George Frideric Handel (music), “Theodora”‎^[2]:

     Nor gushing tears, nor ardent prayers, shall shake our firm decree.

2. (literary) Providing light or heat.

Related terms

• ardency
• ardent spirits
• ardently
• ardor

 

Translations

full of ardour

• Catalan: ardent (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 熱烈／热烈 (zh) (rèliè), 熱心／热心 (zh) (rèxīn)

• Dutch: vurig (nl), passioneel (nl)
• Esperanto: arda
• Finnish: kiihkeä (fi), polttava (fi), palava (fi), hehkuva (fi), tulenpalava
• French: ardent (fr), (against opponent) farouche (fr), (admiration) fervent (fr), (love) passionné (fr)
• German: feurig (de)
• Greek: φλογερός (el) (flogerós)
• Irish: galach
• Japanese: 熱烈 (ja) (ねつれつ, netsuretsu), 熱心 (ja) (ねっしん, nesshin)
• Latin: calidus (la), flagrāns, igneus (la)
• Maori: mōhukihuki
• Middle English: ardaunt
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: ildfull, ihuga

• Portuguese: ardente (pt)
• Russian: горя́чий (ru) (gorjáčij), пы́лкий (ru) (pýlkij), (against opponent) я́рый (ru) (járyj), пла́менный (ru) (plámennyj), стра́стный (ru) (strástnyj)
• Sanskrit: चण्ड (sa) (caṇḍa)
• Spanish: ardiente (es), ferviente (es)

glowing

• Dutch: brandend (nl), gloeiend (nl)
• Finnish: leimuava
• French: ardent (fr)
• Latin: calidus (la)
• Middle English: ardaunt
• Russian: пыла́ющий (ru) (pylájuščij)

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• Bulgarian: ^{(please verify)} жарък (bg) (žarǎk), ^{(please verify)} горещ (bg) (gorešt), ^{(please verify)} пламенен (bg) (plamenen)

Anagrams

• Arendt, Darent, daren't, endart, ranted, red ant

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin ardēns.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əɾˈdent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ərˈden/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /aɾˈdent/

Adjective

ardent (masculine and feminine plural ardents)

1. burning, ablaze
2. ardent, passionate

Derived terms

• ardentment

Related terms

• ardor

Further reading

• “ardent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

French

Etymology

From Old French ardent, borrowed from Latin ardēns, ardēntem.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aʁ.dɑ̃/

• Audio

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Adjective

ardent (feminine ardente, masculine plural ardents, feminine plural ardentes)

1. fiery, burning; ablaze; aflame
2. fervent; passionate

Derived terms

• nuée ardente

 

Related terms

• ardre (verb)
• ardeur

Further reading

• “ardent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

ardent

1. third-person plural present active indicative of ardeō

Middle English

Adjective

ardent

1. Alternative form of ardaunt

Old French

Alternative forms

• ardant

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ardens, ardentem.

Adjective

ardent m (oblique and nominative feminine singular ardent or ardente)

1. burning; aflame; on fire

Related terms

• ardoir, ardre
• ardur

Descendants

• French: ardent
• → Middle English: ardaunt, ardant, ardent, ardente, hardaunt, ordaunt
  • English: ardent
  • Scots: ardent

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ardent, Latin ardens, ardentem.

Adjective

ardent m or n (feminine singular ardentă, masculine plural ardenți, feminine and neuter plural ardente)

1. (rare, literary) ardent, fiery, passionate
2. (of ships) that which, through the action of the wind, turns its prow toward the direction from where wind is blowing

Declension

Declension of ardent

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	ardent		ardentă	ardenți	ardente
	definite	ardentul		ardenta	ardenții	ardentele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	ardent		ardente	ardenți	ardente
	definite	ardentului		ardentei	ardenților	ardentelor

Synonyms

• (ardent, fiery, passionate): înfocat, înflăcărat, pasionat, aprins, avântat

Related terms

• arde
• ardoare
• arzător