fanatic

See also: fanàtic

English

WOTD – 3 February 2008

Sports 'fans' or fanatics

Alternative forms

• fanatick (obsolete)

Etymology

First attested in 1525. From Latin fānāticus (“of a temple, divinely inspired, frenzied”), from fānum (“temple”). Influenced by French fanatique.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fəˈnæt.ɪk/

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• Rhymes: -ætɪk

Adjective

fanatic (comparative more fanatic, superlative most fanatic)

1. Fanatical.
   • T. Moore

     But Faith, fanatic Faith, once wedded fast / To some dear falsehood, hugs it to the last.

2. (obsolete) Showing evidence of possession by a god or demon; frenzied, overzealous.

Translations

fanatical

• Afrikaans: fanatikus (af)
• Arabic: متعصب‎
• Bulgarian: фанатичен (bg) (fanatičen)
• Catalan: fanàtic (ca)
• Danish: fanatisk
• Finnish: kiihkomielinen, fanaattinen (fi), kiihkeä (fi)
• French: fanatique (fr)
• German: fanatisch (de)
• Greek: φανατικός (el) m (fanatikós)
• Hungarian: fanatikus (hu)
• Italian: fanatico (it), maniaco (it), patito (it), seguace (it)
• Macedonian: фанатичен (fanatičen)

• Maori: manawawera, ngākau whiwhita
• Plautdietsch: fanatisch
• Persian: فناتیک‎ (fa) (fanâtik)
• Polish: fanatyczny (pl) m
• Portuguese: fanático (pt)
• Russian: фанати́чный (ru) (fanatíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: фанатичан m, фанатична f, фанатичне f pl, фанатично n, фанатична n pl, фанатични m pl
• Slovak: fanatický
• Spanish: fanático (es)
• Turkish: bağnaz (tr), fanatik (tr)

showing evidence of possession by a god or demon

• Polish: nawiedzony m, opętany (pl) m

• Russian: одержи́мый (ru) (oderžímyj)

Noun

fanatic (plural fanatics)

1. A person who is zealously enthusiastic for some cause, especially in religion.

Translations

one who is zealously enthusiastic

• Azerbaijani: təəssübkeş
• Bulgarian: фанатик (bg) m (fanatik)
• Catalan: fanàtic (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 拥趸 (zh) (yōngdǔn)

• Czech: fanatik m, fanatička f
• Danish: fanatiker c
• Finnish: kiihkoilija (fi), fanaatikko (fi)
• French: fanatique (fr) m or f
• German: Fanatiker (de) m, Fanatikerin (de) f
• Hungarian: fanatikus (hu)
• Italian: fanatico (it) m, fanatica f, patito (it) m, patita (it) f, maniaco (it) m, maniaca (it) f, seguace (it) m or f

• Macedonian: фана́тик m (fanátik)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: fanatiker m

  Nynorsk: fanatikar m

• Persian: فناتیک‎ (fa) (fanâtik)
• Polish: fanatyk (pl) m, fanatyczka (pl) f
• Portuguese: fanático (pt) m, fanática f
• Russian: фана́тик (ru) m (fanátik), фанати́чка (ru) f (fanatíčka)
• Slovak: fanatik (sk) m, fanatička (sk) f
• Spanish: fanático (es) m
• Swedish: fanatiker (sv) c

See also

• fan
• crank
• extremist

Quotations

• A zealot can't change his mind. A fanatic can't change his mind and won't change the subject. —Winston Churchill (attributed)
• A fanatic is one who redoubles his effort when he has forgotten his aim. —George Santayana

Anagrams

• actifan

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Occitan

Etymology

From Latin fānāticus.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

fanatic m (feminine singular fanatica, masculine plural fanatics, feminine plural fanaticas)

1. fanatical

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Romanian

Etymology

From French fanatique, from Latin fanaticus.

Adjective

fanatic m or n (feminine singular fanatică, masculine plural fanatici, feminine and neuter plural fanatice)

1. fanatic

Declension

Declension of fanatic

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	fanatic		fanatică	fanatici	fanatice
	definite	fanaticul		fanatica	fanaticii	fanaticele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	fanatic		fanatice	fanatici	fanatice
	definite	fanaticului		fanaticei	fanaticilor	fanaticelor