Meaning

3 senses
  1. (US, countable, uncountable)Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.

    Begeisterung, Feuereifer, Hitze

    пылpyl, рве́ниеrvénije, усе́рдиеusérdije

    feelings of great warmth and intensity

  2. (US, countable, uncountable)Spirit; enthusiasm; passion.

    страстьstrastʹ

  3. (US, countable, uncountable)Intense heat.

    жара́žará, знойznoj, жарžar

    intense feeling of love

Examples

1 sentences
  1. She still burns with the ardor of youth.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:
spirit:
heat:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion:

Origin

From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Old French ardu

From Middle English ardour, ardowr, ardure, from Anglo-Norman ardour, from Old French ardur, from Latin ardor, from ardere (“to burn”).

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Forms

plural: ardors

Synonyms

12 synonyms
warmth of feeling:flameB2intensity
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

See also

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