Meaning

5 senses

  1. Very hot; burning, scorching; also, glowing with heat.

    glühend

    горя́чийgorjáčij, пыла́ющийpylájuščij, жа́ркийžárkij

    (archaic) extremely hot, burning, or glowing

  2. (figuratively)Of a person, or their actions, interests, or nature: exhibiting persistent belief or conviction, and enthusiasm or zeal; ardent, earnest, passionate.

    glühend, inbrünstig

    пла́менныйplámennyj, пы́лкийpýlkij, стра́стныйstrástnyj

  3. (obsolete)Of cold: intense, severe.

    characterized by intense emotion

  4. (historical, obsolete)Of a drug: having an abundance of heat as one of the four qualities believed to be characteristic of all things; hot rather than cold, dry, or moist.

  5. (archaic, figuratively)Of a thing such as a battle, unrest, etc.: intense, severe; also, of a wild animal: fierce.

Examples

5 sentences

  1. Tom is a fervent churchgoer.

    Том воцерковлений. — deniko

    ruТом - ревностный прихожанин церкви. — Selena777

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  2. My grandfather was a fervent atheist.

    ruМой дед был ярым атеистом. — paul_lingvo

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  3. His father is a fervent birdwatcher.

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  4. His tone became more and more fervent.

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  5. He was a fervent follower of Bouteflika.

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Translations

6 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
very hot — see also burning, scorching:
of a person, or their actions, interests, or nature: exhibiting persistent belief or conviction, and/or enthusiasm or zeal:
Deutsch
By meaning 2
very hot — see also burning, scorching:
of a person, or their actions, interests, or nature: exhibiting persistent belief or conviction, and/or enthusiasm or zeal:

Origin

From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent (modern French fervent), from Latin f

From Middle English fervent, from Old French fervent (modern French fervent), from Latin ferventem, the accusative masculine or feminine singular form of fervēns (“burning, fiery; hot; zealous; etc.”), the present active participle of ferveō (“to burn; to be hot; (figurative) to be agitated, fired up, or inflamed; etc.”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *bʰrewh₁- (“to boil; to brew”).

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Forms

more fervent, most fervent
Comparativemore fervent Lesson
Superlativemost fervent Lesson

regular

Synonyms

45 synonyms
animatedB1avidC1bubblyC1eagerB1earnestB1energeticA2enthusiasticB1excitedA1fanaticC1heartyB1keenB2livelyA2madA2motivatedB2
Close in meaning

Antonyms

52 antonyms
adiaphroisticapatheticapathisticalblaséblithedeafB1coolA1shiftlessdispassionatedullB1enervatedgallionichalfheartedheartless

Word family

10 related words
RelatedfeverA1fermentfervidfervorfervourfervency
Derivedferventlyferventnesssuperferventunfervent

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
fertilityfertilizationfertilizefertilizerferventlyfervorfess

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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