ardor

Alternative forms

• ardour (chiefly British and Canadian)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːdə/, /ˈɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈɑːɹdəɹ/

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• Rhymes: -ɑː(ɹ)də(ɹ)

Noun

ardor (countable and uncountable, plural ardors) (American)

1. Great warmth of feeling; fervor; passion.
2. Spirit. (clarification of this definition is needed)
3. Intense heat.

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor.

Noun

ardor m (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling ארדור‎)

1. ardor, passion

Etymology

From ārdeō +‎ -or.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈar.dor/, [ˈar.dɔr]

Noun

ardor m (genitive ardōris); third declension

1. flame, fire, heat
2. brightness, brilliancy (of the eyes)
3. ardour, love

References

• ardor in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ardor in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• ardor in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to be dried up by the sun's heat: ardore solis torreri
    
  • enthusiasm: ardor, inflammatio animi, incitatio mentis, mentis vis incitatior
    
  • to damp, chill enthusiasm: ardorem animi restinguere
    
  • his enthusiasm has abated, cooled down: ardor animi resēdit, consedit
    

Etymology

From Old Portuguese, from Latin ardor, ardōrem.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ɐɾ.ˈðoɾ/
• Hyphenation: ar‧dor
• Rhymes: -oɾ

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

1. burning sensation
2. ardour (warmth of feeling)
3. spirit; enthusiasm

Etymology

From Old Spanish, from Latin ardor, ardōrem.

Noun

ardor m (plural ardores)

1. heat
2. ardour
3. burning (feeling)
4. eagerness